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For Science: Academics blast APA’s updated resolution on games and aggression
My Twitter feed was on fire about three things today: politics, coronavirus, and violence in video games. The last entry there is all because...
City of Heroes Homecoming tests new Shock Therapy powerset and Experimentation power pool
Care to see what's next for the rogue server of City of Heroes? Then get thee hence to the game's test server for a...
Vague Patch Notes: Phantasy Star Online 2 might be in a better place than you think
A couple years back (this being the definition where "a couple" means "I can't remember precisely how many"), I was talking with a friend...
Desert Oasis: Finding the plot in Black Desert’s story
In our preview of Black Desert's new Guardian class, one of the more surprising conversations to come out of the comments was the opinion...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online LE anniversary badge, T6 battlecruisers, fleet packs, and more!
This might just be the coolest Star Trek Online giveaway we've ever done, and we've done a lot of 'em! In celebration of the...
Anthem abandons seasonal content as BioWare confirms major redesign and reinvention
So, apparently all the stories last week about how Anthem still hadn't taken down its Christmas decorations struck a nerve, and we've got an...
UK’s Royal Society for Public Health issues report on lootboxes and their effect on gambling perception
There's a new log on the continually burning fire regarding gaming lootboxes, their association with gambling, and their effect on young people. A new...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite sci-fi MMO?
Generally, but not always, I like to have a science fiction (or science fantasy, if we're being pedantic) MMORPG in my gaming rotation for...
EVE Online player makes a 1 million PLEX bid for charity
Last week, we reported on a PLEX for GOOD charity event being run by EVE Online to benefit the Australian brush fires victims. That...
MMO Business Roundup: Tencent, Ubisoft, Rockstar, energy, Creativerse, and Cold Iron Studios
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Tencent: Just before Funcom and Tencent announced the Chinese gaming giant was angling to...
Kickstarted VR cyberpunk MMO Zenith grows its team, lays groundwork for pre-alpha
One of the uplifting victories for the genre in 2019 was the fact that a couple of unorthodox titles were pretty successful in their...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Rich Lambert on the Dark Heart of Skyrim
At this week's live reveal of the Dark Heart of Skyrim for The Elder Scrolls Online, I had the chance to sit down with...
Darwin Project is basically reality TV battle royale, and it’s now launched on Steam
It's been something like a year and a half since we last covered Darwin Project, but you'll remember it as one of the many,...
More older adults play games than ever before, according to AARP study of people over 50
Earlier this week, we wrote about Skyrim's "gaming grandma" and other older gamers who've staked out claims in the online gaming space on platforms...
Massively Uplifting: Gaming studios and communities support kids, trees, cats, STEM, and gaming grandparents
While there are understandably many reasons folks may not want to look back on 2019 fondly, the year wasn't all bad. Massively Uplifting has...
A look back at the MMO and gaming science topics of 2019
Since becoming MassivelyOP, our staff has worked hard to buff up our gaming science-related articles. Last year, we noted that our pile of science...
CNBC runs down the debate of violent video games and their effect on gamers
Yes, we're back on this again. The subject of video games, violent content, and their affect on players is arriving once more, this time...
One Shots: Unlicensed fantasy motorists
I've been saying it for years, but just because these are fictional virtual worlds doesn't mean that MMOs should be free from regulations and...
Star Conflict’s latest update has invading aliens and an event dedicated to Isaac Asimov
There's a little something for everyone in the latest update of the online spaceship battler Star Conflict. Do you want to take on invading...
Vague Patch Notes: Why don’t we have more MMO psionics?
Seized by what I can only describe as an incomprehensible fit of pique, I've spent a decent chunk of my free time over the...
