shadowlands
World of Warcraft kicks off the Beasts of Prodigum event in Torghast
There's already a fair amount of randomness in Torghast runs in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, but the new Beasts of Prodigum event adds a whole...
Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMO system complexity
MMOs can be complicated things, as I am pretty sure we have discussed on multiple occasions now. There are no known means to prevent...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 304: League of MMORPGs
Justin and Bree discuss Riot's new MMO, RuneScape, Neverwinter, Crowfall, and Path of Exile, with adventures in Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft, Torchlight II, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on losing hype and legal complexity in MMOs.
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2021
Welcome to 2021, folks. It's not even going to have to try all that hard to be better than 2020!
For our first official Massively...
World of Warcraft previews the challenges and rewards of Torghast’s Twisting Corridors
Torghast in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands does not welcome intruders, but usually there's a limit to how much progress you can make in a given...
New datamined cinematic for World of Warcraft Shadowlands points to major story developments
We're being circumspect here because, well... this stuff is spoiler-ish. If you've been really enjoying the plot of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands up to...
Bizarre World of Warcraft stream suggests a surge in botting activity
It looks as if the gold farming bots have found a particularly lucrative location in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. During a recent livestream, WoW...
Global Chat: Checking out EverQuest II’s Reign of Shadows
Haven't had time to check out EverQuest II's latest expansion yet? Telwyn from GamingSF has you covered with some first impressions of Reign of...
MMO Year in Review: When Daybreak and Albion got bought out (December 2020)
Well, we made it to the final recap of the final month of the hell year known as 2020, and for MMOs, at least,...
The best Massively OP community leaderboard polls, 2020 edition
We didn't do quite as many Leaderboard polls this year as in previous years, largely because... well, we've already asked a lot of the...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMORPG of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMORPG of the Year, which was awarded to Elder Scrolls Online last year.
Longtime...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Expansion of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Expansion of the Year, which was awarded to Final Fantasy XIV's Shadowbringers...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Music of 2020
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Music of 2020, which last year wasn't directly awarded; instead, we...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2020
With so many delays, it's a wonder that anything released this year at all! And while new patches and expansions trickled rather than flowed...
SuperData November 2020: WoW is back on top as PC and digital games sales hit new revenue heights
It's been a boom month this past November for digital games sales. The latest SuperData report finds that digital games have earned $11.5 billion...
Global Chat: Is RIFT the Volvo of MMOs?
If you're not familiar with the blog 24 Hours In, you really should be. The author takes on 24-hour challenges (not consecutively) to investigate...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2021
So... 2020 didn't go exactly as anyone planned. Our predictions for this past year were pretty janked up by that whole pandemic thing and...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2020?
Way back in 2016, MOP reader Agemyth suggested that we debate the best new zone added to an MMO for the last couple of years. This...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 301: Hurtling into Oblivion
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online's Gates of Oblivion, Crimson Desert, Elite Odyssey, Ark 2, Black Desert, WoW Shadowlands, PSO2, LOTRO, EverQuest, and FFXIV, with adventures in WoW, SWTOR, and CoH, and a mailbag topic on CoH Brutes that spirals into meta and endgame discussion.
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas evaluates Shadowlands’ launch
Now that we're approaching a month of exploring Shadowlands, Blizzard and players alike have a better idea of how the World of Warcraft expansion...