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Working as Intended: Sparking joy in MMOs
On this week's podcast, I mentioned that I'd just finished off Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, something that superficially seems unrelated...
Obituary: EverQuest and Vanguard developer Mike Hutchins passes away
It is always a somber occasion to bring to you word of the passing of another MMORPG developer, but it is also the opportunity...
EverQuest is adding two new time-locked progression servers, Aradune and Rizlona, launching May 27
If you like to hop back to the olden days of EverQuest, to feel the game evolve from launch to very slightly after launch,...
Massively Overthinking: Would you play a housing-only MMO?
Last week, MOP's Justin put up a neat post on his personal blog about the potential for bringing back just the part of WildStar...
Riot Games defends Valorant’s Vanguard security driver, offers a $100k bounty to exploit it
Last week, Riot Games unveiled that their in-development competitive FPS Valorant runs an anti-cheat process in the background of player systems, which caused no...
The Trials of Osiris have officially begun in Destiny 2’s Season of the Worthy
The much-loved and highly anticipated Trials of Osiris mode finally kicked off in Destiny 2 this past Friday, bringing on another activity for players...
Interview: Saga of Lucimia on themepark design, SWG inspiration, and the MMO genre
Last week, we ran an interview with Stormhaven Studios' Tim Anderson, the boss behind upcoming MMORPG Saga of Lucimia. That interview was focused on...
New World lays out its argument for three-sided PvP
Don't count New World's PvP side down-and-out just yet. Amazon Game Studios made a strong case this past week for why the MMORPG's faction...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What Eye of the North means for Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga has so far been filled with plenty of nostalgic callbacks to the original Guild Wars’ Eye of the North...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2020
We're succumbing to tradition this week as we're counting down the days until 2020. As we do at the end of every year, we've...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0
Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...
Fans are invited to a real-world memorial for Brad McQuaid later this month
MMORPG fans have been in mourning for the last few weeks following the death of Brad McQuaid, one of the most popular veteran developers...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2019
After 10 years of covering MMORPG news, I can assure you that I am still fired up to keep doing this. One of the...
Global Chat: Remembering the MMO fallen
A discussion chain has been rippling across the MMO blogosphere as of late, with writers reminiscing about online games that have lived and died...
Star Citizen hypes this weekend’s CitizenCon, plans new community hub and free-fly event
We're about to have another big MMO convention weekend: this one for Star Citizen, as CitizenCon begins on Saturday. But as it so often...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most treasured EverQuest or Vanguard memory?
EverQuest was not my first MMORPG, but it's certainly one that shaped me profoundly. While I look back and grumble at the antique design...
Remembering the life and work of legendary MMO designer Brad ‘Aradune’ McQuaid
When the news hit last night, it brought everything to a screeching halt in the Massively OP office: At the age of 51, veteran...
Veteran MMORPG developer Brad McQuaid has passed away
I'm sorry to report another MMORPG genre obituary tonight: It's just been announced that veteran MMORPG developer Brad McQuaid has died.
McQuaid was probably best...
Former EverQuest, Vanguard developer passes away; colleagues raise money for his family
Please be aware that this post contains discussions of suicide, which we realize may upset some readers. Please read with caution and comment respectfully.
We're...
Battle Bards Episode 156: Feeling blue
Is blue a color? An emotion? A song? An overused alien skin tone? One thing is for certain: Blue shows up an awful lot...
