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Check out these gorgeous New World screenshots
Ever since last September's surprise announcement that Amazon Game Studios was actually building a sandbox MMORPG called New World, we have been dying to...
EverQuesting: What I’ll do in EverQuest II, 2017 edition
A long time ago, in a spring far, far away (2016 feels that way already), I noted that there is simply too much to...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that help you get your spaceship on
Sometimes even the most die-hard MMORPG player finds him or herself a little tired of constantly looking at the back of a head and...
Devs and players say farewell to Landmark and the last remnants of EverQuest Next
Landmark's servers blinked off for the very last time last night, with our own EverQuest franchise columnist MJ Guthrie there to stream the end. The...
The Stream Team: Landmark’s sunset stream
Parting is such sorrow, but there is certainly nothing sweet about this one! Massively OP's MJ is forced to say goodbye to a game...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 105: Samurai and Smedley
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's fanfest reveals, John Smedley's new Amazon studio, Path of Exile's expansion, Skyforge's console plan, and the Dociu/Taylor moves, with mailbag questions on level scaling and replacing favorite games.
The Daily Grind: Do you use plugins for your main MMORPG?
As one of Massively OP's resident modding nuts, I am drawn to MMORPGs that offer plugin support and modding APIs. World of Warcraft's modding...
DC Universe Online tests survival mode and St. Patty’s Day
Do you lack a Fortress of Solitude? Well, Superman does now too because Braniac has moved in and is causing no end of trouble.
Right...
The Stream Team: Landmark’s last weekend
Time is running out! This is Landmark's last weekend, and there are still too many things Massively OP's MJ wants to enjoy and experience...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?
Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers.
"I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...
Emily ‘Domino’ Taylor departs Daybreak and the EverQuest franchise
Emily "Domino" Taylor, long-time EverQuest franchise crafting wizard at SOE and now Daybreak, announced that she's leaving the studio at the end of the...
Smed’s new Amazon studio is basically Pixelmage Games
Amazon Game Studios announced yesterday that it had picked up MMORPG genre veteran John Smedley to helm one of its up-and-coming online game studios....
The Exiled outlines early access packages, denounces pay-to-win
With just a week to go until its early access launch on February 23rd, indie "social sandbox" The Exiled -- formerly known as Das...
Perfect Ten: Terminology the MMORPG genre needs
MMOs, like any other hobby, have their own terminology. We have the term "newb" for new players, "noob" for players who aren't actually new...
The Stream Team: A Landmark scavenger hunt
As promised, today Massively OP's MJ is running a Landmark scavenger hunt. She's put together a small list of items she needs to go...
What in the world happened to TUG?
TUG, better known as The Untitled Game, burst onto the scene in May of 2013 with a Kickstarter, which didn't elicit the same groans...
Five reasons behind the failure of Hero’s Song
In July of 2015, MMORPG fans were stunned to hear that John Smedley was stepping down from his post as president of Daybreak. After...
Global Chat: Get over the lockbox debate already
One of the largest and most enduring arguments of the MMO genre is the purpose, legality, and profitability of so-called lockboxes in games. We've...
DC Universe Online celebrates the Flash in a flash weekend event
He's the fastest man alive, and so it only makes sense that DC Universe Online would have an appreciation weekend for the Flash that...
The Stream Team: Racing to see Landmark builds
Every time Massively OP's goes to visit one Landmark build, she sees more in the distance to visit. At this rate she'll never get...
