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Star Citizen releases Alpha 2.1 with new flyable ships and player-trapping elevators
The skies are a little more crowded today in Star Citizen with the release of Alpha 2.1 to the live servers. The patch added...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best pay-to-win MMORPG?
Here's an odd question from a Massively OP reader: What's the best pay-to-win MMO on the market?
I know pay to win is a dirty,...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
EverQuesting: A 2016 franchise forecast for EverQuest Next, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Landmark
We've looked back at 2015 for the launched games EverQuest and EverQuest II, the long-lasting beta of Landmark, and the MIA-and-presumed-dead (by some) ...
Global Chat: Making gaming resolutions
Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to...
The Daily Grind: Are you a one-MMO gamer?
A year ago, Kotaku published a piece called The People Who Only Play One Game. The author was talking about the rabid, cult followings that blockbuster...
The Stream Team: Anniversary adventures in DC Universe Online
Another year has flow by, and it was wearing a cape! DC Universe Online celebrates its fifth anniversary today, and MassivelyOP's MJ is jumping...
DCUO launches on Xbox One this spring
During its DC Universe Online's fifth anniversary stream this afternoon, Daybreak announced that the superhero MMORPG is launching on Xbox One this spring.
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The game...
DC Universe Online makes fifth anniversary plans
Daybreak's DC Universe Online is about to turn five years old, believe it or not, and the studio is planning a pair of streams...
Check out what World of Warcraft looked like 17 years ago
In 1999, the year that EverQuest released, work was already underway for another fantasy MMO called World of Warcraft. It wasn't until a couple...
H1Z1 shows off damage states and new zombie design
Visuals and animations can make or break an MMO for many, so it's important that the art team not be lollygagging around when there's...
Perfect Ten: Our favorite MMORPG articles from 2015
The first year of Massively Overpowered had its ups and downs, like anything does, but I think we had some pretty great content in...
SWG-inspired sandbox Divergence Online is now on Steam early access
If you've been waiting over the last week for Valve to approve Divergence Online for its inevitable Steam early access release, wait no longer:...
EverQuest II’s time-locked expansion servers reach the Kingdom of the Sky
Get ready for another expansion in EverQuest II on the game's time-locked expansion servers! Players voted to move the timeline along once again, and...
PlanetSide 2’s next major patch lets you gather and build
The next major patch for PlanetSide 2 managed to sneak onto the game's test servers just before Christmas, but no one noticed. Thus, the...
The Stream Team: Galavanting in EverQuest II’s Gorowyn city festival
MassivelyOP's MJ has run many of EQII's city festival races, and each has its own little quirks. In Gorowyn, a wrong move can leave...
DC Universe Online ends the War of the Light on January 6th
The War of the Light is the DC Universe Online version of the elaborate battle between various different hues of power rings, and it's...
Divergence Online calls for an indefinite moratorium on ‘gaming yelp reviewer bullshit’
Still waiting for Valve to approve Divergence Online for its inevitable Steam early access release? Stained Glass Llama's Ethan Casner is too. While we...
John Smedley on player emulator projects: ‘Good for them’
Ex-Daybreak President John Smedley took to Twitter last night to throw his support behind MMO emulator projects. While most studios publicly ignore or condemn these...
EverQuesting: EverQuest, EverQuest II, Landmark, and EverQuest Next in 2015
When it comes to the EverQuest franchise, looking back at 2015 is a much different experience than looking back at 2014 was. That previous...
