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EverQuest activates its 64-bit client while EverQuest II tests Lore and Legend server
No matter where you look in the EverQuest world these days, something huge is happening.
Daybreak announced that the OG Norrath just got its long-promised...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends celebrates Valentine’s Day with the returning Ewok Festival of Love
"Allayloo ta nuv!" That's not me facerolling on my keyboard, that's Ewokese for "celebrate the love," and that's just what Star Wars Galaxies Legends...
The Daily Grind: Do you still want to play an EverQuest III?
Earlier this winter, Daybreak dropped a ton of details about what to expect from EverQuest and EverQuest II over the course of 2022. What...
DC Universe Online’s GU120 is live with the Love Conquers All event
DC Universe Online rolled out its Valentine's day festivities with last night's GU 120 in the form of a seasonal event dubbed Love Conquers...
EverQuest and EverQuest II find true love with their Valentine events
Erollisi Day is sweeping over the lands of Norrath, and both games in the EverQuest franchise are celebrating the "power of love" -- and...
Massively Overthinking: What else could Blizzard do to fix World of Warcraft?
Last time in Massively Overthinking, our writers and readers sure did have a lot of good ideas to fix New World that Amazon won't...
Vague Patch Notes: Looking back on the MassivelyOP magic, seven years in
As of tomorrow, we're seven years out from the launch of this site. This means that we're actually into the point when I've been...
Lord of the Rings gaming rights are going up for sale – what will this mean for LOTRO?
Hobbits everywhere woke up yesterday to signs across the Shire declaring that it was for sale. And not just that neighborhood, either; all of...
PlanetSide 2 PC adds a Valentine’s Day directive and cash shop items, makes further Oshur tweaks
Love is in the air in the PC version of PlanetSide 2. Or at least bolts from a Valentine's-themed crossbow are in the air....
Perfect Ten: Ten reasons your MMORPG creates a bad first impression
While MMOs may ask us to experience them for the long haul, first impressions still count. And if those impressions aren't favorable right out...
EverQuest’s 64-bit servers and clients are coming next week
It's time, finally, for EverQuest to level up.
Daybreak announced that the long-running MMORPG will receive a major upgrade next week, as the studio plans...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 359: Tearing down the faction wall
Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, World of Warcraft, Blizzard's financials, Star Citizen's roadmap mess, Mortal Online 2's rollback, New World's merges, and Lost Ark's headstart, with adventures in WoW Classic, Zenith, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and Monster Hunter Rise, plus a mailbag topic on the future of SSG and Daybreak.
The Daily Grind: Do MMO resources regenerate too quickly these days?
You may have to bear with me on this one, but lately I've started to suspect that the pendulum of MMO development has swung...
PlanetSide 2 makes adjustments to Oshur as it draws a ‘heartening and much appreciated’ positive reception
Are you among those players of PlanetSide 2 enjoying the recently released continent of Oshur? You are apparently not alone, as an update post...
The Stream Team: Vampire secrets in EverQuest II’s Visions of Vetrovia
While performing cleansing rituals and burning incense for Oracle Priti, Massively OP's MJ discovered vampires are involved with the problems plaguing the new lands...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 358: High Isle thing, you make my heart sing
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online's High Isle, Blizzard's new survival game, Global Agenda's return from the dead, PlanetSide 2's Oshur, Broken Ranks, Mortal Online 2, Zenith, and Swords of Legends Online's F2P switch, with adventures in LOTRO and ESO, plus mailbag topics on MMO lingo and The Black Death.
The Daily Grind: What will be your top three most-played MMOs in 2022?
A week ago, I asked you folks what your top three most-played MMOs of 2021 were. This week, I want to take a page...
Star Wars Galaxies’ Restoration III rogue server preps Mustafar and Death Star II
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration III, a hybrid CU/NGE rogue server that launched back in May 2021, gave a triumphant wrap-up of the previous year...
The Game Archaeologist: The history of Hi-Rez’s Global Agenda
This past week, former Global Agenda players woke up to a surprising reality: Their game, which went offline in 2018, suddenly was back. Hi-Rez...
Battle Bards Episode 209: Superhero MMOs
When they’re not saving the world from bad tunes, the Battle Bards stuff themselves into spandex and try out for sixth-tier superhero teams. Because...