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The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO magic system?
While there are plenty of similarities among magic systems in MMOs (hey, how about you cast another fireball? There you go, champ!), there is...
EverQuest senior game designer Josh Augustine moves over to World of Warcraft
Former PC Games editor and EverQuest senior game designer Josh Augustine announced yesterday that he's made a move to a position on a different MMORPG:...
Massively OP Interview: Standing Stone on LOTRO, DDO, and Daybreak
It's been quite a month since Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online announced that they were breaking off from Turbine as part...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most unclear futures in 2017
A little while back, I took a look at the healthiest games in the MMO space at this time. That was a nice, uplifting...
Jack Emmert is answering DCUO questions on Twitch right now
Daybreak has not had the best couple of weeks. No, wait, let me start over. Daybreak has not had the best couple of years....
Global Chat: Elder Scrolls Online renaissance
As I peruse a hundred or so community blog posts every day, it's fascinating to me to see what games the MMO blogosphere as...
Massively OP Interview: Why Ship of Heroes is taking City of Heroes into space
What happens when a group of dislodged City of Heroes fans attempt to bring back the spirit of their favorite MMO while marrying it...
DC Universe Online releases new powers for stat revamp testing
A lot of testing needs to go into DC Universe Online's stat revamp to make sure that all of the game's powers and such...
The Repopulation will relaunch in Q1 2017, now owned by Idea Fabrik
"Great News! The Repopulation is coming back!" -- or so said a hastily deleted tweet from Idea Fabrik last night, which you might have...
DC Universe Online offers a free skip for players to CR 100
The DC Universe Online anniversary celebration is happening now, and as part of the celebration, you don't need to play DC Universe Online. Not...
EverQuesting: The loss of Landmark
Daybreak did it again. Boy, that phrase has come to mean a great many different things over the years. However, in this case it...
Massively Overthinking: Tab-target vs. action combat in MMORPGs
Massively OP patron Duane is kicking the new year off right: with a brawl over combat types in MMOs.
"Tab-target, action, or hybrid combat, for...
The Stream Team: DC Universe Online celebrates six years
Six years. For six years Massively OP's MJ has been able to don her Spandex and cape and help rid the streets of Gotham...
DC Universe Online’s sixth anniversary events have arrived
Daybreak's having a rough month, but the team working on DC Universe Online is indefatigable. Case in point: The game turns six years old...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Homestead player housing blew my mind
I usually like to bury my opinion behind a bit of measured fact-checking and the weight of opposing opinions, but Elder Scrolls Online hit...
Jukebox Heroes: Six MMOs that need official soundtrack releases
For an avid fan of video game soundtracks, and of MMO soundtracks in particular, the most frustrating aspect of collecting and listening to these...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 99: Landmark goes into the dark
Justin and Bree discuss Landmark, Trove, Asheron's Call, WoW, FFXIV, WildStar, Hi-Rez, and Ashes of Creation before dipping into the mailbag to speculate on Daybreak's future.
Global Chat Extra: In remembrance of Landmark
Obviously, the reverberations of the news of Landmark's closure continue to be seen across the MMO community, including in our own comments sections. The...
Leaderboard: Which Daybreak MMO is most vulnerable in 2017?
In February 2015, following the SOE/Daybreak transition and ensuing mass layoffs, we polled our readers on the security of the rest of the studio's games....
One Shots: The Reaper comes for all MMOs
In light of this past week's sad Landmark news, it's perhaps too on-the-nose that I asked for players to send in pictures of defunct...
