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Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with distinct visual styles
Given the choice, I am always going to pick a game with stylized graphics over realistic ones. This is for many reasons; it's partly...
Ex-SOE devs craft tactical shooter Kinetik
Doesn't it seem like so many games these days are hybrids that pull together elements of different genres to see if they can fashion...
The Stream Team: Trailblazing Landmark’s head start
Landmark may not officially launch for two more days, but as a Trailblazer founder, MassivelyOP's MJ gets to to take part in the head...
Landmark releases its big pre-launch patch
At 11 a.m. EDT today, Landmark is expected to be back from maintenance and up for early access before its official launch on June...
Global Chat: Is casual raiding important for MMOs?
When it comes to the subject of raiding, one might get the impression that there are only two factions involved: those who are hardcore...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 68: Dark and light
Justin and Bree discuss Darkfall, Landmark, Marvel Heroes, ArcheAge, Neverwinter, and ESO, with mailbag questions on community negativity, streaming, and commenters.
One Shots: Two hearts beating as one
It's not every day that you get married, either in real life or in a video game. Reader Kanbe managed to impress me by...
The Stream Team: Last chance to try Landmark before launch!
If you were waiting to try Landmark when it went free-to-play, your plans have been foiled by the change to buy-to-play. However, all is...
The Game Archaeologist: Five eye-opening videos about the MMORPG genre
When it comes to tracking down history for MMOs, I've found that there are an array of sources at hand that have preserved (unwittingly...
EverQuesting: Preparing for Landmark’s launch
Admit it: At least at some point, every single one of you had doubts that Landmark would actually ever launch. Hey, it's understandable. I have...
The Daily Grind: What theme song best represents your main MMORPG character?
In yesterday's Black Desert column, MOP's Matt Daniel joked about MMORPG mods that allow roleplayers to share their characters' profiles, right down to their theme songs. He...
The Daily Grind: Would you want portable housing in your MMO?
For a long time now, I've had a very minor wish for an MMO feature: the ability to set up camp and have my...
The Stream Team: Zipping through Zek Heritage Quests in EverQuest II
Before MassivelyOP's MJ and the crew can move into the level 45 Heritage Quests in EverQuest II, they have two more level 40s to...
Getting perspective on Chronicles of Elyria’s planned PvP and PvE featureset
Anyone on the MassivelyOP team will probably tell you that I won't shut up about Chronicles of Elyria. There's so much to like about...
Landmark announces a June 10th launch date
It's a little later in the "spring" than expected, depending on how strictly you adhere to the season or the solstice, but it's finally...
Elder Scrolls Online’s ‘personalities’ are a roleplayer’s dream
Roleplayers, today's Elder Scrolls Online blog post is going to make you super happy. ZeniMax is teasing a new feature called Personalities, the first...
Massively Overthinking: The stories inside MMORPGs
This week's topic comes to us from one of our dear Patrons, Roger.
"I love stories, and some games tell great stories. MMOs have trouble...
Survival sandbox Lifeless demos PvP, weapons, and grouping
Move over, H1Z1: Green Man Gaming, the company behind medieval survival sandbox The Black Death, is also working on Lifeless, a modern survival sandbox......
EverQuesting: The absurd number of things to do in EverQuest II, part II
Have you finished up everything there was to do in EverQuest II from last week's list? Neither have I. That first half alone is...
EverQuest and EverQuest II will launch new specialty servers this summer
Do you want a little something different in your EverQuest or EverQuest II’s experience? You're in luck: New specialty servers are coming to a...
