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Casually Classic: Eight legacy MMOs to satisfy that old school craving
It was just five years ago in 2018 that MassivelyOP formally recognized an interesting and heartening trend in the MMO space: the rise of...
Battle Bards Episode 224: A return to the music of EverQuest II
It's been an almost egregiously long time since the Battle Bards turned their attention to the EverQuest II soundtrack -- but now that wait...
Global Chat: Black Desert is the MMO sandbox to beat
Those who wrote off or skipped by Black Desert on the way to other MMOs may be missing one of the best sandboxes on...
DC Universe Online releases Episode 45 Shock to the System to PC and all consoles today
It's been held back for a week, but at last players of DC Universe Online can experience a Shock to the System today, as...
The Daily Grind: What are some demonstrably wrong things about old MMOs that people insist were true anyway?
A while back, there was a thread on the MMORPG subreddit arguing that "minmaxing an information abundance has ruined MMORPGs" and posited that devs...
Massively Overthinking: How to alienate your MMORPG playerbase
I am not a Pokemon Go player, but I can't help but stare at its many trainwrecks thanks to the detailed coverage of our...
DC Universe Online delays Shock to the System another week, plans name reclaim event
Hope you didn't have your heart set on DC Universe Online's Episode 45: Shock to the System launching today, fam, and heaven forfend you...
DC Universe Online’s Shock to the System author on shifting from comics to video games
Yes, we've quite the anticipatory jitters for this week's DC Universe Online game update, especially as it adds a couple of iconic characters to...
EverQuest II’s Empire of Antiquity is live with a new dungeon and two raids
Empire of Antiquity is the kind of expansion that would've gotten my attention back when I was still embedded in the EverQuest franchise, both...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 417: Happy Compensation Day!
Justin and Bree discuss World of Warcraft, New World, Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, Amazon Games' layoffs, and Ghostcrawler's new MMO studio, with adventures in LOTRO and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on problematic MMO speedrunning.
DC Universe Online’s Shock to the System update gets an April 13 release date
When the forthcoming Shock to the System episode for DC Universe Online made its way to the PTR last week, it was an easy...
EverQuest II goes Beast’r egg hunting for one week only
It's no yolk, folks: EverQuest II's Beast'r Eggstrvaganza is back, and you're guaranteed to have a shell of a good time as long as...
EverQuest II adds more rewards and flexibility to the Kael Drakkel server
When you're playing EverQuest II, sometimes it can feel like there's a great deal of pressure on you to perform or group with others....
PlanetSide 2 lowers price of Pride decals and applies fixes to the NSO repair drone for PC players
We haven't entered Pride month yet - that's in June - but PlanetSide 2 players who wish to share pride in or support of...
EverQuest and EverQuest II ready new servers and spring content
Producer's letters are being handed out left and right in the EverQuest franchise this week. In EverQuest II, the Kael Drakkel lore and legend...
DC Universe Online puts its new Shock to the System episode up for public testing
Episode 45 for DC Universe Online is getting a little bit closer to its full release as the content update has made its way...
PlanetSide 2 adds new abilities and MAX unit tweaks, previews developing construction updates
Did you miss out on PlanetSide 2's testing of tweaks to abilities and MAX units? Well don't worry too much about it because that...
Storyboard: Pros and cons for purely player-driven story experiences in MMOs
What is the right way to tell a story in an MMO? That is a silly question, like asking what the right way is...
EverQuest II pulls a crate containing controversial treasure-boosting keys from its cash shop
The playerbase of EverQuest II was in an uproar a couple of weeks ago over keys that players could purchase that "increase the number...
Massively Overthinking: The dumbest conversations in your main MMO’s general chat
Last week, in a thread about one of Diablo IV's many rivals, MOP commenter Greaterdivinity noted that chat in the game was exhausting because...
