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The Stream Team: Storming EverQuest II’s Sanctus Seru
During her last Luclin adventures in EQII, Massively OP's MJ got stuck in the Sanctus Seru solo story dungeon. She can't continue with the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 276: Opening the doors to Torchlight III and New World
Justin and Bree discuss New World, Torchlight III, EVE Online, Phantasy Star Online 2, Playable Worlds, ArcheAge, EverQuest, and EverQuest II, with adventures in RIFT, LOTRO, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on moderating chat toxicity and the impact of modding on games like Fallout 76.
Steam Summer Game Festival: Gloria Victis Siege releases its first demo
Remember back in March when Gloria Victis' Black Eye Games announced it was working with studio Fish Tank to release Gloria Victis: Siege, a...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends introduces two new buildings for Empire/Remembrance Day
One of the unique events in the MMO landscape was always Star Wars Galaxies' Empire Day and Remembrance Day, which intentionally crosses paths with...
H1Z1 launches Season 8, PlanetSide 2 continues tweaking its Colossus tank
We'll call this the Daybreak news bundle: H1Z1 and PlanetSide 2 have both gotten some recent updates, so let's break it down.
For H1Z1 players,...
Star Wars Squadrons will include crossplay, VR, plenty of multiplayer content
If you were waiting for confirmation that Star Wars Squadrons would have multiplayer, today you have it, as EA officially dropped its new trailer...
Leaderboard: Star Wars Galaxies vs. Star Wars The Old Republic
Yesterday, I read on Twitter that Star Wars The Old Republic has, as of this week, been live longer than Star Wars Galaxies was....
EverQuest reduces capacity on the Aradune server temporarily to correct lag and disconnection issues
Considering the cultural weight behind the name, the team behind EverQuest would no doubt have preferred that everything about the Aradune time-locked server had...
EverQuest’s Jen Chan apologizes for ongoing issues, compensates players
Apparently it's been a rough scene in both EverQuest games over the past few months. And this isn't coming from our readers; Darkpaw's Jen...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 275: What truly matters
Justin, MJ, and Bree talk Black Lives Matter, Path of Exile, Elite Dangerous, FFXIV Fanfest, with adventures in ESO, WoW, Astroneer, LOTRO, Subnautica, SWG Legends, and mailbag topics on redesigning mages and what WoW did right.
PlanetSide 2 adds new weapons and a big hecking tank to the PTS
If you call a vehicle Colossus, you'd better deliver on the promise of size. Luckily, the Colossus tank coming to PlanetSide 2 absolutely delivers;...
EverQuest’s Aradune progression server reportedly begins to stabilize
Last week we chronicled the issues of the Aradune progression server, which faced some massive queue problems at launch. About a week's worth of...
Star Wars Galaxies fans debate Legends, PvP, the economy, and more on community podcast
When fellow Star Wars Galaxies Legends player, YouTuber, and friend of MOP Napyet asked me to join him for a podcast last week, I...
Raph Koster will give more insight on Playable Worlds’ in-development MMO next year
We've been wondering just what Playable Worlds, the dev studio headed by Raph Koster, has cooking for the MMORPG world. During a an "MMO...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG sees the most multiboxing as of 2020?
A couple of months ago, I read a post on the Nomadic Gamers, Eh! blog where Stargrace begins her post talking about multboxing in...
One Shots: Do you have a few moments to talk about Jediism?
Here's a player housing pro-tip that is useful when striking up a settlement in a risky location: Make a door. A big door. A...
The Game Archaeologist: Were sequels ever a good idea for MMOs?
From movies to books to video games, sequels (and all related spin-offs) are a common sight when a property is sufficiently successful enough. Even...
The Daily Grind: What was the last ‘new’ thing you learned about an MMO you’ve played a long time?
So I've been playing SWG Legends about two years now, and yet I'm constantly learning things that are completely new to me. For example,...
Massively Overthinking: Deleting pieces of MMOs to save them
Two ideas floated across my virtual desk in recent weeks, neither directly relating to MMORPGs, but they put the nugget of an idea in...
Gaming events and patches are delayed, games taken offline to support Black Lives Matter protests
The PC Gaming Show that was scheduled for Saturday has been postponed a week, PC Gamer announced last night. It'll run June 13th instead,...
