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Fight or Kite: Is Wild Card Football ready to be the new NFL Blitz for 2024?
Ah, the beauty and the wonder of a new season. School is back in session. New episodes are on TV – well, streaming TV....
Cutesy golfing MMO PangYa sunsets in Thailand, marking the official end of the game
Unless you're an MMO fan of a certain vintage, the name of the game PangYa is probably going to sound odd to you without...
Massively on the Go: Nintendo Switch Sports’ post-launch is going smoothly – but to where?
Nintendo Switch Sports is out in the wild now, and while early reviews were limited to offline play, obviously our coverage requires a game...
Hands-on with the promising multiplayer Nintendo Switch Sports, launching this week
April 29th will mark the release of Nintendo Switch Sports, a spiritual sequel to the popular Wii Sports series. The big kicker here is that it's...
February’s Nintendo Direct shows Nintendo further embracing multiplayer online play
No Man's Sky coming to the Switch wasn't the only big announcement at February 9th's Nintendo Direct. Nintendo will be further beefing up Mario Kart 8 with...
NBA 2K21 dips its toes into MMO territory with its City gameplay mode
Alright, who here had "NBA 2K21 decides to go MMO" on their 2020 bingo cards? Anyone? Anyone? Yeah, me neither, but here we are...
Blaseball is a text-based ‘absurdist simulation of baseball’ where players bet on fake teams
Whether you're a fan of baseball or not, there appears to be a place for you in Blaseball, a text-based browser game that ultimately...
GDC Summer 2020: Accessibility shouldn’t be a dirty word in online gaming
I don't know about you readers, but one of the first things I always do when starting a game with voice acting (or movie)...
Perfect Ten: Sports-themed MMOs
Here's something we don't talk about much here on Massively OP: sports games. When we think of "MMOs," we tend to run right toward...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Freestyle 2, World of Kings, Dragon Raja 2, Ragnarok Masters
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!).
First up:...
14-year-old golf MMO Shot Online is coming to Steam next week
Were you bummed out last year when Webzen's gold MMO Winning Putt closed down? Don't laugh - I was surprised at how much traction...
Golf MMO Winning Putt is closing down for good in December
Another bummer announcement for MMO players, or at least for MMO players who also like golf: Winning Putt is sunsetting on December 14th. Webzen and...
Nike partners with a professional League of Legends esports player
If you've ever watched someone playing a really good match in League of Legends and muttered "it's gotta be the shoes," you are possibly...
Overwatch League signs on six more teams for its 2019 season
If Blizzard were to stop adding new things to Overwatch, it would die, like some sort of new content shark. That's already a known...
CCP’s VR sports game Sparc has arrived on PSVR today
Remember CCP's multiplayer VR sports sim Sparc? We first heard about it back in February, and now as planned, the Icelandic studio known best for...
League of Legends skin based on soccer player Edgar Davids is going to cost Riot money
See the charming dark-skinned gent in the header image? That's the Striker Lucian skin in League of Legends. It also strongly resembles the kit,...
CCP’s VR sports game Sparc launches August 29
First announced back in February, CCP's multiplayer VR sports sim Sparc was all set for a summer launch as of E3, and now the date...
The Daily Grind: Are e-sports worth the effort for MMO developers?
I spend a lot of time thinking about e-sports. This is, of course, through the eyes of someone who doesn't much like e-sports as...
The 2022 Asian Games will include e-sports events
Go ahead and keep mocking e-sports, but they are only getting bigger and more respectable as they keep creating tremendous piles of money. In...
EVE Fanfest 2017: Hands-on with competitive VR sports game Sparc
At the end of February, CCP Games announced a new game that has nothing to do with EVE Online or even the EVE IP. Named Sparc,...
