American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
standing stone games
One Shots: This is too weird for even me
I like to think that I have a fairly open mind when it comes to accepting strange sights and races in fantasy MMORPGs, but...
The Stream Team: Diving the dev dungeon for DDO’s 12th anniversary
Last year, Massively OP's MJ experienced Dungeon & Dragons Online's anniversary dev dungeon for the first time. This year, she's adding something new to...
Interviewing an Asheron’s Call Shard Slayer: On griefing, doxxing, losing mates, and winning MMOs
Last month, I put together an article and pair of videos discussing Asheron's Call's Shard of the Herald event to celebrate the game's first deathiverary....
The Daily Grind: Given H1Z1’s plight, are you worried about Daybreak?
Last week, it became clear that H1Z1 has forfeited a ton of ground in the battle over battle royale games as it's lost 90%...
The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Mac
In 2003, Sony Online Entertainment tried an experiment to reach out to the (then) small-but-growing community of Mac users. The company released EverQuest Macintosh...
Dungeons and Dragons Online celebrates 12 years with giveaways and bonuses
Twelve years on, and Dungeons and Dragons Online continues to tick along with its loyal fanbase and regular features. To celebrate the MMO's anniversary,...
Perfect Ten: What I discovered after returning to Dungeons and Dragons Online
When I look back at last year, the most surprising turn in my MMO gaming career was staging a successful return to Dungeons and...
The Daily Grind: What is the best-designed MMO class you’ve ever played?
There are good MMO classes and bad classes. There are well-designed ones and ones that just never gelled. But every once in a while,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 158: We are all heroes
Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV, Closers, Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Secret World Legends, and Tree of Savior, with mailbag questions on lockboxes without gambling and sunsetting working MMORPGs.
Get a bird’s eye view of LOTRO’s new Mirkwood map
Sometimes you can learn an awful lot from an in-game map.
Take for example Lord of the Rings Online's Northern Mirkwood map, which testers have...
One Shots: First steps into a wider world
Every MMORPG player knows that there is something incredible and magical in the feeling that you get when you take your very first steps...
The Stream Team: Collecting the Tear of Dhakaan in Dungeons and Dragons Online
Massively OP's Justin & MJ are delving into another DDO adventure. They will be waging war against the Arzag-Khor tribe so that the hobgoblin...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Northern Mirkwood
With the beta for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 22 on the test server, players eager to escape the clutches of Mordor are...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 156: Downfalls and uprisings
Justin and Bree discuss MMO and MOBA sunsets, WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Alganon, DDO, Star Citizen, and Blade & Soul, plus a bit about Ultima Online and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on Guild Wars 2's classes and the state of MMO communities.
Global Chat: To RIFT or not to RIFT?
Everyone's talking about RIFT's new Prime server idea -- and whether or not it will get us playing Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO once again....
LOTRO Legendarium: The 10 best pages on Lotro-Wiki
Earlier this week, one of my online friends and fellow Lord of the Rings Online player put out a notice that there was now...
Lord of the Rings Online patch adds plenty of attractive loot — in lockboxes
The lockbox movement continues to cover the entirety of Middle-earth in shadow as Lord of the Rings Online's Update 21.3.3 focuses more on moneygating...
Dungeons and Dragons Online plans on bringing a 1979 module to life
This year promises to be a busy one for the developers and playerbase of Dungeons and Dragons Online, at least if this week's producer's...
Perfect Ten: Major MMO expansions and updates to expect in 2018
Now that we're almost 1/12th of the way through 2018, it's probably about time to stop anticipating the year and start experiencing it. We...
Global Chat: Jumping on board the Warframe train
Are you playing Warframe these days? If not, you might be missing out on the growing party of people who seem to be flocking...
