American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
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Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMORPG of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMORPG of the Year, which was awarded to Elder Scrolls Online last year.
Longtime...
The Daily Grind: What MMO winter zone makes you feel the coldest?
Not all winter zones are alike, although there are many that exist. Some look downright warm and cozy, an afternoon stroll down the streets...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best worst post title
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best worst post title. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie is,...
MOP Awards: Best MMO Player Screenshots
Every Friday morning after breakfast, I crack open the comments to the previous week's One Shots column and pick the most eye-catching and interesting...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO with the Stormiest Future
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for the MMO (or Studio) with the Stormiest Future, which was awarded to Daybreak...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Crafting
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Crafting, which was awarded jointly to Final Fantasy XIV and EverQuest...
The Stream Team: Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Festivult and the final Risia Ice Games
With a new winter event starting early next year in DDO, Massively OP's MJ needs to hurry and celebrate the last iteration of Risia...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Music of 2020
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Music of 2020, which last year wasn't directly awarded; instead, we...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2020
Earlier this week, we named our biggest MMO story of the year and gave it an award, though we imagine it's hard for a...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2020
With so many delays, it's a wonder that anything released this year at all! And while new patches and expansions trickled rather than flowed...
Daybreak’s $300M sale to EG7 is all wrapped up just in time for Christmas
Just days before Christmas, one of the biggest MMORPG studio deals this year has fully completed. Enad Global 7 announced that it closed the...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2020
It'd be spectacularly easy -- routine, even -- to look back at the year gone with derision, bitterness, and all sorts of acrid snark,...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Most bizarre thing in an MMO this year
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards begin today, now affectionately named the Golden Yachties in honor of that dumb meme about how games bloggers are sailing...
The Stream Team: Say yes to the Yule in Lord of the Rings Online
The Yule Festival has returned to Middle-earth, but it may be in danger! Lobelia Sackville-Baggins was named the official Yule-planner of Hobbiton this year,...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Story of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Story of the Year, which was awarded to the Blizzard boycotts last...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Player Housing
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Player Housing, which was awarded to The Elder Scrolls Online last...
One Shots: Memories in crystal
We don't just take screenshots of MMOs to impress each other but to cement memories that would otherwise fade away to the ravages of...
Global Chat: Is RIFT the Volvo of MMOs?
If you're not familiar with the blog 24 Hours In, you really should be. The author takes on 24-hour challenges (not consecutively) to investigate...
The Daily Grind: Are you playing the same MMO at the end of 2020 that you were in January?
I always find it interesting to look back over the gaming journey that I took during the year. If I rewind the calendar all...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Biggest MMO Surprise of 2020
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Surprise of 2020, which was awarded to the revival of City...
