state of the game
Ship of Heroes expands its dev team, updates gallery of new mission maps
Last week, Massively OP's MJ Guthrie and our community were treated to an early preview of Ship of Heroes - specifically, two mission maps,...
Chronicles of Elyria zips past $3.5M in crowdfunding, lays out plans for new year
Thanks in part to the recent "The Free Kingdom of Elyria" promotion, Chronicles of Elyria has shot past three-and-a-half million dollars in crowdfunding raised...
LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at the road we traveled in 2017
"The road goes ever on" is one of the most well-known phrases from Lord of the Rings, alluding to the ongoing journey of the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: A Guild Wars 2 2017 column retrospective
Welcome along to a rather festive retrospective in which I sum up 2017 for both Guild Wars 2 and Flameseeker Chronicles! A large glass of...
Guild Wars 2 outlines its plans for forum chats next year
Would you like to have Guild Wars 2 developers arrive at your home unannounced to talk with you about various issues with the game?...
Destiny 2 acknowledges ‘betrayal’ over XP adjustments and studio silence
While stopping short of an actual apology in this week's Destiny 2 state of the game post, Bungie acknowledged that players have been greatly...
Fractured tops 5,000 registrations, progresses toward Kickstarter and alpha
Its team might be miniscule, its alpha more than a year away, and its funding still unsecured, but Fractured is powering ahead as best...
ROKH updates fans on the process of examining and improving the game
Another four-week silence from the ROKH development team has been broken by the latest update on the state of the game. The last lengthy...
Exclusive: Indie sandbox El Somni Quas state-of-the-game dev diary
It's been a hot minute since we heard from El Somni Quas, the indie sandbox from a Czech studio that cut its teeth on Ultima Online...
LOTRO Legendarium: They’re taking the Hobbits to Erebor!
With some depressing news bouncing around the MMO genre as of late, it was particularly welcome to read an upbeat and exciting producer's letter...
Disney has canceled Marvel Heroes, Marvel has ended its relationship with Gazillion
We can now confirm this as real, following a statement made by a Marvel representative to Massively OP. We're updating below.
According to Kotaku, Disney...
Marvel Heroes’ update silence has stretched to four weeks; here are the latest developments
I'm afraid we still can't say that Marvel Heroes is going to be OK, as we've now gone an entire month since the last...
ArcheAge promises better communication, but the community isn’t having it
A lengthy letter from the ArcheAge team about the state of the game and its direction forward isn't making a lot of people in...
Marvel Heroes has now missed three weekly updates in a row as Thor: Ragnarok hits theaters
It's now been two weeks since we've had any word on the state of Marvel Heroes, as today marks the third missed Friday update in...
Wisdom of Nym: Musings on Final Fantasy XIV’s current crafting game
Crafting is really important in Final Fantasy XIV. That much can't be denied; the game places so much emphasis on the options available to...
LOTRO Legendarium: Grading Lord of the Rings Online in 2017
At the beginning of 2017, it seemed as though a mini-renaissance was brewing for Lord of the Rings Online. Standing Stone Games broke away...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas talks randomness and Legendaries
There's been another live community Q&A session with World of Warcraft director Ion Hazzikostas, and if you're in the "highly frustrated" crowd of fans,...
Conan Exiles updates community on farming, PS4 development, and console/PC parity
Conan Exiles' latest community update is a great example of why excessive community updates might not really be necessary. The team spends a ton...
Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on guilds, groups, and the social systems that make an MMORPG go ’round
Over the weekend, the studio behind crowdfunded RvR MMORPGÂ Camelot Unchained released a hefty chunk of its ongoing beta one document, revealing extensive insight into...
Conan Exiles offers its first weekly progress report to fans
Last week, Conan Exiles players got an apology and a promise that Funcom would do a better job of communicating what was going on...
