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Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival: Pictomancer, lady Hrothgar, and release ambiguity
If you had been paying attention and looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV's third and final fan festival ahead of Dawntrail, you probably had...
The Stream Team: A second attempt at delving ICARUS
When Massively OP's MJ tried out ICARUS for the first time during its free Steam weekend, she really enjoyed the game! Unfortunately, it turned...
Astroneer’s latest roadmap heralds 2024 as the Year of the Glitch with an upcoming expansion
Next year is fixing to be a pretty significant one for Astroneer if the 2024 roadmap shared by System Era is anything to go...
Mad World begins Steam pre-registrations for this month’s re-launch
After shooting for and achieving some obscure record of "Longest Period of Time Between Promising a Steam Release and Delivering It," Jandisoft's Mad World...
Palworld details pet mechanics and critters, Craftopia shares its latest roadmap
It's a pair of Pocket Pair updates in this news story, with the developer continuing to crank out the pet-focused footage for its still-gestating...
Players cast doubts about The Quinfall’s claims as studio reaffirms January 30 closed beta date
Following the absolute oil fire that was The Day Before, gamers are becoming more and more skeptical of large promises being made by The...
StarCraft-inspired RTS Stormgate rockets to crowdfunding success
Those missing the halcyon days of the real-time strategy craze may be in for a revival of sorts, as a group of ex-Blizzard developers...
Following Bobby Kotick’s exit, former ABK devs call out his toxic management and Overwatch 2 sabotage
Now that Bobby Kotick has floated away from Activision-Blizzard on a doubtlessly diamond-encrusted platinum parachute, some former developers at Blizzard are feeling confident enough...
Last Epoch dates roadmap feature previews and other updates arriving in its February full release
This past October, multiplayer ARPG Last Epoch confirmed that it would leave early access on February 21st, 2024, along with a roadmap of updates...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2023
Welcome to a special end-of-the-year edition of Make My MMO, the MassivelyOP column where we - well, I - keep tabs on all of...
MassivelyOP’s 2023 Golden Yachties: Most Deserving MMO Steam Ban
Welcome back to MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards as we present our award for Most Deserving MMO Steam Ban. Yes, it's the Golden Yachties series,...
Mad World brings new regions, new content, more servers, and the long-lost Steam release on January 25th
Over the course of our reporting on Mad World, a common refrain was the fact that the "hell-made MMORPG" had not shown up on...
Player-vs-developer ‘medium fantasy’ MMO Astaria pops back up as Arvita
We would not blame you in the least if you had no recollection of Astaria. This was a suspicious project that was supposed to...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2024
Stop right there. I know you're about to object and say that you don't do resolutions, let alone MMO resolutions. That's fine. A lot...
Vague Patch Notes: The ever-changing costs of playing an MMORPG
It was a pretty big deal back when I had first started working at original Massively when the trend started, and I can still...
VR MMO Ilysia merges servers and has players save the holidays from the Evil Gromch
While the Christmas season has passed us by on the calendar, the holidays are still rolling on in MMO lands including the VR world...
Past Fate’s latest patch focuses on exploration with updated landscapes and new secrets
One of the more fun things to do in a sandbox MMORPG (for a certain type of player) is to roam around the game...
Z1 Battle Royale, formerly H1Z1, kicks back to a semi-charmed kind of life
Some failed online games die virtually overnight, while others linger on as shuffling zombies that refuse to quit moving. H1Z1 certainly isn't the former,...
Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore launches a holiday event as its studio reaffirms the game isn’t its sole focus
Good news! Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore is still seeing updates! Bad news, the developer Blankhans is still repeating its earlier intention of focusing...
Guild Wars 2’s ArenaNet is working on expansions for both 2024 and 2025 already
Guild Wars 2 is ending 2023 with a traditional dev blog recapping the year and looking ahead to what will be the game's fifth...