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EVE Online deepens partnership with community content sharing platform Just About
It's been proven multiple times that EVE Online studio CCP Games chases shiny trends more readily than an easily distracted puppy, so perhaps the...
Wisdom of Nym: What I definitely do not want to see in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
We don't have very long left to go before the next Final Fantasy XIV fan festival; there's even a countdown clock on the official...
World of Warcraft and WoW Classic welcome Winter Veil ’23
After a long year, it's time to tuck into a good feast. World of Warcraft's many versions offer a sumptuous spread with the Feast...
The Stream Team: Enjoying another Starlight holiday in Final Fantasy XIV
The Starlight season has once more descended on Final Fantasy XIV, which means that this Eorzea Sunday is all about the Christmas good cheer!...
One Shots: Come on and give us a hug!
Normally I'm all about hugs. Hugs make you feel accepted and protected and -- on a cold day -- allow you to leech heat...
WoW Factor: The real reason World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm world revamp was awful
'Tis the season for all of us, once again, to talk about the deeply unpleasant and disappointing expansion that was World of Warcraft: Cataclysm,...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2024
It's time once again for the MOP staff and readers to engage in our favorite end-of-the-year MMO: collectively guessing what's going to happen next...
Vague Patch Notes: What you can’t forget in MMOs
Years ago, I had a relationship with someone I met in Final Fantasy XI. It wasn't a good or solid relationship by any stretch...
EVE Online adds new ice refinery heists and AIR daily goals, calls its first Vanguard test ‘a massive success’
Havoc continues to reign and expand in EVE Online, as the spaceship gankbox has made a couple of additions related to the recent update...
Casually Classic: The seven most important things that happened in WoW Classic this year
What did Blizzard assume would happen with WoW Classic when it rolled out this legacy version of the MMO in 2019? I honestly have...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2023
Some years, it's hard to really cut a distinction between the biggest stories of a year and the biggest surprises. There can be a...
World of Warcraft starts internal dev testing of The War Within
While 2024 looks to be a fashionable year to end your expansion titles on a preposition, World of Warcraft: The War Within already kicked...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 449: We didn’t start the Light No Fire
Justin and Bree discuss MMO holiday events, Light No Fire, The Day Before, and EverQuest, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, WoW Classic, and Project Gorgon, plus mailbag topics on holiday gaming memories and Marvel Snap.
Final Fantasy XIV fans recreate the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer in the game
In Final Fantasy XIV, at no point do jack someone's sweet ride before evading the po-po because you robbed a bank. You do sort...
Final Fantasy XIV prepares another Starlight holiday event December 15 and shares dev anniversary messages
The holiday season - and arguably one of the greatest pieces of Christmas event music ever composed - is making its return to Final...
Wisdom of Nym: Still talking about Final Fantasy XIV after 13 years
This column's title is not a typo: I have been writing about Final Fantasy XIV in a weekly column for... at least 13 years...
World of Warcraft answers community council questions about the future of Season of Discovery
Apparently the lip service payment that is World of Warcraft's community council still exists, Blizzard is still fielding its questions, and the studio is...
The Stream Team: The further leveling adventures of a Final Fantasy XIV Summoner
It's time for another Eorzea Sunday stream, which means it's time for MOP's Chris to head back into the Duty Roulette with his Summoner...
One Shots: Entering the portal to adventure
I'll never get tired of that tiny thrill of rolling a new character and getting that sense of taking the first steps of a...
Final Fantasy XI’s holiday Starlight Celebration runs December 15-31
The time has come once again for Final Fantasy XI's adventurers to celebrate the Starlight season from December 15th through December 31st, and as...
