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Massively Overthinking: The dumbest conversations in your main MMO’s general chat
Last week, in a thread about one of Diablo IV's many rivals, MOP commenter Greaterdivinity noted that chat in the game was exhausting because...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 415: Don’t go into the Lightfall
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's update 36, Destiny 2's Lightfall, CCP's blockchain game, DDO's promo, Ship of Heroes on Steam, and the return of Alganon, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes, plus a pair of mailbag topics on AI tech in MMOs.
Ship of Heroes’ arrival on Steam is imminent as Heroic is still planning launch in 2023
Earlier this year, we noted that superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes was eyeing an arrival on Steam, and as of today, it's finally happening. Or...
Perfect Ten: 10 pieces of striking MMO cover art
Earlier this year, MMO Folklorist posted a rather intriguing article about the 10 best MMO box art designs -- at least in his opinion....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 413: Kentucky fried gaming
Justin and Bree discuss Bellatores, Final Fantasy XIV, Ghostcrawler and the Riot MMO, WoW's patches, Diablo IV's promos, and Star Citizen, with adventures in LOTRO, Star Trek Online, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on humble characters and healer aesthetics.
Vague Patch Notes: Being there or getting there in MMORPGs
Here's an interesting fact to consider: It took me ages to hit the level cap in Final Fantasy XI. Absolute ages. And no, it's...
Perfect Ten: 10 franchises that deserve another shot at an MMO
Some experiments are attempted once and fail, and it's not hard to figure out why that didn't work. We don't really need to take...
Check out these behind-the-scenes documents about the design of Infinite Crisis
As you no doubt know, Infinite Crisis is long gone. It's so gone that we recently ran a piece walking through the game's development,...
City of Heroes’ Rebirth rogue server adds a new task force in today’s Issue 5: Clockstoppers
City of Heroes' Rebirth server may be small, but its patches are mighty, and so it is with today's release of Rebirth Issue 5:...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO you tried super late in its lifetime?
Earlier this month, an MOP reader tweeted about trying Dark Age of Camelot for the first time in 2023 and falling in love, which...
The Game Archaeologist: The tale of Infinite Crisis, Turbine’s extremely short-lived DC Comics MOBA
Sharp minds will recall that back in 2012, EA Mythic attempted to turn its declining MMO fortunes by repackaging Warhammer Online into a MOBA...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO characters we want to love but don’t
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Neurotic pinged the MOP Podcast with a question about characters we want to love but just don't. He...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 410: Cyberpunk meets gaslamp
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk, Diablo IV, Palia, Nightingale, Blizzard, NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and EG7/Daybreak, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends.
EG7 Q4 2022: Revenues are up thanks to mobile as LOTRO sees ‘mainstream resurgence’
Enad Global 7's Q4 2022 investor report dropped over the weekend, with a recap of the year for Swedish games corp EG7 and its...
One Shots: Flash, flash, hundred-yard dash
Rumor is, if you can run fast enough, you can accomplish just about anything. Go back in time? Sure. Quick dry jeans? Definitely. Continually...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why flying would have ruined LOTRO’s Middle-earth
Despite the title up there, this column isn't really about flying. I'm just getting that out of the way right here. I actually have...
Embracer’s revenues soar as LOTR gets new games and Neverwinter, Star Trek Online bolster back catalogue
Embracer Group posted its fiscal year Q3 2022 earnings today, representing the fourth quarter of the year (October, November, and December). The megacorp saw...
Vague Patch Notes: The three kinds of sunset in the MMO space
Not all sunsets are the same, no matter how much you may like a given game. This is one of the things that tends...
Perfect Ten: Ranking 10 MMORPG map designs from worst to best
When I was a kid, I loved poring over maps in our family's atlas when we went on road trips. Getting a kind of...
DC Universe Online swoons for Valentine’s Day feats and activities
Even superheroes (and supervillains) crave some affection and snuggles from time to time. Or so we assume, since DC Universe Online is taking a...
