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Massively OP Podcast Episode 319: A sadness prison for addicts
Justin and Bree discuss Destiny 2's tmog, Elite Dangerous Odyssey, PSO2's New Genesis, RuneScape and Albion on mobile, and Jeff Kaplan's farewell, with adventures in Guild Wars, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag discussion on Blizzard's downfall and future.
Massively Overthinking: How much are you spending on MMOs every month right now?
A while back, MOP's Justin joked that his wife, who loves econ PvP in MMOs, was funding a year of his play on Classic...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 318: Middle-earth no more
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO's cancelation, LOTRO's Bilbo patch, FFXIV's 5.5, and SWG Legends' Bespin expansion, with adventures in WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, Albion Online, and Cozy Grove, plus mailbag topics on ugly duckling MMOs, reconciling immersion, and superhero MMOs.
City of Heroes’ Homecoming buffs travel powers and adds tour guide missions in today’s i27p2 update
Back in March, we covered a new patch that had just gone in testing for the test server for City of Heroes' Homecoming rogue...
The Daily Grind: How do you occupy yourself when your MMO is offline all day?
As promised, Daybreak's entire suite of MMORPGs is offline for 24 hours today, which means DCUO, EverQuest, and PlanetSide 2 fans are going to...
DC Universe Online’s freebie World of Flashpoint episode is live for all players
After a hefty downtime yesterday, DC Universe Online pushed its latest episode, World of Flashpoint, live - for everyone - allowing even free-to-play players...
City of Titans recaps efforts on music, powers, multiplayer, and more
MMO superhero fans have been watching a slew of Kickstarted and fan-funded MMO ventures ever since City of Heroes was sunsetted - City of...
Massively Overthinking: The 2021 MMORPG outlook is good, actually
Early this week, I saw a mainstream gaming headline in my feeds about how we should all just give up on 2021 since it's...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO public transport system?
We talk about mounts an awful lot in this space, but what about the other ways that MMOs help us get around? Most all...
Project_N is a new throwback MMO designed by an EverQuest lead game designer
We certainly have no shortages of MMO projects in which fans and developers alike are seeking to return to Ye Olden Dayz of game...
The Daily Grind: How often do you change your MMO characters’ outfits?
One of the nice things City of Heroes' rogue servers did for the community was open up all the costume slots for everyone. Obviously,...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert’s Sage release demonstrates Pearl Abyss’ focus on the west
I'm not really a comics guy, but I still have my favorite superheroes. For me, it's Dr. Strange. Marvel's artifact wielding, spell-slinging, multiverse traversing...
DC Universe Online’s World of Flashpoint episode is set to launch April 15
It will soon be time once again for DC Universe Online players to experience that time-honored comic book narrative tradition of an alternate timeline...
Rumor: EG7 and Daybreak might be prepping PlanetSide 2’s Rogue Planet for its own company
Daybreak corporate sleuth and TheoryForge crewmate @MSandersonD has uncovered another Daybreak gem: new corporate registrations for Daybreak-related companies. California and Delaware filings show that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 316: Talkin’ trash with MMO Fallout
Justin, Bree, and MMO Fallout's Connor discuss April fools' day around the MMOverse, FFXIV's patch and PS5 beta, WoW's 9.1, Trove's Switch port, and Elyon's closed beta, with adventures in RuneScape, Wild Terra 2, Magic Legends, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on starting fresh in WoW Classic and irritating season passes.
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the worst ‘wealth gap’ between old and new players?
Folks, I want to talk about money - video game money. I was surfing the City of Heroes subreddit a while back when I...
City of Titans releases Mac avatar builder, improved menu system
The big spring release has arrived for City of Titans, and while the metropolis' boundaries remain closed to players, this patch represents another stride...
Trove is coming to Nintendo Switch this year, Wizard101 and Pirate101 may get a console port
Whether you are a dinosaur tamer, a ruthless pirate, or a dashing superhero, you soon will have another platform to enjoy the antics of...
The Daily Grind: What argument does your MMO’s community have that would make no sense in other MMOs?
I don't think it's possible to go a day on a City of Heroes server, back in the old days or now on the...
DCUO makes its World of Flashpoint episode permanently free for all players as part of plans to remove content paywalls
For those who aren't big fans of the fact that some DC Universe Online content is locked behind a paywall, this announcement will be...