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Strategy MMO Myth of Empires is (re)launching on February 21st
Not every MMO gets a second shot at life, especially after clawing itself out of a legal morass, but one title has seized that...
Funcom partners to publish multiplayer space sandbox Empyrion and its first expansion
Co-op space adventure sim Empyrion got an unexpected ally this week as its developer, Eleon Game Studios, announced a new partnership with Funcom to...
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...
Casually Classic: Analyzing WoW Classic’s 2024 roadmap
With another year debuting this week, Blizzard was more on the ball than some MMO studios by already publishing its roadmap for 2024. Two...
Escape from Tarkov brings a new low-level area, a new boss, and a Shoreline rework in latest patch
Escape from Tarkov isn't a game that crops up terribly often, but that's primarily because its update cadence tends to be rather sporadic -...
ARK: Survival Ascended rolls back official servers over a new duping exploit
Just like how there was always that kid who ruined the neighborhood swimming pool by peeing in it, online games suffer when exploiters do...
End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2024 and beyond
We've said it before, but this time we really mean it: The future of MMORPGs looks amazing. Contrary to years when we've seen only...
The best MassivelyOP live streams of 2023
MassivelyOP's Stream Team is the jewel in our crown, as our own Chris and MJ - and occasionally Larry too! - dip into MMORPGs...
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...
The Soapbox: The ‘problem’ with MMO hoarding
I remember a number of years ago, in an article for a game I can't recall, an MMO developer discussed how an early build...
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,...
The MOP Up: Warhammer Online’s Return of Reckoning ‘chickens out’
Return of Reckoning's rogue server changed how combat buffs worked and added a new level 40 quest that pays out in, er, a "Chicken...
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...
ARK Survival Ascended brings back the Winter Wonderland holiday event and Survival of the Fittest mode
ARK: Survival Ascended has brought back things that regular players of the dino survival sandbox are likely familiar with, but this time they're in...
Corepunk’s latest NDA-free test round sees mixed reviews, early game complaints, and survival annoyances
The latest NDA-free alpha test for OARPG Corepunk is almost wrapped up (it ends this Wednesday, December 20th), but already player impressions are a...
Funcom’s Dune Awakening is readying another closed beta test for early 2024
Funcom is continuing to inch along with playtests for the Dune Awakening survival MMO - in fact, the one it opened sign-ups for a...
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...
Conan Exiles’s Age of War Chapter 3 is live with PvE sieges and player-run taverns
Conan Exiles fans better get their servers in order as Funcom just released chapter three of its Age of War season for all platforms,...
Post-apoc shooter Once Human aims for 20,000 players with this month’s closed beta
Not every magical door opens into Narnia; in fact, some portals should never be breached. Such is the premise of Once Human, a post-apocalyptic...
The Survivalist: A toast to Conan Exiles’ new taverns, launching this week’s Age of War Chapter III
You know that feeling when you get something you really want? Something you've been waiting for? Conan Exiles is giving that to me --...
