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Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that went through complete technical clownshows
I've gone on record multiple times to state that when you get right down to it, MMOs look pretty darn complicated. There are a...
Conan Exiles’ latest patch applies a lengthy list of bug fixes for all platforms
It's a good ol' fashioned bug fixin' going down in Conan Exiles. The latest patch for PC, Xbox, and PS4 zeroes in on several...
Albion Online’s latest patch introduces some zesty new victory emotes
Sometimes it's just not enough to win a PvP battle; you've got to make the person you take down feel humiliated, and while the...
The MOP Up: Shooter looter Rift Loopers rolls out in early access
Experience the multiverse -- and then blow up a small part of it -- in Rift Loopers, a new twin-stick survival shooter that just...
Survival sandbox Grounded releases out of early access with new area and new features
It's been just under three years since Obsidian Entertainment kicked off the early access period of Grounded, a survival sandbox that casts players as...
Massively on the Go: October brings new treats to Pokemon Go
Pokemon GO's Season of Light continues into October, and while a lot of the announced content looks as familiar as that candy corn you...
Raph ‘Designer Dragon’ Koster reminisces on 25 years of Ultima Online
While our own Game Archaeologist columnist Justin offered a retrospective of Ultima Online (and its alt ruleset server New Legacy was delayed into next...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs push players through different content types?
MOP reader Slava recently wrote to us with an interesting question about wildly different content types and the MMOs that either nudge or force...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO Kickstarters that let us down
MOP's Chris penned a solid piece earlier this week about the fate that has apparently befallen Destiny's Sword, and as I was editing it,...
Fractured Veil invites its third wave of testers and runs over bugs in latest patch
Closed testing of the zombie survivalbox Fractured Veil is once again doing what it should be doing: finding bugs to kill, which leads to...
Undead Labs partners with The Coalition to make State of Decay 3
After a long run with State of Decay 2, Undead Labs is moving forward with the next game in its zombie survival franchise. First...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Second Extinction, State of Survival, and Path of Titans
Welcome to a quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent titles that have been hanging out in our newsroom waiting for someone to write...
The MOP Up: Valheim comes to Microsoft’s store this month
That kooky Norse survival sim Valheim is sending a raiding party to new shores -- in this case, to Microsoft itself. The company announced...
Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3 is dividing players in fantastic ways
I feel like Splatoon 3's release has been oddly quiet, though it's doing quite well in Japan. Selling over 3.45 million copies in 3...
Get ready for Wrath Classic with global release schedule, survival guide
Crazy queues and jam-packed servers or no, Wrath Classic will hit our world (of warcraft) in a little over a week from now. The...
Valheim teases Mistland bosses and high hair fashion
Valheim is a game that is lauded in many areas, but high fidelity character visuals is never one of them. The deliberately low-resolution Vikings...
The MOP Up: New World and Book of Travels put out fresh soundtracks
MMO music lovers -- we crazy few -- have a couple new albums to explore this month. Well, the New World soundtrack has been...
Vague Patch Notes: The MMORPG industry shockwaves that still reverberate
A thought occurred to me the other day regarding World of Warcraft and the way that it deformed the MMO industry: People who are...
Perfect Ten: Recent promising MMOs that died before they were born
Is there anything more agonizing to an MMO fan than to get excited about a promising title and then see that title cancelled before...
Modders are transforming Mordhau into an open world multiplayer survival sandbox
Most are familiar with Mordhau as a "multiplayer medieval slasher" that pits teams of players against one another in first-person or third-person melee combat;...