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The Daily Grind: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2021?
Usually at the end of the year, Justin will ask me on the MOP Podcast what my top-played MMOs of the year turned out...
Massively Overthinking: Our 2022 MMO resolutions
Even if you're the kind of person who is deeply opposed to the idea of resolutions - or your typical resolution fizzles out by...
SWG Legends rogue server added 15K new players in 2021, plans Bespin apartments for early 2022
So here's something I've never seen an MMO dev do before: The player-led Star Wars Galaxies rogue server known as SWG Legends just released...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends is holding its annual memorial for Carrie Fisher today
While Life Day celebrations in the Star Wars Galaxies Legends rogue server are continuing to roll forward, today is also another anniversary: the passing...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best player community as of 2021?
I'm a partisan on this one: I have never been in an MMORPG with a better community than Lord of the Rings Online's.
A couple...
The Stream Team: Star Wars Galaxies’ 10th sunset anniversary
It's been 10 long years since Star Wars Galaxies left us, and Massively OP's MJ still misses it deeply. Luckily, it lives on in...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2021?
As a SWG Legends player, I was thrilled to see the launch of Bespin to a Star Wars Galaxies rogue server this year. Not...
Star Wars Galaxies shut down almost a decade ago, and one rogue server is commemorating the occasion
If you've ever been there for the last hours and minutes of an MMORPG that's sunsetting, you probably don't want to think about it...
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends updates Smuggler slicing and weapon ‘freedom of skin’ system
Smugglers, if SWG Legends' last slicing update didn't do it for you, well then I'm not even sure why you're a Smuggler. But in...
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer advocates for game preservation through emulators
You have probably noticed by now that we here at Massively OP are proponents of game emulators for MMOs that have been decommissioned. Rogue...
The Daily Grind: What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever bought in an MMO?
There are two types of MMORPG players: the type who spends game currency like there's no tomorrow because it's a video game and why...
SWG Legends has brought back the Galactic Moon Festival for Halloween – with new stuff
Halloween has returned to Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends, though of course, there's much more to it than the original SOE festival...
SWG Legends caught exploiters mass-deleting ‘thousands’ of game objects
If you got booted out of Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends yesterday, know that a malicious exploit was the reason, and while...
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is hoping to release Bespin apartments by Christmas
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends posted its latest newsletter over the weekend, and the big news is Bespin part two and plans...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 339: Kitchen sinks and the Tao of MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Funcom, Mortal Online 2, WoW Classic, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on the direction of Guild Wars 2 and WoW and what's going on with LOTRO's dead servers.
Massively Overthinking: Overcoming barriers-to-exit in MMOs
About a thousand years ago, I wrote an article on Old Massively called "but I already have that game" about barriers-to-exit: the difficulty of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst type of minigame in MMOs?
Today's Daily Grind was inspired by Roger over at Contains Moderate Peril, who penned a fun piece on minigames a few weeks back. Oh,...
SWG Legends is letting players demolish over 13K houses in latest pack-up event
People put a lot of effort into their MMORPG houses, but that only enhances the amusement when it's time for the community to blow...
How to make 18-year-old Star Wars Galaxies look pretty on one rogue server
If you read my trip through Star Wars Galaxies Legends for Choose My Adventure, you already know I made a lot about the help...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends just restored language-learning and expanded smuggler slicing
I have grumped before about logging into an MMORPG and having a mechanic upended so thoroughly that it's cost me days or weeks of...
