the secret world

I'm sorry to report some devastating news out of the Secret World Legends community today: Prominent community member Mark "HolloPoint" Innes has apparently passed...

We all have stories of our very first MMORPG experiences, and the one that I often share is that my initial dip into this...

We've been following the writing journey of fan author Amber “Blodwedd Mallory” McKee for a long time now. Readers will recall she was greenlit...

With Funcom seemingly doing the absolute bare minimum to keep the lights on over at Secret World Legends, it's a sad commentary on the...

Probably one of the most commonly asked questions both here on Massively OP and in various MMORPG discussions everywhere else too is simply, "What...

Where do you go when you want to relax in an MMO with friends, a strong drink, and some good atmosphere? This changes depending...

Welcome back to our semi-regular roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry news. Chicken Drumstick: Yes, I'm afraid this is a real thing. Vice's Motherboard...

A tab-targeting combat system for Elder Scrolls Online. Real player housing for World of Warcraft. Text chat and guilds for Fallout 76. A simplified...

This week's Overthinking comes to us courtesy of a rant on the MMORPG subreddit, which... well don't judge it by the title, OK? Author...

Elyon's closed beta test came and went, and boy am I happy with what I played. It was unfortunate that the test fell on...

Gamers often lament that the world of MMORPGs lacks innovation. It's a frustration I share; this a genre that could be much more than...

Every time we cover Hellgate London - and let's be honest, it's a lot since the game comes back from the dead at least...

I can't remember the last time I struggled so much deciding whether I like a game or not. I'm a fan of ARPGs, and...

If you gotta get married in an MMORPG and don't want to spare any expense, Final Fantasy XIV has the most luxurious and extravagant...

One lesser-known fact about the life of adventurers is that they all have to submit to a daily curfew. By the time the sun's...

MMO reader Random recently winged us an article from Kotaku arguing for the abolishment of pointless social hubs in video games. "Here’s a radical...

I had a laugh a while back when I spied this tweet in my feeds from a Bungie CM who was suggesting people mute...

Whenever you're stuck for an MMO topic to talk about on a blog, you can never go wrong with chewing on the concept of...

OK, MMOs, we get it, you have chocolate and pink stuff and hearts. This is the last one of these roundups I'm doing this...

MMORPG developer Raph Koster recently tweeted that he'd had a "debate with some devs who asserted that videogames require the player to be the...