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PSA: The Elder Scrolls Online is offering a free trial of its ESO Plus subscription
If you've already bought The Elder Scrolls Online and are curious about the benefits of subscribing to the game but aren't too keen on...
Wisdom of Nym: Ishgard restoration round three in Final Fantasy XIV
Before anyone feels the need to point it out, yes, I am aware that this is technically round four of restoration in Final Fantasy...
Epic Games brings Fortnite complaint against Apple and Google to the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal
While understandably most of the attention in the Epic vs. Google and Apple legal scuffle has been focused on the suit being heard in...
A3: Still Alive racks up two million downloads, pushes out second update
Launched last November, Netmarble's A3 sought to establish a foothold on the competitive mobile MMO market -- and with two million downloads to date,...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2020 was better than expected, worse than planned
Here's something interesting to consider in the abstract: Bereft of any further outside context and looked at purely from a content standpoint, Final Fantasy...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.4, Futures Rewritten, is live today
The time has arrived for players in Final Fantasy XIV to start forging a new future. The bleak outcome that had been predicted for the...
Massively Uplifting: Giving while giving thanks as ARK, Ashes of Creation, Rainbow Six Siege, and more support charity
Around these parts, November highlights giving thanks (though no country has a monopoly on the practice!), and this past month not only gave us...
Wisdom of Nym: The highlights of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 notes
One of the things I still love about covering Final Fantasy XIV are the patches. These things are always bulky in terms of added...
PSA: The standard edition of Elder Scrolls Online is free-to-play until December 9
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Not just the start of the holiday season, but the start of yet another free play...
Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing the last pre-patch Final Fantasy XIV producer’s letter
Well, it looks like we've got no actual new information on the next expansion. I'm not sure how to feel about that. I mean,...
Iron Harvest 1920 adds new game mode, plans story DLC for December
Multiplayer RTS Iron Harvest 1920's latest patch has added a new competitive mode, Drop Zone, which can be played in all PvP modes as...
ArcheAge Unchained extends its free trial into December
ArcheAge Unchained's free trial program must be doing well for the MMO -- or the studio wants to divert attention from other, more shadowy...
Massively Overthinking: No-thank-you bites in MMO gaming
One of the things I always try to have my kids do is take a no-thank-you bite of new foods. They have to at...
MechWarrior Online shares a list of gameplay mechanics due for adjustment in the new year
MechWarrior Online community manager Daeron Katz is back once again with a fresh post updating players on Piranha Games' plans to update and address...
Judge dismisses Apple’s claim of theft by Epic Games in ongoing litigation
The slow-moving colossus of the legal fight between Epic Games vs. Apple (and Google, lest we forget) has seen yet another ponderous step forward....
Why I Play: Exploring World of Warcraft as a free-to-play game
A few weeks back, the Massively OP staff discussed, among other things, whether World of Warcraft's leveling revamp coupled with its continued endless free...
Inactive World of Warcraft players can return for free starting today through the weekend
I dunno how your circle of friends is handling the World of Warcraft patch and Shadowlands expansion plan, but over here at Massively OP,...
Massively Overthinking: Where is the line between buy-to-play, free-to-play, and subscription MMOs?
You might think this Massively Overthinking topic is way too obvious, but I assure you, it's not! Consider this: When the buy-to-play-with-no-sub Guild Wars...
PSA: Fallout 76 is offering a free trial, Fallout First trial, and an atom sale
Some games celebrate the day their games hit early access, or funded on Kickstarter, or actually launched. Fallout 76, however, is celebrating a lore...
Wisdom of Nym: Going to war in Bozja in Final Fantasy XIV
Here we are in the wake of Final Fantasy XIV's latest content patch, and while there are a lot of different things that were technically...