American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the Asheron’s Call franchise.
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 445: Rally for Project Gorgon
Justin and Bree discuss Project Gorgon's community, Wayfinder's layoffs, LOTRO's Corsairs of Umbar, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, and Guild Wars 2's Through the Veil, with adventures in WoW, Fallout 76, LOTRO, and Project Goron, plus a mailbag topic on why more MMOs don't use contemporary real-world settings.
The Daily Grind: What’s clogging up your main MMO character’s bank right now?
Lord of the Rings Online seems deliberately designed to make even people who enjoy organizing inventories (me) a wee bit crazy about it. I...
The Daily Grind: What’s the coziest MMO that isn’t technically a cozy MMO?
We have the Lord of the Rings Online general chat to thank for inspiring this Daily Grind, as I recently saw one player make...
The MOP Up: Fallout 76 turns five years old
Fallout 76 is celebrating its fifth anniversary loud and proud this week with a birthday party on Tuesday, a special challenge event, and a...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Corsairs of Umbar launched with a lot of bugs – but fewer rewards
Corsairs of Umbar is finally here for Lord of the Rings Online, and it's not entirely smooth sailing for the MMO's latest expansion. Standing...
One Shots: Protect me, mighty cactus!
Health care in fantasy worlds is a tad peculiar, to put it lightly. Doctors routinely mix it up on the battlefield, medics throw explosive...
LOTRO Legendarium: Corsairs of Umbar and the three ways we consume expansions
Happy new expansion week in Lord of the Rings Online! It's surreal to finally be at the capstone of LOTRO's ambitious 2023 roadmap, not...
The Stream Team: DDO’s Droaam assault moves to Summerfield
Just because Massively OP's MJ killed the Medusa ambassador in DDOÂ doesn't mean that the Droaam army has give up its assault plans! In fact,...
Perfect Ten: The single best expansion from 10 MMOs
Holy crud, do I not know that I'm setting myself up for some major pushback today. Oh, I feel that to my core, friends!...
Lord of the Rings Online releases its ninth expansion, Corsairs of Umbar, today
Grab your Hobbit-brand sunscreen, find your most flattering cosmetic swimsuit for your Elf, and head down to the tropical south for Lord of the...
The Daily Grind: Do you remember to eat food in your MMO of choice?
I've been obsessed with cooking in MMOs ever since I created a chef empire in original-flavor Star Wars Galaxies. Actually, it probably started well...
One Shots: Halloween leftovers
'Tis the week after Halloween, and even as we put away our decorations (or say "whatever" and keep them up until February), the lingering...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s servers get invaded with a ‘one-time event’
While it may be tempting to see the news that Dungeons and Dragons Online dropped Update 63 this week and think that this is...
Lord of the Rings Online goes into a final stretch of Corsairs of Umbar testing
We've got a week to go before Lord of the Rings Online: Corsairs of Umbar launches -- unless it gets hit with another delay,...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs as Saturday morning cartoons
My insane MMO and MMORPG thought experiments do indeed continue: Previously I considered what muffins MMO NPCs are, then I considered what flavor of...
Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Illithid Invasion event gets more teasing and public testing ahead of November 1 release
The Illithids continue to slither their squid faces into Dungeons & Dragons Online. The limited-time event that was described as "memorable" by one of...
The Daily Grind: How much preparation are you willing to do for MMO combat?
It was Lord of the Rings Online's traps that made me ponder this question. I remember playing LOTRO years ago when traps were part...
One Shots: A night of masks and intrigues
The Princess Bride rightly taught me to be suspicious of anyone wearing a mask, which is why I keep my candy in a locked...
LOTRO is close on Corsairs of Umbar while DDO readies a ‘memorable’ server event
Lord of the Rings Online is "really close" to seeing Corsairs of Umbar ship, according to a recent dev livestream. Currently, the expansion is...
Global Chat: EVE Vanguard has a lot to prove
Just because you're a huge EVE Online fan doesn't mean that you're instantly rallying to the cause of CCP's EVE Vanguard. The Ancient Gaming...
