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Mortal Online revamps the whole newbie experience in next week’s Haven update
It's been a minute since we talked about Mortal Online, which earlier this year began teasing Mortal Online 2 and last year tried its...
Enter to win a TERA-themed PS4 console from En Masse and MOP (open to NA/EU!)
We've got a truly awesome giveaway lined up today: To celebrate MMORPG TERA, we've partnered with En Masse to give one lucky MOP reader...
Not So Massively: Lessons MMORPGs could learn from Fortnite
Since taking up the mantle of the Not So Massively column here on MOP, I've felt the need to keep better abreast of major...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs, challenge, and flow
A couple of weeks ago, MMO developer Mark Kern tweeted a controversial claim about how challenge and interactivity is the point of games (and...
Second impressions: Astellia Online’s launch version is a solidly average MMO
So... here's the thing about Astellia Online. You remember my first impressions piece? I freely acknowledged that the game was fundamentally a fine title...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online PC Science Intel bundle in honor of Awakening’s launch
With Star Trek Online's Awakening expansion now out in the wild on PC, PWE has kindly granted Massively OP a bunch of goodies to give...
RuneScape introduces the Slayer Collection Log and releases a patch full of bug fixes
Oh, hey, it's Monday, and that means another RuneScape news bundle! Time for your bulleted list of Gielinor happenings! Best enjoyed with a sausage...
Here’s where Frontier stands on Elite Dangerous’ September patch bugfixing
In the wake of Elite Dangerous' September patch, which ostensibly added a new newbie tutorial and revamped the cash shop to use a new...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on wiki-reliant MMORPGs?
MOP reader Alex recently wrote to us about MMOs that seem to be built around their wikis - and why that's not necessarily a...
Elite Dangerous’ new tutorial and new shop currency are live today
My own experience with getting started in Elite: Dangerous went pretty smoothly, but I contend that the tutorials I went through could have been...
Elite Dangerous takes its cash shop offline for this week’s currency revamp
It's an odd sort of day for Elite Dangerous, as the Frontier Store has gone dark - but only for a bitsy: It'll return...
Choose My Adventure: A stronger, straighter start in Legends of Aria
What a difference a few weeks make.
This past spring when I last toured Legends of Aria for Choose My Adventure, things were a little...
RuneScape makes UI changes to mobile, patches in fixes to PC, and discusses how the devs create content
Whenever RuneScape does stuff, it seems to do it in what can only be described as a hadouken of updates. And just like me...
EVE Online improves star and wormhole textures along with several UI improvements
If you're still using lower shader quality on EVE Online (perhaps you're running the game on extremely outdated hardware as a form of protest), stars...
Bless Unleashed heads to Xbox One open beta in November with big revisions
You'd be forgiven for having forgetten about Bless Unleashed - its last closed beta was way back at the beginning of July, and we...
Sci-fi sandbox MMO Prosperous Universe makes its free-to-play launch
The open market of sci-fi MMO Prosperous Universe is now well and truly open. Starting now, players who are curious about the galaxy-spanning economical...
Elite Dangerous will revamp the newbie experience in September, add fleet carriers in December
Fresh outta Gamescom is the news that Elite Dangerous is cooking up multiple updates for commanders across the galaxy.
First up: the September Update. Launching...
Astellia Online is launching on September 27 – here’s what to expect
 German website Mein MMO has a Gamescom interview up that seemingly announces the launch date for Astellia Online. "The release of the western version...
Hands-on: Neverwinter post-Uprising is a mixed bag for newbies and vets
A long time ago, for a few months after it launched, I was an avid Neverwinter player. I loved its visceral combat, and to...
Massively Overthinking: The first 10 minutes of an MMO
So here's the thing about Elder Scrolls games: Most of them start out with the same hook. From Morrowind to Oblivion to Skyrim, you...
