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LawBreakers drops a big update with competitive league, new maps, and customization
The latest update to LawBreakers is coming out on October 19th, and it uses the phrase "All-Star" a bit too often for anyone who...
EVE Vegas 2017: Pirate factions will hunt you down in new EVE PvE
If your experience with EVE Online's PvE is of grinding through waves of predictable NPC pirates firing space pea shooters at you, get ready...
Battleground Europe brings vintage WWII warfare to Steam
Even an old dog can find itself a fresh young pup in the right circumstances. Battleground Europe, originally known as World War II Online,...
Wisdom of Nym: Deep-diving Final Fantasy XIV’s leveling structure
I do a lot of leveling in Final Fantasy XIV. This is, in part, because I am stupid; for several dumb reasons I have...
Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG
Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...
Wild West Online begins its second tech alpha test today
The first technical alpha for Wild West Online was a success, at least in that lots of stuff broke. But when you're running a...
Discover actual exoplanets and earn EVE Online rewards – without ever leaving the ship dock
Have you heard in passing this "Project Discovery" thing in EVE Online and wondered what it is all about? CCP put together a new...
PAX West 2017: ArcheAge’s Corgi Conundrum, anniversary update, and the 4.0 expansion
Nothing may quite compare to last week's big server evolution in scope of change for ArcheAge, but there are more changes coming over the next...
PAX West 2017: Hand of the Gods’ Japanese pantheon and the possibility of 2v2
While the full Hi-Rez portfolio wasn't in attendance at PAX West, Hand of the Gods was on-hand with a fan tournament as well as...
PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Dauntless’ new behemoth
Although I'd recently played a bit of Dauntless, I was looking forward to my hands-on at PAX West. That's because I was primed to...
Secret World Legends’ raid update and Manhattan Exclusion zone are now live
Level 50 Secret World Legends folks, get ready to raid... again. Funcom's just released the New York raid to the relaunched and retooled MMO.
"The...
PAX West 2017: Total War Arena’s hounds of war and World of Tanks’ war stories
When you think about Wargaming, you don't really think about characters or troops -- you think about war machines. But Total War: Arena's inclusion...
EVE Valkyrie will be getting loot boxes
There's really no two ways about this particular tidbit of news. CCP is adding loot boxes to EVE Valkyrie, according to a recent interview....
Ashes of Creation previews PAX pre-alpha tutorial, plans ‘alpha zero’ for December
If you can't make the Ashes of Creation demo and panel at this weekend's PAX West, don't fret: You can still check out the...
The Daily Grind: What MMO tutorial experience is your favorite?
The best way to learn how to play most MMOs is to already know how to play them. Heck, there are major parts of...
Black Desert team reveals perma-AFK leveling, tent camping, and a wicked sea monster
(We've updated this article since it went live with additional notes from Kakao - it's all at the end!)
When it comes to divining the future...
The Stream Team: Base building in Fortnite
When Massively OP's MJ first tried Fortnite, she made it through the tutorial enough to build and defend a little base. Now she wants...
Elite Dangerous: A ground-pounding newbie’s perspective
Earlier this summer I wrote that Elite Dangerous' community events were something the MMO community should watch. Watch. I never said play, and I never ended...
Global Chat: Dipping into Albion Online
Now that Albion Online has officially launched, what's the verdict? It's a little hard to get a feel for that, since I haven't seen...
Massively multiplayer wargame Foxhole hits early access
MMOs these days shy away from calling themselves massively multiplayer, so it's always strange when a game that we wouldn't assume is an MMO...
