Meta: MassivelyOP is now on Bluesky
Hello, folks! MassivelyOP is expanding its social media presence once again this week with the proper activation of our Bluesky account. Technically, we've had...
MMO Business Roundup: NetEase’s Worlds Untold, Embracer, Ubisoft, unionization, and Epic v. Google
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry and business news. Numbers numbers numbers!
NetEase - The Chinese megacorp NetEase just can't...
ArcheAge is shutting down its Twitter March 17 and moving announcements to Discord and its website
Whether there are lines to read between here or not is likely up to personal presumption, but the fact is that ArcheAge is going...
World of Warcraft is shutting down its integrated Twitter posting feature
One of the very first stories we covered when Old Massively became Overpowered was World of Warcraft's Twitter integration implementation. It seems like yesterday,...
Meta: MassivelyOP is now on Mastodon
Hallo, MOP readers! By popular request, we've been working on our Mastodon implementation as an alternative to existing social media networks, and thanks to...
Riot’s Greg Street explains the Riot MMO’s purported ‘low-key’ reveal
Can we pause for a second to contemplate how blissful it will be when we actually get a real title for Riot Games' MMORPG?...
The Soapbox: Reconsidering social media as an MMORPG
At GDC 2011, Raph Koster gave a talk in which he said, "Games are fundamentally social media and always have been." You can watch...
Profane shares a sneak peek at its weather system and day/night cycle
Are you a fan of MMO weather systems and day/night cycles? Then you'll love the latest Twitter thread from the developers of Profane, which......
Twitch lowers a (temporary?) banhammer on Donald Trump
Following the shameful events of this past week in Washington D.C. during which an outgoing U.S. president urged supporters to storm the Capitol, many...
Caravan Stories unleashes new pics and vids on mechanics as open beta delay continues
When last we heard from the Caravan Stories team, the open beta originally planned for July 23rd had to be pushed back indefinitely. After...
Video game journalist infects hundreds of EVE nerds with insidious virus
A gaming convention turned into the banal opening scene of a zombie outbreak movie this week as a number of players who attended EVE...
EVE Evolved: How much toxic, antisocial behaviour should MMOs tolerate?
The EVE Online community is aflame this week after alliance leader gigX was permanently banned for making threats of real-life violence against another player...
Star Wars: The Old Republic explains how the developers listen to community feedback
Feedback is important for every MMO, and that includes Star Wars: The Old Republic. But where does feedback come from? If the developers never...
EVE Evolved: Five EVE video shows to watch in 2017
Over the past several years, the way in which we receive gaming news and the types of gaming media we follow has changed pretty fundamentally. Today's...
Everything is probably fine behind the scenes of No Man’s Sky
No one could blame you for being just a little bit... apprehensive about the radio silence around No Man's Sky. After a rather controversial...
World of Warcraft asks players to hunt demons for Legion beta keys
We now know what World of Warcraft was teasing for players the other day. The bad news for those of you hoping for a...
Cube World demos glider physics, maps, and new skills
Back in December, we reported that Cube World had resumed development after nearly a year and a half of nearly silent alpha (and a...
Black Desert launches in the west on March 3rd
Daum has just announced that Korean sandbox Black Desert is arriving in the west sooner than you might've thought.
Perfect World toys with ‘Livelock’ twitter teases
Perfect World Entertainment is up to something. The company has retweeted a tease Twitter account, @PlayLivelock, which has been tweeting out sci-fi nonsense about...
The next Paladins release may have a Global Agenda tie-in
Being a Hi-Rez Studios fan means looking back with a certain degree of wistfulness toward the games that didn't quite have huge mainstream success....
