Major studio known to MMO fans primarily for The Crew and The Division.
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The Division 2 is getting a public beta but fails to match its predecessor’s streaming numbers
If you remember the lead-up to launch for The Division, you'll recall that the game sported a private beta followed by an open beta. The...
The Stream Team: Timber goes the ARK forest titan
Last time on Live and Die with Dinos, Massively OP's MJ experienced summoning the giant green forest Titan on ARK's Extinction map. Now, she...
The Division 2’s private beta test is underway through next week
You've heard of an open beta, you've heard of a closed beta, but what the heck is a "private beta?" Sounds a little iffy,...
MMO Business Roundup: The Fair Play Alliance, Warface splits from Crytek, ESA expansions, and WoW esports
We're back with another quick roundup of MMO industry news!
Remember the Fair Play Alliance? It was supposed to be a group of major and...
The Division 2 shares more story and endgame details ahead of its February 7 beta
The first real beta test for The Division 2 kicks off on February 7th, but fans have got some new compiled information about the game...
Ubisoft apologizes for boorish shutdown reference as Division 2 looks ahead to private beta
Back in October, Ubisoft made the bold claim that it was actively avoiding becoming "openly political in games," specifically referring to The Division...
Battle Bards Episode 137: League of Legends’ hero themes
What’s your hero’s theme? If you play League of Legends, you know the answer to that already, because every hero in that game has...
The Stream Team: Deep-diving ARK Extinction’s green cave, part II
Last week, Massively OP's MJ and the crew delved into ARK: Extinction's green cave. Except, it was eerily empty and quiet for most of...
Star Trek Online update brings Mirror Universe Tilly, free tardigrade pets, and better skin
You can't keep a bad captain down -- or an available voice actress who is bearing the sole burden of representing her entire TV...
The Division 2 encourages players to get greedy with new Dark Zone mechanics
We're only a couple of months out from the release of Ubisoft's MMO third-person-shooter The Division 2, which will be bringing with it a...
Steam is rolling out better store discoverability, mobile chat, and library improvements in 2019
Valve is surely feeling a bit frazzled over Epic and Discord's power plays in the last few months, but you wouldn't know it from...
The Division 2’s Steam landing page is nuked as Ubisoft joins team Epic Games Store
The Epic Games Store vs. Valve (vs. Discord vs. GOG, we suppose) showdown just got a bit more interesting.
Readers will recall that in December,...
Global Chat: Little things that add up to a great MMO
Ever find yourself running down a list of "little things" that impress you and keep you busy in an MMO when you're trying to...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you no longer anticipating in 2019?
I always have a ridiculously long list of MMOs I'm anticipating every year. In fact, we usually write our list of anticipated games several...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 203: New year, same old loot
Justin, Bree, Eliot, and Chris team up for an end-of-the-year roundtable to recap our massive annual awards rollout, our holiday gaming fun, and the Atlas launch.
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v2.0
While The Game Archaeologist columns take up the most time of any project I do here at Massively OP, I absolutely love doing them...
Interview: New World’s Rich Lawrence on solving PvP problems and defining the sandbox
I think it's fair to say that New World is the biggest MMO currently under production in the west, at least among those games...
The Division 2 is hosting its first technical alpha test this weekend
Although Ubisoft's upcoming MMO shooter The Division 2 isn't set to launch until March of next year, some lucky players will be able to...
Midweek Mop Up: GTAO, Ubisoft, Path of Exile, Heroes & Generals, Foxhole, Vindictus, Crew 2, War of Rights, and more
It would not be unfair to say that this week has been one of the most news-heavy weeks of the year, to the point...
The Division 2 details its skills meant to change up gameplay
There's a lot going on in The Division 2, but maybe you don't care about that; you just want to know the different ways you...