Major studio known to MMO fans primarily for The Crew and The Division.
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MMO Year in Review: A wild Black Desert approaches (February 2016)
This year, we’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we...
The Division is free on PC this weekend
Are you interested in The Division, but not interested enough to put down your money and try it out on your dime? A compromise...
It’s vikings vs. samurai in Ubisoft’s For Honor
When multi-faction PvP games come out, it always feels as though you are being recruited for some sort of specialized street gang. Whom will...
The Stream Team: Exploring ARK’s revamped ice cave
One of ARK's recent changes included a complete reworking of the island's cave systems. That means that all of the caves that Massively OP's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 94: Play this expansion, meatbag!
Justin, Bree, and Larry talk SWTOR KOTET, Elder Scrolls Online lockboxes, GW2, Black Desert, Daybreak, and Crowfall, with a mailbag question on the Nostalrius WoW emulator.
Epic MMO Battles of History: Star Trek Online vs. Star Wars: The Old Republic
Asking whether Star Trek or Star Wars is the better science fiction series is like asking whether Game of Thrones or The Tudors is...
The Crew rolls out ‘police-chase fantasy’ expansion Calling All Units
Happy expansion day, The Crew! Ubisoft is rolling out Calling All Units today, marking the driving MMO's second major expansion and landing on all...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most bothersome part of MMORPG monetization?
A recent GIbiz interview on Ubisoft's monetization reveals that studios, at least the type making online shooters, have come full circle again to the...
The Division’s crying woman is no longer crying… or present
Before patch 1.4, The Division featured a crying woman in the Grindhouse. Why was she crying? Nobody knows, but considering that the game is...
Crowfall on the big world, factions, and safeguarding player cities
In Crowfall's November Q&A "is all about Big World," Design Lead Thomas Blair declares, kicking off the episode alongside Creative Director J. Todd Coleman....
Sit down for an hour with the LOTRO devs
There doesn't need to be a major release on the horizon to create an excuse to interview MMO devs, are we right? The crew...
Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs
Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch,...
A blizzard is sweeping over The Division
Just when you thought that the plague-ridden city of The Division couldn't get any worse, a blizzard is heading in with a vengeance.
Ubisoft has...
Massively OP’s guide to upcoming MMORPG expansions
If there is one consistent inconsistency among MMORPG studios, it is that teams keep swinging back and forth on pursuing the expansion model. How...
Ubisoft dev on the free-to-play newbie experience in online games
Ubisoft Game Designer Stanislav Costiuc has an interesting piece out on Gamasutra today analyzing four of the online games Ubisoft shut down last week,...
Tencent, Activision Blizzard, and EA among top-grossing game companies this year so far
If someone were to ask you which video game company was absolutely dominating the revenue charts in 2016, what would you say? Unless you...
The Division launches patch 1.4 today
It's time to see if you're really as good as you say you are in The Division. The game's newest patch is available today,...
The Division launches its next major patch on October 25th
October 25th appears to be the day of the month to launch new patches; The Division is joining the fun with patch 1.4. This...
Crowfall on its player-driven economy as inspired by classic MMORPGs
If you've been keeping an eye on Crowfall's recent crafting updates and are wondering how exactly everything fits together in the PvP-centric MMORPG, then...
One Shots: Always fall, never winter
Thank you to everyone who posted pictures of autumnal scenery from MMOs. It truly is one of the best seasons (the worst is Smarch......
