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The Daily Grind: Did you go back to World of Warcraft for Battle for Azeroth?
Did they getcha? Did they suck you in again for another go-round?
I have a flurry of guildies in World of Warcraft right now thanks...
RIFT’s progression server moves on to Ember Isle, onslaughts, and planar attunement
It's a big step forward for RIFT's one and only progression server. Prime inhabitants can now move into the game's 1.6 Update with all of...
Hyperspace Beacon: Take your SWTOR PvP to Rishi!
OK, I'll come right out and say it: I love the Rishi stronghold. The Star Wars: The Old Republic developers have outdone themselves. I...
Global Chat: A starting point for WoW Classic
The recent announcement of WoW Classic's starting point -- Patch 1.12 -- started to make the prospect of this legacy server a lot more...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO’s music brings back all the feels?
One of the reasons that I love and listen to MMO music so much -- other than it rocks, obviously -- is that it...
Get Elder Scrolls Online and Morrowind for 8 bucks, check out the Murkmire DLC teaser from E3
If you somehow missed the Morrowind chapter of the MMORPG we named game of the year in 2018, then this sale is most definitely...
ArcheAge’s fresh start servers snag the ‘Conquer’ update next week
Trion's pretty sure MMORPG gamers cannot get enough of starting over in ArcheAge, which is why it's whipping up yet another phase for the...
Massively Overthinking: The state of modern MMORPG raiding
Massively OP reader Sorrior recently sent in a question about raiding, a topic we haven't discussed in a while.
"I have noticed raiding tends to...
WoW Factor: Updating data in the wake of Battle for Azeroth’s release announcement
Hooray, we have a release date for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth instead of just a release window! And contrary to what many...
GDC 2018: Hands-on with Trion’s ‘reimagined’ Defiance 2050
Before my GDC interview with Producer Matt “Destromathe” Pettit last week, I was really frustrated with the news about Defiance 2050. I wasn't a huge fan...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 5
And here we arrive at last in our multi-week countdown to the final seven. It has been a fun and delightful journey through World...
Hyperspace Beacon: So SWTOR’s Update 5.8 happened
Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched the delayed Update 5.8: Command Authority to the servers. BioWare now offers its first complete operation since...
Perfect Ten: Why MMO progression servers are a brilliant idea
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been enjoying the journey through RIFT Prime, the game's first progression server. Trion Worlds surprised and...
Perfect Ten: MMO missteps that didn’t have to happen
Around the time I started working at Massively-that-was, there was an article that I quite liked talking about how four high-profile MMO failures were...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 4
We are getting right down to it in our look at the top 32 best World of Warcraft tracks. In today's column, we'll be...
First impressions of RIFT’s Prime progression server
The best word to describe what was happening on the launch day of RIFT Prime was "surreal." It was absolutely surreal to see crowds...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 3
In our third part of this five-part countdown of World of Warcraft's best music (at least, you know, in my opinion), we'll be heading...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 2
Probably the most challenging aspect of creating a "top 32" list of the best World of Warcraft music isn't coming up with a track...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPGs should stay away from legacy servers?
Legacy, vanilla, classic, progression - call them what you like, but alternative server rulesets, particularly of the nostalgia-driven kind, are all the rage in...
Interview: Trion Worlds goes in depth on RIFT Prime
Following the initial announcement of RIFT Prime and the ensuing details that started to come out of Trion Worlds on the progression server, we...
