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OARPG Pagan Online leaves early access (and bumps up its price) on August 27
This summer, Wargaming and Mad Head Games have been focused on their roadmap for upcoming OARPG Pagan Online, an "intense action RPG" featuring a...
Take a ride on the criminal side of Star Citizen 3.6 in this gameplay video
If you wanted to clear your criminal record in Star Citizen, you had to head to Security Post Karesh, take out some AI enemies,...
SuperData June 2019: WoW’s back in the top 10 as Overwatch players have spent $1B on in-game content
There's good news for MMOs in the June SuperData video games global revenue charts, most notably the fact that a "real" MMORPG has finally...
The Stream Team: The leet Fleet datacron week in SWTOR
Massively OP's Larry and MJ may not have succeeded in obtaining all seven SWTOR datacrons on Taris last week, but surely they can manage...
UK’s Gambling Commission considers prosecuting video game companies that facilitate gambling
It sounds as if the UK is preparing for a bit of a crackdown on video game gambling of the third-party kind. According to...
Survival MMO Citadel: Forged With Fire announces formal PC, Xbox, and PS4 launch for October 11
Two years ago, Blue Isle Studios dropped its new game on Steam early access: Citadel Forged With Fire, a "massive online sandbox RPG" with...
Black Desert: The PS4 beta dated and the Shai’s musical talent patch previewed
It's happening! Pearl Abyss announced today that the beta for Black Desert's PlayStation 4 edition will run from August 9th to 13th, with signups open as of today. Preorders, MMO players will recall, began earlier this month, since yes, this is still a buy-to-play title. Launch is still expected for August 22nd. Meanwhile, over in the live game, Kakao and Pearl Abyss announced today that the Shai is getting a big talent update next week on July 31.
The Stream Team: Fighting decisional paralysis in EverQuest II
Massively OP's MJ still has so much to do in EverQuest II that she freezes up trying to decide! So for this EverQuest Two-sday,...
Overwatch’s next hero is an astrophysicist gone rogue
We have all known for years that the greatest threat to life as we know it are mild-mannered and well-intentioned scientists who trample in...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 230: A tale of geeks and gamers (and the Legends of Aria interview)
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann for a deep-dive into the launch patch, plus we discuss Villagers & Heroes, SWTOR, Neverwinter, DCUO, and WoW, with a mailbag topic about City of Heroes' spiritual successors.
Rumor: Supposed expansion leak claims World of Warcraft is heading toward an Age of Darkness
Many World of Warcraft players are dying to know what's the future for this fantasy MMO and don't want to wait until this November's...
Camelot Unchained updates backers on progress, including on body models
Work on Camelot Unchained continues as the game has officially crossed the first anniversary of its beta one. In the MMO's latest weekly update,...
The Stream Team: Hunting for Astroneer’s moon landing memorial
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing last Saturday, Astroneer has an event going where you can search the moon for...
Blight’s alpha is a portal to a ‘cruel, harsh’ PvP world
Do you feel as though too many MMOs have a soft underbelly these days? Then you may wish to cut your teeth on an...
Albion Online outlines its plans for changes to GvG gameplay in Season 7
The next season of Albion Online's GvG battles has two goals. The first is to make it easier for guilds to actually take part...
For Science: Exploitative monetization, pathological gaming, and the Proteus effect
Our newsroom is overflowing with interesting academic papers relevant to gaming - let's round a few up, shall we?
First, we've got Unfair play? Video...
Citywars Savage is a Minecraft-like sandbox MMORPG with programmable NPCs
We here at MOP like to cast a pretty wide net in our little corner of the videogame universe, which means we also see...
The MOP Up: Ragnarok Online EU is relaunching
Ragnarok Online is changing hands in Europe, and as part of that, the long-running fantasy MMO is relaunching with a different spin under 4game....
Jukebox Heroes: The best of FFXIV Shadowbringers’ soundtrack
I don't see a lot of chatter about it, but from talking with some of my Final Fantasy XIV-playing friends, Stormblood was at best...
Path of Titans is a new survival sandbox on Indiegogo, slated for early access this year
At this point, when a new online game crops up with no PR outreach asking for money, I think a lot of us hesitate,...
