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Pantheon offers special PAX pledge tier worth $1000, gives five of them away in contest
Among the more unusual business model setups for the incoming wave of indie MMORPGs is Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's. As we've previously covered,...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s devs take you spelunking in the pre-alpha
Here's a neat two-for-one deal for fans of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. The developers recently hosted a livestream in which they showed pre-alpha...
Pantheon on mismatched newbie armor and open-world dungeons
This month's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen newsletter is stuffed with images, thanks to features on gear creation and dungeons. Over on the armor...
Pantheon’s State of the Game touts pre-alpha and Elves
"Pre-alpha."
By far, this is the focus of Pantheon's February state of the game post by Creative Director Chris Perkins, who reports that the testing has...
The Daily Grind: How much time do you log in a typical MMORPG session?
The Pantheon community is discussing a really interesting question about the two-hour gamer this week: "How much do you expect to get done within...
SMITE-spinoff online TCG Hand of the Gods is launching on February 20th
Hi-Rez's online card game Hand of the Gods: SMITE Tactics is getting a real launch set for February 20th on both PC and console....
Skyforge modifies its ‘indispensable assistant,’ preps a new season of pantheon wars
Memo to Skyforge: It is acceptable to have up to one (1) decimal point in your patch designation. When you call it "Update 0.96.5.25,"...
Pantheon recaps 2017 and looks at harvesting
Are you pinning your hope and hype in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen for future MMO entertainment? Then you'll definitely not want to miss...
Visionary Realms and Cryptic Studios put out help wanted notices
As always, we here at Massively OP keep our eyes glued to MMO studio job boards to see if any posted positions might give...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2017
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's regular recap of what's going on in crowdfunded MMOs, which we do specifically...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 149: Bringing back the MMO magic
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, WoW, MMO holiday events, ArcheAge, the site awards, EverQuest, Pantheon, Ashes of Creation, RIFT, the Star Citizen lawsuit, and Funcom, with mailbag topics on horror MMOs and "iterating the magic away."
Perfect Ten: 20 upcoming MMOs to watch in 2018
It has become a long-standing tradition as Massively OP and our former site that we like to end the year by creating a list...
Pantheon begins pre-alpha testing for high-end backers
It's a big day for indie MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, as it's the first day the gates open to external pre-alpha testers...
The Game Archaeologist: Vanguard Saga of Heroes
The significance of Vanguard's development, release, long-running drama, second chance, and eventual closure should be of great interest not just to game historians but...
Pantheon shows off the process of making a city with its latest video
If you wanted to catch the newest Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen stream live, we're sorry to inform you that you're too late. It...
SMITE’s Passage to Egypt patch rewards PvE players for besting Loki
Patch 4.22 Passage to Egypt is live in SMITE this week. Its headlining feature? A new "nightmare" difficulty mode for the freebie co-op RPG...
Pantheon devs meet up at TwitchCon and make a convert
It took a convention to bring together a development team.
Visionary Realms shared in its November newsletter that many of Pantheon's team members -- some...
Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on alternate rulesets and multi-server MMOs
Pantheon's Brad McQuaid has another new blog post up - he's on a roll this week - this one on alternate rulesets in MMORPGs...
Pantheon’s social systems aren’t ‘simply bringing back the past’
One of the most interesting things to cover when it comes to Pantheon's development has been its reconciliation of two superficially opposing ideas for...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s pre-alpha will launch by the holidays – but you can’t afford it
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen fans viewing the team demoing the game at TwitchCon this past week were delighted to hear one surprise announcement:...
