Official Site:Â WildStar
Studio:Â Carbine Studios/NCsoft
Launch Date: June 3, 2014
Genre:Â Sci-Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â F2P as of September 2015
Platform: PC
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The MMO Bookclub devotes March to Tibia, Destiny 2, and Apex Legends
If you haven't been hanging out with the folks at MMO Bookclub lately, you may have missed a shift in the format that's expanded...
The Survivalist: When survival sandboxes are more MMO than actual MMORPGs
Ever since Life is Feudal announced at the end of last month its dedication to developing a deep roleplay-focused server, I haven't been able...
Jukebox Heroes: The 10 greatest MMO soundtracks of all time (as voted by you)
A few weeks ago we witnessed the showdown of the ages (or at least the epoch known as "late January 2019"), as Massively OP...
Battle Bards Episode 138: Wild wild westerns
Boy howdy, is it time for another highfalutin Battle Bards episode? Shucks, looks like! In this week’s show, the trio saddle up for a...
Massively Overthinking: Showing up vs. showing off in MMOs
Last week's Daily Grind about ambient sociability got a lot of MMO gamers talking about that desire to have people around, even if they...
Composer Jeff Kurtenacker is working on making the WildStar soundtrack available again
You might not think that WildStar's soundtrack is one of the greatest MMO soundtracks of all time, but that's not the consensus opinion. It's legitimately...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best example of wasted aesthetics in an MMO?
If you somehow missed our award for meme of year, now's a good time to trot it back out because it could so apply...
The MOP Up: WildStar suffers another indignity
Miss WildStar? Well at least there's the soundtrack to listen to on various sites, right? Nope! Apparently NCsoft pulled the acclaimed score from sites...
The Daily Grind: What was the most innovative MMO of 2018?
To balance out our traditional Daily Grind on MMOs that contribute to the death of the genre, it seems only fitting to do one...
The best Massively OP streams of 2018
Massively OP's long-running Stream Team, unquestionably captained by MJ and her sidekicks Larry and Andrew, got a welcome surprise this year: Our newest writer, Chris...
Massively OP’s 2018 MMO Video Game Music Awards
We have been talking a lot about what we've been playing this year and what we're looking forward to in 2019 and beyond, but...
The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMO sunset of 2018?
I have a feeling I know what the answer to this question is going to be for a lot of folks - WildStar is...
Global Chat: A WildStar goodbye
How do you say farewell to an MMO that meant a lot to you? With tears, sorrow, screenshots, and words. Lots and lots of...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2018
We've got a lot of awards going out over the next couple of weeks about the "best" and "biggest" of this and that. But...
One Shots: Our favorite screenshots of 2018
As we begin to put a big bow on 2018 and send it off to wherever years are stored -- VH1, we assume --...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 199: Delay after delay
Justin and Bree discuss delays and do-overs for Project Nova, Path of Exile, Fractured, and Blades, plus WildStar's sunset, Red Dead Online, and Fallout 76's many messes, with mailbag questions on keeping up with new MMOs and combat-free titles.
The Nexus Telegraph: What other MMOs should learn from WildStar’s demise
The shutdown of WildStar stings in a way that other shutdowns haven't. It's hardly the first game I've covered closely that has stepped away to...
The Stream Team: Farewell, WildStar
A bright world is going dark today. WildStar is shutting down. Losing a MMO is never a good thing, and farewells are never easy. Massively...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2018
With the turn of every new year, I know we are entering unexplored territory in the field of MMO news. No matter what we...
The Daily Grind: Are you doing anything for WildStar’s sign-off?
Today is the day we say goodbye to WildStar for good, something that I am profoundly sorry to see happen. This was a game that...
