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World of Warships offers free premium play, World of Warcraft doubles experience during the outbreak
If you're not used to being home a lot, you're probably a little twitchy right now and angling for something to do. Fear not:...
The Game Archaeologist: Shenmue Online
If you ever stumble across a Dreamcast enthusiast -- and believe me, they are everywhere -- on the forefront of their diatribe about how...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Warlords of Draenor
Oh barf.
Yes, folks, it... it had to happen. We had to get to this expansion. I know, none of us really want to. World of Warcraft...
GDC plans summer events as studios from Gamigo to Blizzard to Riot see player surges
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread here in the US and around much of the world, changing life for nearly everyone - even in...
Massively Overthinking: What MMO topics have you changed your mind on over the years?
On last week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I took a stab at answering a fun question from MOP reader and listener Pieter about...
Perfect Ten: Original MMOs that never came to be
"What could have been" is a path that I travel frequently, especially when I write The Game Archaeologist column. It genuinely haunts me that...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands gets another encrypted alpha build
If you're one of the World of Warcraft players eagerly awaiting more news about Shadowlands, you may be a bit nonplussed that the latest...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 263: Cantha or bust
Justin and Bree discuss the coronavirus' impact on online gaming, Guild Wars 2's Cantha expansion and recent departures, WoW's essence switcharoo, Phantasy Star Online 2's open beta, Albion Online's roadmap, with adventures in WoW Classic, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends, and mailbag entries on so-called dead games and new engines for old MMOs.
World of Warcraft details the acquisition of currency to buy rank 3 Essences on alts
It was announced last week that players in World of Warcraft would get account-wide access to rank 3 Essences following repeated insistence that this...
Blizzard’s Steve Danuser talks about the story development in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
Very few people are trying to defend the story of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth at this point, with one of the more...
Global Chat: Don’t mess with my GeForce Now
The titanic struggle going on right now between cloud-based game streaming platform GeForce Now and studios who are pulling their titles from it is...
One Shots: Stitching a world together
MMORPGs are well-known for featuring an entire Sonic series' worth of contrasting biomes. And while that's great for lovers of variety, the art teams...
Coronavirus roundup: Blizzard, free APB Reloaded, EA esports, HPWU, and how your PC can help humans win
Feel pretty surreal to be reporting on a global crisis like the coronavirus in our indie pages here on MOP, but it affects everyone...
The Daily Grind: In which MMO have you accumulated the most account goodies?
One of my favorite things when going back to an old favorite MMORPG is creating a new character that gets to benefit from all...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Mists of Pandaria
It's time, people. It's time to remember you should never say no to panda. Yes, we've reached one of World of Warcraft's most weirdly controversial...
Coronavirus roundup: EGX Rezzed, Pokemon Go, and using MMOs to learn from home
We're capping off an odd week of coverage here in our little corner of the online gaming world, as even those of us who've...
World of Warcraft is finally adding account-wide essences with its next server maintenance
Amidst all of the other things that players have been upset about during this expansion for World of Warcraft it can be easy to miss...
Blizzard roundup: Michael Chu leaves Overwatch, Acti-Blizz gets a new COO, and WoW Classic drops a banhammer
Blizzard's been on a tear this week with staffing shifts and patches and cancellations, so let's dig in. First, probably the saddest part of...
Desert Arena: First impressions of Shadow Arena, the Diet Black Desert of battle royales
Did someone just cast Arcane Echo? Because this'll be our second piece on Shadow Arena this week, following its deep-dive by our PvP columnist...
Perfect Ten: Son of conversations with anthropomorphic MMO studios
It has been a while since I've had any more conversations with anthropomorphic representations of MMO studios. Why? Because it's not fun for me. Come...
