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World of Warcraft shakes up PvP battlegrounds with bi-weekly events
To keep things interesting in World of Warcraft's PvP battlegrounds, the team recently implemented bi-weekly events that add interesting new twists in these familiar...
Overwatch celebrates first birthday with free-play weekend and GOTY edition
Overwatch is turning one year this month, so bust out your hipster camera and baby confections for a cake smash! Just kidding. Actually Blizzard...
Exclusive Wild West Online interview on PvE servers, budget, and Red Dead Redemption 2
Here at Massively OP, there's nothing we like to hear more than word that new, bold, and big MMORPGs are in development. Over the...
World of Warcraft PvP offers tempting prestige rewards, Christie Golden joins Blizzard
Grind. The grind never ends. Just when you think you've capped your honor levels in World of Warcraft's PvP, you discover that there is...
Diablo III turns out to have lore, summarizable in a minute
Confession time: I have spent an absurd amount of time in the Diablo universe over the years (ask me about that time a Best...
The Game Archaeologist: When Hellgate London got Flagshipped
It seems that it really wasn't too long ago that I was filling in the time between night classes by boning up on video...
Massively Overthinking: Is the MMO genre facing an identity crisis?
MMORPG blogger and MOP commenter Isarii (@ethanmacfie) recently published an excellent video positing that the MMO industry is facing a "massive identity crisis."
"The MMO...
One man, one MMORTS, one early access release
After seven years of development by a man named Robert Basler, The Imperial Realm: Miranda has finally released into early access.
Miranda was inspired by...
World of Warcraft floats away in its Balloon Festival
Stressed out with life? Feeling like everything is dragging you down? Then take a break from your worries and float away on a hot-air...
Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list
One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...
World of Warcraft publishes new character profile system
The old World of Warcraft Armory -- now the Profile Page -- has a big update today, and while Blizzard says "the new Profiles look...
Global Chat: Die inventory management die!
Do you have inventory management with the passion of a thousand burning suns? Have you lost most of the vision in your left eye...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs would you include among the greatest RPGs of all time?
Massively OP reader Francois recently pointed us to IGN's Top 100 RPGs of All Time, which we thought was worth a nod since unlike...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG you find too daunting to return to?
Last week, Blizzard Watch published a post discussing the problem with grinding -- but maybe not the problem you're thinking. Matt Rossi explained that he...
Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
Whatever happened to Alganon, Ryzom, and Forsaken Legends?
Ever find yourself wondering, "Whatever happened to so-and-so? We never hear about that MMO in the news any more! Is it still running? Does...
The Daily Grind: What would you like to see done with MMO pets?
A little while ago, I was amused by a story about how a sort-of pet for World of Warcraft's sort-of housing was able to...
WoW Factor: Breaking up is surprisingly easy to do
The classic break-up line is "it's not you, it's me." It is, of course, usually a lie, and it often gets followed up shortly...
World of Warcraft’s Gnome races become codified
Practically since the launch year of World of Warcraft, there have been player-run Gnome races (especially the nekked variety), sending pint-sized characters on a...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2017: Blizzard’s online games drove Activision-Blizzard profits last quarter
Activision-Blizzard can't claim "biggest quarter ever" for the quarter ending March 2017, but it continues to rake in huge sums of money, enough to at...