Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen unveils its shiny new website
Are you ready for some internet eye candy? Then feast upon the visual splendor that is the new Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen website, which has streamlined its overall look, added easier to navigate menus and forums, and now boasts a more user-friendly design overall. More crucially, the game's information section and media section have […]
Multiplayer survival shooter Vigor announces launch dates for PS4 and PS5, free-to-play arrival on Nintendo Switch
Apparently there's a demand from fans of the multiplayer shooter Vigor to arrive to more consoles, and developer Bohemia Interactive is meeting that demand with word of several upcoming releases, including a launch on PlayStation 4 on November 25th, a launch on PlayStation 5 during the 2020 holiday season, and a free-to-play release on the […]
Wizarding battle royale Spellbreak launches September 3 – here's the latest trailer
Yep, it's another battle royale game launch. This one, however, is all about flinging spells angrily at other wizards, which might be enough of a hook for some. If you are among those eager to do precisely this, then you'll want to keep eyes on Spellbreak, which is making its way to PlayStation 4, Xbox […]
Path of Exile's Heist expansion will launch on Mac with full crossplay
What's better than getting a new Path of Exile league? If you are a Mac user, it's getting the game on your favored operating system. And Grinding Gear Games is doing just that! When the new Heist expansion drops on September 18th (September 23rd for consoles), POE will be fully playable on Mac, with complete […]
Path of Exile's Heist expansion lets players infiltrate Rogue Harbor on September 18
Are you tormented by the unrequited desire of executing a daring caper, perhaps pilfering a rare antique or infiltrating a secure vault, all because you've been hindered by the legal or moral ramifications of perpetrating such an escapade? Have you dreamed of Oceans Eleven-ing your way through a storied jewel or art heist? Well Path […]
Massively OP Podcast Episode 286: Cantha, Shadowlands, and New World
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, WoW Shadowlands, New World, Elder Scrolls Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, SWTOR, Wurm Online, SWG Legends, and Guild Wars 2, plus reader mail on reviving old zones, recovering from burnout, and Mo himself.
Jagex backpedals slightly on a RuneScape ban wave related to Treasure Hunter keys and oddments
Last Monday, RuneScape developer Jagex issued an announcement regarding actions taken against player accounts who were found to be cashing out items to receive more oddments than the cost of a currently discounted Treasure Hunter key, allowing players to generate a surplus of oddments which the studio considered to be an exploit. In total, over […]
The panther statue in Fortnite has become a player memorial for Chadwick Boseman
The unexpected passing of actor Chadwick Boseman at age 43 has left many people struggling to find the words to express what has been lost or even the depth of feeling many people are experiencing in the wake of his loss. Fortnite players have already found one such way to express respect, however. As the […]
Grab a promo pack key for RTS Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming from Massively OP
R2 Games has this week released Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming globally across its platform. It's a browser-based multiplayer RTS, and though it's not a headlining feature of the game, you can indeed team up with your player allies (and we spied a mention of PvP too). You'll be training dragons, buffing your castle, […]
Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases Bespin, previews new Days of the Aned-Kla festival
It's a weird year when rogue servers are getting more love than some live MMOs, but we're not sorry to see it. One of those servers is Star Wars Galaxies Legends, which just dropped a whopper of a community report with news of future updates and events. Let's start with the event, since it's something […]
Blizzard plans a book of World of Warcraft fairy tales… but no more scrolls in Shadowlands
So remember how people still blame World of Warcraft's current class design on the old statement of "bring the player, not the class"? That philosophy will have to now be amended with "unless the class brings a very specific set of buffs," since it appears that scrolls mirroring the effects of Battle Shout, Arcane Intellect, […]
Choose My Adventure: The slow-burning, esoteric start of Wurm Online
I have a feeling this is going to be a short article and a probably completely inept series. Wurm Online is definitely not the kind of game one gets deep in to in a month's time, I think. That's not to suggest that it seems deep right now so much as the surface scratching is […]
Japanese survivalbox Craftopia is set to launch early access on Friday
All summer, we've been keeping watch over Craftopia, a Japanese multiplayer "open world survival crafting game," and I think it would be fair to say that its testing and release schedule has been a bit slapdash. Early access was originally supposed to land in June, but then the closed alpha didn't actually start until July, […]
Not So Massively: Iron Harvest 1920 is a dieselpunk RTS with a surprising amount of heart
It's pretty common to stumble across a new game on the front page of Steam and think it looks interesting enough to add to your wishlist, but often such games languish there for months or years, and even if you do end up trying them, they often disappoint. Such is not the case for real […]
Rockstar wipes out characters caught using a money exploit, sending cheaters in to a rage
You would think that the instruction — either direct or inherent — to not cheat in a game would be common sense, but as we all know some multiplayer gamers consider this golden rule to be nothing more than brass. Cheaters who were taking advantage of a money exploit in Grand Theft Auto Online are […]
Flameseeker Chronicles: Breaking down Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons expansion teaser trailer
Last, after a lot of build-up, during a stream dedicated to the 8th anniversary of the launch of Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet finally released its teaser trailer for the game's third expansion, called End of Dragons. As we had already surmised from the single piece of concept art, this expansion is indeed going to be […]
Director Sir Ridley Scott sounds off on the Fortnite ad spoof with mild disappointment
Aside from directing Gladiator, Alien, and Blade Runner, Sir Ridley Scott is also known for directing the famous '1984' commercial for Apple – because when you've directed one of those films on that list you can basically do anything you want for a paycheck forever. Of course, it helped that the commercial is so famous […]
Corepunk plans December closed beta, talks questing and character customization
We've had our eye on upcoming Unity-based MMORPG Corepunk since its original announcement by Dutch studio Artificial Core back in December, and in spite of its early development stage, the studio has been putting out regular updates along the way. This week, the devs have dropped a blog discussing what they've been up to – […]
The Herb bakes a 'classical' MMO on a far-away planet
We've seen a lot of different MMOs come across our desk over the years, but so far there haven't been any titles that revolved around herbs as a theme. Well, that's about to change, as Germany-based Rigem Works is cooking up a "classical MMORPG" called The Herb. It's a lot more fun if you think […]
Camelot Unchained promises that 'a game is starting to emerge'
Progress and change are the watchwords of Camelot Unchained this late summer, as Chris Junior – formerly of the RIFT and EverQuest II teams – has taken over the role of Game Designer for the project. "I really am excited about getting to the point where I can interact with the community, but for right […]
The Daily Grind: What's the worst minigame in an MMO?
I'm not a minigame person in general – for example, I have long made known my rage for Polymock. (Curse you, Polymock!) But I recently stumbled into an even worse minigame while rereading an article I wrote back in 2015, in part about Revival. Y'all remember Revival, right? It's canceled now, but it was a […]
The Stream Team: A second sashay into the New World preview
As much as the name inspires it, life's not all singing and dancing in New World. Unless you count dodging as a new dance! Massively OP's MJ hasn't wandered too far into this realm yet, so she's sashaying back to the shipwreck to continue with a second day of adventures. Will she make it off […]
Steam begins testing user-controlled chat filtering options
The words that people find harmful or hurtful to them is a deeply personal experience in a variety of cases, and while there are a number of words and terms that are not kosher anywhere, Steam is hoping to give its users more control over the terms that they take umbrage with thanks to some […]
Early access survival MMO Last Oasis adds biodegradable exosuits
We've always been a mixture of intrigued and skeptical of Last Oasis' devotion to its woodpunk aesthetic, but bless this team's courageous hearts, the game hasn't wavered from making wood THE building material of the post-apocalyptic future. Case in point, this week Last Oasis is adding exosuits. But unlike the metal frames that you might […]
Warframe shows off new kitguns, previews a new Necramech, and starts taking Xaku feedback
This past Friday, the folks at Digital Extremes held yet another home devstream for Warframe, and as one would expect, it was pretty much all about the recently released Heart of Deimos update. During the stream players got a sneak peek at a number of future goodies due in later updates including some Infested Kitguns […]
Pokemon Go studio Niantic is asking for player feedback to fix the Mega problem, adds curious Mega September events
For those who might not play Pokemon Go, our own coverage of the Mega Evolution release day probably was a small hint that the feature's release was less than well-received once people discovered the actual mechanics of the new evolution, and now, Niantic has admitted it needs player feedback to solve the problem. So here's […]
Black Desert details September seasonal servers for PC and asks players to fill out a survey
Did you miss out on the last time Black Desert had seasonal servers? Fret not, because they're coming back on Wednesday, September 2nd, and the devs at Pearl Abyss have offered up a whole slew of details, including how to make a seasonal character, the goodies waiting for players as they level up, and even […]
Star Citizen devs outline future steps toward more persistence and meshing servers
Calling Star Citizen an MMO is probably charitable in the eyes of some (or even calling it a game, there now you can't make that snide comment yourself, I beat you to it, neener-neener), considering that players currently log on to one of several random servers that hold 50 players at once and only have […]
Dual Universe studio Novaquark issues password resets following registration 'security issue'
If you've signed up for a Dual Universe website account, you probably received a worrisome email this afternoon informing you of a password reset following a "security issue" on the game's official site. "A very small group of accounts has been affected by a personal data disclosure, which we are taking very seriously," Novaquark says. […]
The Stream Team: Staking a claim in Dual Universe
While her first attempts to play Dual Universe after the NDA lift were pretty choppy, Massively OP's MJ didn't give up! Over the weekend things were a bit smoother, and she was able to move through the basic tutorial. Now, she's eager to get back in and finally claim a piece of the moon for […]
Enter to win a month of Supremacy 1 premium gametime courtesy of Bytro Labs and MOP!
Last week, we covered the summer launch of Supremacy 1 in-browser and on mobile (both iOS and Android). German studio Bytro Labs bills the game as an MMORTS in the proud tradition of its popular Supremacy 1914 title. "Supremacy 1: The Great War is a free-to-play game for browser and mobile platforms. In Supremacy 1 […]
SuperData July 2020: Pokemon Go is making all the monies right now
We'd like to think that Niantic is learning a huge lesson from its continuing efforts to making Pokemon Go more accessible: SuperData says it's raking in the bucks right now after a season of doing just that, combined with its all-virtual Pokemon Go Fest. "Pokémon GO had its second-biggest revenue month ever. Earnings were just […]
Fluffy dogs adventuring with salty dogs: Sea of Thieves' September update introduces dogs
During this year's Gamescom, Sea of Thieves executive producer Joe Neate offered up a little video rundown of what players can expect for the multiplayer piratical sandbox in September, which will include a new Gold Hoarders voyage that will become a permanent choice and the addition of dogs to the Pirate Emporium. Neate also promises […]
Wisdom of Nym: What does Final Fantasy XIV's final 5.3 stinger imply?
As above, so below, and as before, so again. Just to make it absolutely clear, even though we did it for last week's column as well, there will be spoilers in this column. If you have not cleared the MSQ in 5.3, you will get some spoilers. Unlike last week, though, this week I'm not […]
World of Warcraft plans more server connections for NA and EU realms
The trend (one might say spree) of realm connections for World of Warcraft rolls on. If you liked being on a nearly empty server? Well, you'll just have to get used to having a bit more in the way of contacts, as there's a fresh batch of connections planned for North American realms on September 2nd […]
First impressions: New World has the foundation of what could be a great game
Like a lot of people, I've been hotly anticipating Amazon's New World, one of the first truly big name new MMOs we've seen in a while, so I was quite excited to receive a key to the current preview event. My main impression after a few days of play is that delaying the launch to […]
Defiance 2050 will unleash Mayhem and Mutiny once more in its latest event
Defiance 2050 is re-kicking out the jams yet again with the return of the Mayhem and Mutiny event, which will pit players of the shooter MMO on PC and console against massive Arkfalls that will rain down from the sky starting today, August 31st, all the way until Monday, September 28th. Details on the event […]
League of Legends quietly introduces a new character to the public beta environment
Usually new MOBA additions are met with all sorts of pomp and circumstance, but in the case of the newest addition to League of Legends we apparently just got some initial rose imagery and an arrival to the game's public beta environment. Perhaps Riot Games burnt up all of its hype with the new K/DA […]
Confused about Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis? SEGA's new Q&A might help
While Phantasy Star Online 2's upcoming standalone large-scale update New Genesis has a long way to go before release, there's still plenty of player curiosity about the game, especially in regards to what transfers between the two. Sega has been gathering up a number of those questions and has offered up a few answers. As […]
Path of Exile is headed to the Epic Games Store in September, expansion reveal is tomorrow
While many players of Path of Exile are understandably eager for the next expansion that's arriving in September, there's something else happening that month: an arrival to the Epic Games Store. This news simply offers the multiplayer ARPG another avenue for players to get in to the game and will not have any sort of […]
The Daily Grind: Is it ever too late to start playing an MMORPG?
I'll go first: Nope, it's not. Unless the game is sunsetting tomorrow, it's never too late. It's a video game, folks. You sit on your butt and play it. If that thing holding you back is just fear of not being competitive, banish that thought. But this is a question we hear endlessly, isn't? And […]
MMO Week in Review: Shadowlands in two months, Cantha next year
It was one helluva week for MMORPGs: World of Warcraft announced Shadowlands' launch date, Guild Wars 2 confirmed that Cantha-themed End of Dragons launches in 2021, we checked out New World during its open preview, and Elder Scrolls Online released its Stonethorn DLC. And just for old times' sake, we had a big ol' sub […]
RuneScape and Old School RuneScape preview fall plans, discuss endgame content
It's a double dose of Jagex developer heads talking about game stuff! Two whole hours of conversational content! And craziest of all, it's absolutely free so long as you're paying for internet service!. Prepare to wear down the edge of your seat as RuneScape and Old School RuneScape both talk about what's coming next! All […]
The MOP Up: Legends of Runeterra unwraps a new expansion
Riot Games' digital card game Legends of Runeterra made a big splash this past week as it released its first big expansion. "The Call of the Mountain expansion arrives with a new region—Targon—as well as 89 collectible cards, seven champions, and a variety of new features & content across the game. Try out new champions […]
Champions Online wraps up its current story arc with The Midnight Depths
Some new content is always better than no new content, and so Champions Online players have not complained to be finally receiving new story arcs over the past year. The current questline is due to be completed "very soon," and Cryptic gave a quick preview as to what it will entail. "What began with rampaging […]
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Blade & Soul's soundtrack
Pretty game, strong story focus, really not for me. That's the impression I got from dipping into Blade & Soul a few months back. It's certainly a game with a whole lot of eye candy, but it's also got a lot of ear candy too. Ear candy — is that a thing? Are we all […]
Apple officially terminates Epic's dev account, cutting Fortnite iOS and Mac players from future updates
This past Friday, Apple made good on its threat to terminate Epic Games' developer accounts on iOS and Mac, which now effectively cuts off players of Epic's titles on the platforms from seeing future updates including Fortnite, ie the game that was the reason for this whole sordid mess. And for an extra twinge of […]
One Shots: Chilla with my gorilla
It's always a parade of fluffy, furry, and feathery friends when One Shots asks readers to share their favorite pets, and today is no different! We'll start this week with a striking picture from Toy Clown, who features a beast that you really wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley — or a well-lit […]
The Daily Grind: What was a great idea you saw in an otherwise unsuccessful MMO?
If you're familiar with tabletop roleplaying games, you are probably familiar with the concept of the fantasy heartbreaker. To summarize it very quickly for those who aren't, it's a game that is clearly trying to copy Dungeons & Dragons… but usually with one or two really neat ideas that don't matter, because it's not going […]
Make My MMO: Dual Universe's beta – its 'fully playable version' – is up and away
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Dual Universe hit true beta, dropping its NDA and swelling its ranks far past the 20,000 testers who were already playing alpha. "We've met each one of our milestone goals since unveiling the updated roadmap late last year, and we're now releasing what we think is a fully-playable version of […]
