Black Desert releases its 'Prestige Edition' on November 6
Ladies, gentlemen, and those who fall into neither category, we implore you to look to your physical video game collection. Does it mark you as a person of rare taste and admirable refinement? We have no doubt you have all of the basics in place, like that original boxed copy of the Burger King Xbox […]
Derek Smart's MMO shooter Line of Defense shows a brief sign of life after two years of radio silence
You know him as the self-professed "internet warlord" and Star Citizen critic, but we have to remember that Derek Smart is also someone who is trying to make a game as well: the sci-fi MMO shooter Line of Defense, which has had its own rocky development history. Consider us a bit surprised, then, that the […]
Pantheon talks pre-alpha 5, publishers, and properly funding the vision
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen producer Ben Dean recently did an interview with YouTuber Nathan Napalm touching on a wide variety of topics related to the game's development, its community, and its search for investors. Emergent gameplay, for example, is something Visionary Realms loves; Dean professed his love of it, noting that it's something the […]
Fractured shows off mining and blacksmithing, dates fall alpha for November 4
Ah, the pastoral life of a sandbox MMORPG. None of this combat stuff, just you, your tools, and a slowly filling progress bar as you fashion components into a shiny new item. It's something I always am drawn to personally, and will be something that Fractured will soon provide, at least if you like mining […]
Wisdom of Nym: Going to war in Bozja in Final Fantasy XIV
Here we are in the wake of Final Fantasy XIV's latest content patch, and while there are a lot of different things that were technically contained in patch 5.35… let's face it, the real focus was on the Bozjan Southern Front. A new piece of content that feels oddly segmented, in a way, as if it's […]
Xbox's Phil Spencer suggests the Bethsoft buyout won't limit games launches to Microsoft platforms
Microsoft has been up to a lot in recent months, what with a new console launching and a new title in the flagship Halo series, but one of the moves that was most directly linked to us and our readers was the buyout of Bethesda and its studios to the tune of $7.5 billion. Naturally, […]
Fight or Kite: Checking out veteran sci-fi sandbox MMO Vendetta Online – on mobile
Over the last few months, I've been playing around with VR on my phone. I know, not the ideal VR experience but I had my reasons. In any case, as I browsed the Google Play store for different VR apps, I came across Vendetta Online. A robust, true mobile MMO with VR support that's been […]
Star Citizen has 720K total backers and 34K subscribers according to gathered public data
Getting subscriber details for multiplayer and MMO titles out of companies can often be like pulling teeth out of an alligator's mouth with a pair of tweezers while it's doing a death roll. One intrepid follower of Star Citizen, however, has managed to pull just such a trick using publicly available information to collect backer […]
Dungeons and Dragons Online fans take a look at Fables of the Feywild pre-order bonuses
With anticipation for Dungeons and Dragons Online's fall expansion on the rise, some fans may be interested to know what they'll be getting if they pony up for one of Fables of the Feywild's more pricier editions. To help with this decision, DDO Players purchased the $130 edition of the expansion and put together a […]
Star Wars: The Old Republic details the upcoming Feast of Prosperity event
Earlier in the month, we got word of several events arriving to Star Wars: The Old Republic, one of which being the all-new Feast of Prosperity. But just what is that, exactly? Luckily, fans have a new post to chew on. The Feast of Prosperity will take place in Nar Shadaa (of course) and features […]
Lord of the Rings Online's paid fall quest pack is arriving 'shortly' as world transfers re-open
Lord of the Rings Online's fall DLC, which the studio is trying to market as a "mini-expansion," should be coming within the next week or so. "War of Three Peaks arrives shortly," SSG tweeted on Sunday. "Stay tuned for more information in the coming days." So far, the studio is refusing to give specifics on […]
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you wish could get the Crucible treatment?
And I don't mean the cancellation part – I'm talking about the way Amazon pulled Crucible back into development in the first place. There wasn't much doubt that Crucible needed much more work done to it to pique the curiosity of a much bigger band of players to be sustainable. While Crucible was never going […]
MMO Week in Review: Squishy squish squish
World of Warcraft's Shadowlands pre-patch launched successfully this week, with some squishing and some bugs and some downtime and some meandering through the new newbie zone. Torchlight III also pulled of its not-an-MMO launch, then we learned Atlas Reactor is getting a resurrection of sorts and Gameforge is taking over TERA NA. Read on to […]
Destiny 2 prepares for its next world first raid race, players cheer closure of cheat vendor
There are a couple of new things that certain Destiny 2 players can look forward to, particularly if you're among those who are clamoring to beat the game's next raid or just hate seeing people use cheats in PvP. Which, to be fair, are somewhat niche parts of the community, but parts that deserve attention […]
The MOP Up: Phantasy Star Online 2 hands out more treats than tricks
Phantasy Star Online 2 fans can log in this week to enjoy a nice burst of additional content, including the fourth and fifth chapters for Episode 5, the Halloween event, a couple of new campaigns, and a pair of trick-or-treat urgent quests. And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for […]
Make My MMO: Titan Reach turns to Indiegogo after Kickstarter ends unsuccessfully
This week in MMO crowdfunding, indie MMO Titan Reach admitted defeat on Kickstarter, having only $131,525 pledged toward its $416,118 goal, and the devs mapped out a plan for an Indiegogo launch instead, which will fund the game's alpha. But that was far from the only big news! Albion Online suffered a nasty data breach, […]
Global Chat: Comparing SWTOR's and Star Wars Squadrons' space battles
With Star Wars Squadrons now on the scene, a comparison between that game and SWTOR's galactic starfighter content was all but inevitable. MMO blog Galactic Antics took on the challenge of the comparison, saying, "I do honestly feel that the argument could easily be made that an experienced GSF player will have little trouble adjusting to Squadrons. They […]
Albion Online's forum database was breached, exposing user passwords and emails
If you're a user of the Albion Online forums in any capacity, then you're going to want to take heed of an alert shared in a thread posted this Saturday. Part of the forum's database has been breached, with the intruder gaining access to user emails and encrypted password information. No payment information was accessed, […]
One Shots: Disco dunking
Just because the career possibilities are limited for monsters with gigantism who have rage issues doesn't mean that they don't have feelings. Passions. A desire… to dance? That's how Minimalistway is interpreting this World of Warcraft screenshot: "The Abyssal Maw sounds so dreadful, but the place is so beautiful! Look at this faceless one dancing, […]
The Daily Grind: What's your preferred way of learning about a major MMO patch or expansion?
I don't know when we're going to hear about the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion. I know that it's going to happen, considering that Naoki Yoshida mentioned it specifically back in July, but the lack of a fan festival this year means that it's still up in the air about when we'll get our formal announcement […]
Atlas Reactor's revival is actually a story-driven co-op game that was part of original prototyping
Gamigo surprised a lot of gamers this week when a number of confirmed Twitter accounts started stirring the pot for a return of Atlas Reactor, the turn-based strategic team PvP game that it sunsetted last year. However, developer announcements from a community-built Discord of the game have now unveiled that this Atlas Reactor will be […]
Ashes of Creation first pre-alpha preview test is slated for December
A letter from creative director Steven Sharif has offered up some most interesting tidbits for Ashes of Creation followers. The letter first starts off with an expected look back at "rapid" development progress and touting several 4K resolution gameplay videos, but the real meat of the post comes in the form of a schedule for […]
The Stream Team: A first look at Torchlight III
Torchlight III has launched, and Massively OP's MJ is heading in to check it out. She never played Torchlight or Torchlight II; her only real experience with this IP is interviewing Echtra back when it was still Torchlight Frontiers. Still, she's interested to see what it's all about now. Tune in live at 4:00 p.m. […]
The Stream Team: A supply run from the sky with Conan Exiles Isle of Siptah's surges
On the Isle of Siptah, a surge is a special supply run! Thralls are important in all of Conan Exiles, and the only way to acquire them in the isle is through a surge. Thralls just rain down form the magic portal in the sky. Even better to Massively OP's MJ, sometimes those thralls have […]
Some Assembly Required: The future of Dual Universe's puzzle events and development
While I may be sad at missing Dual Universe's first big puzzle event that was just solved (though folks can still follow the clues and solve it themselves!), I am very much looking forward to the next projects planned for the space sandbox. During our recent interview with president and founder of NovaQuark Jean-Christophe Baillie, […]
The End is a Viking-themed multiplayer survival action RPG from Legends of Aria's Citadel Studios
Citadel Studios, best known around these parts as the folks behind sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria, has pulled back the curtain on a new multiplayer game it's developing known as The End. As explained on PC Gamer, The End is set in a dark Viking-styled fantasy universe described as a "crumbling heaven," where players can venture out […]
WRUP: The alphabet of bird edition
A is for albatross. B is for blue jay. C is for cardinal. D is for dodo. E is for emu. F is for finch. G is for goldfinch. H is for hawk. I is for ibis. J is for jay. K is for kite. L is for long-tailed antbird. M is for magpie. N […]
The Daily Grind: Are you active or passive in finding groups?
Sooner or later, it happens. You hit a moment in a quest chain or need to finish that dungeon for some fool reason. And so you need help. You need… a group. The question is, how do you get it? I've observed that there are both passive and active players in MMOs when it comes […]
Betawatch: Pantheon promises its next alpha this month while looking for investments
There are problems on display right now for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. This is upsetting to type, of course, but the late Brad McQuaid's next big project is apparently knee-deep in restructuring to allow more rapid development and looking for investors, while also promising its next alpha test starting up this month. These are perhaps not great […]
The Stream Team: Nights of Naberus usher Halloween into Warframe
Talk about a fitting duo: Daughter and Halloween. Space Ninjas get to celebrate Nights of Naberus, an ancient festival of death and mischief in Warframe, and Massively OP's MJ can't wait to take part in the revelry. What will the ratio of death to mischief be? Only Daughter knows. Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. […]
Blade & Soul's Halloween-themed Blade & Ghoul event arrives on October 21
It's time for something even creepier to come to Blade & Soul than the Lyn or some of the game's female outfits: It's Blade & Ghoul, the MMO's Halloween-centric update, which is making its way on Wednesday, October 21st. Blade & Ghoul starts with players collecting a Ghoulish Halloween Treats bag from the Hongmoon Store […]
Mortal Online 2's newest combat alpha patch adds the city of Gaul'Kor
The latest patch for Mortal Online 2's combat alpha has a headlining feature that is not all that combative at face value. Players can now go to the city of Gaul'Kor. They can even go to the city to start with, as it is a starting option complete with landscapes surrounding the city. Of course, you […]
Lord of the Rings Online brings back Durin's Day through October 20
It's time to celebrate Durin's Day once again in Lord of the Rings Online, which the game announced will be running between now and Tuesday, October 20th, in a tweet. And that's kind of about it. For those who aren't familiar with the in-game holiday and what it entails, the LOTRO community has stepped up […]
Albion Online talks up a mid-season update, open beta for Google Play, and faction warfare improvements
Albion Online game director Robin Henkys is back once again from his comfy chair to deliver another development update, talking up some of the next updates the game is planning over the next few months. First off, players can look forward to the mid-season update known as Brimstone and Mist that we reported earlier arriving […]
Full-loot PvP MMORPG Profane postpones end-of-year testing, now counts 43 staff
At the top of 2020, we covered a new MMO called Profane, one that sparked a lot of discussion over its full-loot, open PvP sandbox style of design. Since then, it's pushed out a ton of info on everything from its development process and procedural maps to its combat system and factions and even its […]
Skyforge is now available on Geforce Now from Nvidia
The developers behind Skyforge have heard of exclusivity to specific platforms and they seem to think it's nonsense, because the game is everywhere. PC players, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 – all of them can get in on the game. Nintendo Switch players will have access to the game at some point this fall. And now anyone […]
The Stream Team: Mad scientists and more Mogloween in AdventureQuest 3D
The Mad Scientist Doctor Trollenstein is back at it in AdventureQuest 3D and Massively OP's MJ needs to stop him! Or, she needs to run more Mogloween events to get the awesome holiday goodies! Same difference, right? Join us live at 2:00 p.m. as Massively OP's Stream Team celebrates the fun of the spooky season […]
Tiny MMO Book of Travels will use early access to 'experiment' with player caps
Even all the way back to its successful Kickstarter last year, Might & Delight has maintained that Book of Travels is not a traditional MMORPG – that it's a "tiny multiplayer online" aka a TMORPG, which definitely belongs on our big list of silly and unnecessary MMO acronyms; people might debate whether it's got truly […]
Presidential nominee Joe Biden has his own Animal Crossing: New Horizons island
As a US presidential hopeful, you want to make sure you have your message spread to as many corners of the country as possible. This is likely the reason why Democratic nominee Joe Biden has an island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which will be toured by Kinda Funny Games today, October 16th, at 2:00 […]
Elder Scrolls Online, Star Citizen, Project Gorgon, Champions Online, Warframe, SWG Legends, Wurm Online celebrate Halloween
Halloween events are piling up faster than we can write them up – here are a few you should keep your eye on! Elder Scrolls Online: The Witches Festival returns next week, starting October 22nd. "Throughout this terror-filled term, you can receive repulsive rewards in the form of spoopy Plunder Skull containers, a 100% XP […]
Explaining Genshin Impact's impact: Is it actually worth your time?
In Explaining Genshin Impact's impact: The reinvention of gachapon, I went into the nitty-gritty of the gacha system and how it's actually pretty easy to digest for the larger market. In this piece, however, I'll be digging into the gameplay and mechanics themselves and tackle whether or not this game is worth your sweet, precious […]
Ship of Heroes talks about its variety of missions, asks players how many hours of mission content should be at launch
Your superhero in Ship of Heroes is going to need things to do. Luckily, the developers at Heroic Games are planning on making plenty of missions for players to take on, as detailed in the latest dev blog. Missions will come in a few varieties, including story arcs from the Founding Five superheroes, task forces […]
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft leveling experiences ranked, part one
Now that the pre-patch is here, you can level through any World of Warcraft expansion you'd like in the order your heart desires! But that, of course, brings the question of which one you should start with; you have eight options, after all. Obviously, my first suggestion would be stuff that you haven't leveled through before, since […]
ArcheAge Unchained offers free trial as Reddit melts down over pay-to-win
So let's just get this out of the way upfront: ArcheAge Unchained's rollout a year ago did not go as well as Gamigo was hoping. It's changed its business model twice now since the launch, not even counting the original ArchePass situation, doing so while admitting that Unchained stumbled and Gamigo needs it to unstumble. And […]
World of Warcraft honors Reckful with a new Rogue trainer
It was a big deal when World of Warcraft streamer and esports star Reckful passed away this summer, with large parts of the game's community coming out to offer tributes in his honor. Now he's received another honor within WoW itself, as a new rogue trainer named Reckful has been added to the game. The character has […]
City of Titans shows off character creator possibilities
The character creator tool that City of Titans released a year ago is getting better and better with every passing month. Missing Worlds Media recently overhauled the avatar builder with work on both the back end and the visible options that players see. "The underlying data tables were reorganized, clearing up several costuming issues for […]
StarCraft II officially ends development as Blizzard 'thinks about what's next'
Earlier this year, MOP's Tyler noted that StarCraft II had quietly become Blizzard's best-managed game, with updates and events rolling out even a decade after its release. And that's a shame because now StarCraft II will become quiet, period. Blizzard posted a letter on the StarCraft II site to announce that it was putting an […]
The Daily Grind: Isn't it time to put an end to land rushes in MMORPGs?
When Final Fantasy XIV's 5.35 patch arrived this week, the hardcore XIV players on the Massively OP team had very mixed reactions. One triumphed in the guild land rush; one did not. I don't like seeing our writers – or any MMO players -that glum. It burns me up that a game as huge as […]
Massively Overthinking: What one MMO mechanic or system would you like to banish to the ends of the earth?
Back in September, one of our dear readers Aldristavan sent in a fun question for the Massively OP Podcast: What's one outdated MMO mechanic that just needs to go? Justin and I cracked each other up because we had exactly the same answer: raid-only endgames. The way we see it, the problem isn't raiding itself; […]
The Stream Team: Can't resist Dungeons and Dragons Online's Promise of Fire
If there is one thing you've learned by now, it's that Massively OP's MJ loves fire. It is no coincidence her DDO character is a flame-flinging sorcerer. Now a new quest was just introduced called The Promise of Fire — and you just know MJ is drawn to it like a moth to, well, you […]
