The Stream Team: Cruising into SWTOR's Echoes of Vengeance content
Did someone say new SWTOR content?! Why yes, yes they did! And that means Massively OP's Larry and MJ are taking a break from the searching for the Shroud to return to the main story. And that means you, dear viewers, get to return to Choose My Alignment! Join us live at 8:00 p.m. as […]
Sea of Thieves' Festival of Giving brings a list of seasonal events and the return of gilded voyages
Just because the game is called Sea of Thieves doesn't mean that the holiday spirit can't be felt by the pirates of the game. That spirit is felt all throughout the the Festival of Giving, which has kicked off starting today. The Festival of Giving features a host of new seasonal events. The 12 Deeds […]
MMO Business Roundup: Activision's Netflix lawsuit, Tolkien's house, Roblox in China, and more
Welcome back to another quick spin through MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! Fortnite – It doesn't look as if gaming companies are feeling too hopeful about their in-person prospects in 2021. Epic Games announced that it will not be holding in-person events even next year, meaning the Fortnite World Cup will once again be hosted […]
Grim Dawn shows off more new regions and new armor sets arriving in its next update
Trust me, in true Grim Dawn fashion, I was highly tempted to spell "more" as "MOAR" in that headline, but I don't know that Bree would like that very much. Be that as it may, more is indeed coming to the multiplayer ARPG, specifically even more regions and more armor sets as evidenced by some […]
Time Warpers is a multiplayer FPS sequel of the 'incremental' idle game Time Clickers
The MMO and multiplayer game genres never seem to stop surprising me. For instance, I was not necessarily aware of the "incremental game" sub-genre, which sounds a bit like simply surviving waves of enemies and growing stronger, kind of like Risk of Rain 2. With that in mind, allow us to introduce you to Time […]
EVE Online kicks off a ton of seasonal events for its icy-themed Winter Nexus
You might not think EVE Online is the type of MMO to get festive for the holidays, but it is! Although this blend of festive is, you know, mostly trying to kill you. This year's Winter Nexus fun has a big long list of space fun themed around the season in the Northern Hemisphere. To […]
Star Wars The Old Republic's Echoes of Vengeance update is live with new story and flashpoint
Star Wars The Old Republic's Echoes of Vengeance may not be the game's largest patch ever, but it's aiming to catch the attention of the greater Star Wars fandom all the same. GU 6.2, which is live as of today, tweaks the login rewards, adjusts the emote window, and adds new ranked PvP rewards, and […]
CIG announces support for Tobii Eye Tracking technology in Star Citizen update 3.12
If you notice a weird, hollow blob squidging its way across your screen while watching some post-game footage of your time in Star Citizen update 3.12, don't be alarmed; it's just the Tobii Eye Tracker working its magic. Unless, of course, you don't have Tobii Eye Tracking hardware and software in use and you have […]
Black Desert launches the Outlaw Zone on mobile, adds Stormbringer Karanda and new moles to PC
It's another week in Black Desert, which means a couple of the game's versions have had a few new updates. Most of these updates, as one would expect, are about fighting things, whether it's new bosses, other players, or a variety of new moles. One of which is named Pudgy Mole. Now you're just trying […]
Elyon's western publisher begins promoting English website ahead of Korean launch
Tomorrow's an exciting day for Korean MMORPG fans: Elyon, aka Ascent Infinite Realm, is finally launching in the region after several years of teasing, testing, and title-changes. But what about those of us across the Pacific? While we knew the game was getting a global release, hard details on when and how have been scarce. […]
Project-V is an upcoming multiplayer online co-op title that blends MOBA and MMO dungeon raid gameplay
First off, no, this isn't Pearl Abyss' Project V where the "V" is a Roman numeral; this is Project-V, an upcoming "MOCO" (that's "multiplayer online co-op") game that seeks to combine "the teamplay and skill of a MOBA with the adventure of an MMO dungeon raid." Project-V comes by way of Vela Games, which includes […]
End-of-Year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs going into 2021
It is only natural that, when you are shopping around for a different MMORPG to play, to consider the health of potential play candidates. Your mind may not term it as such, but it's not uncommon to be thinking questions like, "Does this game have an active and thriving population?" "Is this MMO seeing a […]
Final Fantasy XIV prepares for the annual Starlight Celebration starting December 14
It's almost time for the Starlight Celebration in Final Fantasy XIV, just a week after the game's most recent patch (which dropped yesterday), and this year the theme seems to be all about letting it snow. That's evident in the rewards if nowhere else, as players can get a perpetually frost-covered evergreen for the outdoors or […]
Temtem has officially rolled into $39.99 early access on the PS5
One of the biggest MMO-ish Kickstarters of 2018 was Temtem, a Pokemon-esque "massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure" (MMCCA?) that pulled in more than half a million dollars in crowdfunds. And unlike so many Kickstarter projects, it didn't just piss away that money and vanish! No sir. It pushed into alpha last year, and then this year, […]
Check out the World of Warcraft cinematic from the end of Castle Nathria
The first tier of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands raiding is out there now if you're playing on normal or heroic. If you're opting to go for the raid finder, though, you'll have to wait until next week to get started and four weeks after that to have full access. Can't wait that long to find out […]
Phantasy Star Online 2's Episode 6 is live today with new story, classes, and Christmas fun
Christmas is upon us today – at least if we're in Phantasy Star Online 2. But you won't need to be in the holiday spirit to participate, as episode 6 is also live in Sega's global edition of the game. First, episode 6: Sega is calling this a "huge" content update; it pushes forward the […]
Destiny 2 promises to add a host of weapon-related improvements, transmog, and cross-play in 2021
If you have some strong feelings about how weapons and their associated Power levels are working right now in Destiny 2, then you might be interested to know about what assistant game director Joe Blackburn has written in a dev blog about the subject, particularly with regards to plans the team has to address matters […]
The Elder Scrolls Online teases 2021 content with new lore clip, full reveal tomorrow
What does the next year of DLC hold for The Elder Scrolls Online? Probably not Skyrim again, since one of those just got wrapped up. But if you're curious about what the next year of updates will actually hold, you should tune in to watch the Game Awards on Thursday because that's when the trailer will be […]
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about MMOs you don't play getting publicity?
I know full well that it's a strange feeling when a game you're totally not into or playing is at the center of a swirl of publicity, press, and public enthusiasm. I've always felt mixed about it, to be honest. On one hand, it's annoying that the Thing You Like is being overshadowed by That […]
The Stream Team: The Departing in Guild Wars 2
After finding the lost city, Massively OP's MJ is moving on in Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire. Next up is Chapter 9: The Departing, where she must start off by climbing the spire at Skimshallow Cove. What will she find when she arrives? And will it depart? Join us live at 8:00 p.m. to […]
The Elder Scrolls Blades introduces new cursed portal quests, prepares the Life Festival holiday event
There's a chill in the air of The Elder Scrolls: Blades. Partially because the game's central hub Rivercrest is now being blanketed by snow, but mostly because the most recent update has included the Life Festival holiday event, which will bring new events to the game on December 24th all the way to January 2nd. […]
Shroud of the Avatar talks about the first phase of its streamer rewards program
Shroud of the Avatar is keen to reward its streamers, so for those who are eager to join the game's streamer rewards program and get those rewards, the most recent newsletter has some information that you'll want to know. The first phase of SOTA's streamer rewards program is pretty simple overall: Interested broadcasters will need […]
Dauntless responds to feedback from the Reforged update, outlines some planned adjustments
When I previewed the Reforged update of Dauntless, one of my first impressions was that we're not going to really know how effective the game's changes to progression were going to be until it was in the hands of the wider playerbase. Now that there's been just under a week since Reforged went live, the […]
Massively OP Podcast Episode 300: It's beginning to feel a lot like Daybreak
Justin and Bree discuss the Daybreak sale, World of Warcraft, SWTOR, City of Heroes, Skyforge, and min-maxing in MMOs in this live-recorded 300th podcast.
DC Universe Online asks you to rescue Christmas, one gift at a time
Daybreak Game Company's number one MMO (we can say that now, we have hard data) doesn't quite do the holidays like everyone else. Here, the presents have been stolen, and only the world's best and most powerful superbeings can get them back and save Whoville, er, Metropolis from a glum Christmas morn. That's right, Seasons […]
Old School RuneScape starts testing for its Steam release
While RuneScape is basking in the joy of being on Steam, Old School RuneScape hasn't made the jump yet. This is because, according to Jagex, the Java client didn't cooperate with some of Steam's features. That's required the studio to rebuild the game in C++, and as a result, now it is time to get […]
The Division 2 brings the Optimization Station, Summit improvements, and a host of gameplay changes in TU12
It's time for another title update to The Division 2. The 12th such update, to be exact: Title Update 12 is now online, and the patch notes offer up a number of details about what's available in-game. Much of what's in TU12 we've touched on before, such as some adjustments to the Summit encounter, the […]
Guild Wars 2 plans Wintersday for next week as the community debates hacking and toxicity
As expected, Guild Wars 2 is capping off 2020 with its holiday events in the form of the official release of Wintersday next week, along with a half-off sale for the game's expansion bundle starting on December 15th and running up through Christmas Eve. "The annual Wintersday festival arrives next week! Participate in traditional festivities […]
Choose My Adventure: Fallout 76 and my fight against the all too familiar feeling of not caring
I wish I could say that I'm arriving to Fallout 76 without any sort of pre-formed opinions. I haven't ever touched this game since it first made its less than stellar debut or even after it started to pull itself together with the Wastelanders update, but I'd be lying if I didn't also admit that […]
PSA: Cyberpunk 2077 includes light sequences known to trigger epileptic seizures
We've all seen it in a wide variety of games that have been recently released: the epilepsy warning about how certain sequences of flashing colored lights trigger photosensitive seizures in people, even those without a history of the condition. However, in the case of the soon to be released Cyberpunk 2077, there's a very specific […]
Flameseeker Chronicles: An honest second look at Guild Wars 2's dragon response missions
As longtime readers surely know, Flameseeker Chronicles is an opinion column, one of many on Massively OP, though this one's about Guild Wars 2. Sometimes my opinion is going to differ from that of the current zeitgeist. You're free to respectfully disagree with that opinion; that's how opinions work, and that's what the comments are […]
EVE Online brings its Japanese localization online and celebrates with fireworks and store sales
The Japanese playerbase of EVE Online has reason to celebrate today as the localization of the game to Japanese has officially gone live. CCP Games touted the release as "a successful cooperation between CCP, the Japanese EVE-playing community, and [its] experienced partners" and promised further refinements and improvements to localization for all of the languages […]
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go goes retro with its Red and Green Event in 2021
Pokemon Go's not done with announcing big events this fall, not by a long shot. In addition to the current seasonal events and Community Day + Movie promo events, Niantic just announced how it's celebrating the game's fifth anniversary: with the Pokemon Go Tour: Kanto ticketed event for Saturday, February 20th, from 9 a.m. to […]
EverQuest 27th expansion, Claws of Veeshan, is set to go live this afternoon
Happy expansion day, EverQuest! Yes, the newly purchased Daybreak is delivering Claws of Veeshan to one of its apparently still much-loved classic MMOs today. The expansion boasts six new zones, the Dragon's Hoard storage system, and the usual assortment of new quests, raids, abilities, and collectibles. "Velious is overwhelmed with writhing ice. Frozen undead swarm […]
Blizzard claims World of Warcraft Shadowlands is the fastest-selling PC game of all time
Blizzard is breathlessly proclaiming this morning that World of Warcraft Shadowlands is the fastest-selling PC game of all time, by virtue of its having sold 3.7M units globally between when preorders went live November 1st, 2019, and its launch just before Thanksgiving 2020. Whether you think a year of preorders counts as fast, of course, […]
Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.4, Futures Rewritten, is live today
The time has arrived for players in Final Fantasy XIV to start forging a new future. The bleak outcome that had been predicted for the future of Hydaelyn has been sealed off, but there are still plenty of obstacles to be overcome, and the new patch's MSQ deals with precisely that. There's a whole new future […]
World of Warcraft opens up Castle Nathria with the first season of Shadowlands content
Blizzard politely hopes that you've gotten yourself up to the level cap by this point in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands because you've now run out of prep time. The first season of content is now underway with the opening of Castle Nathria in both Normal and Heroic difficulties. You can check out the broad strokes of […]
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best graphical appeal in 2020?
OK, graphics snobs, this unofficial annual award is for you. Now, I will play an old, clunky, beloved sandbox for a really long time. And do. (And don't even start me on the weird City of Heroes mitten hands.) To me, mechanics trump graphics every time. But there is something to be said for breathtaking graphics. […]
Massively Uplifting: Giving while giving thanks as ARK, Ashes of Creation, Rainbow Six Siege, and more support charity
Around these parts, November highlights giving thanks (though no country has a monopoly on the practice!), and this past month not only gave us many things to be thankful for but also as shared expressions of thanks. Thanksgiving Day may be over, but giving and being thankful need never end. Give yourself a moment to […]
The Stream Team: Burning through Elder Scrolls Online's Banished Cells II
The Undaunted Celebration is happening in Elder Scrolls Online, and that means Massively OP's MJ can earn more tickets (ergo more Indriks!) by delving into dungeons. So today her goal is her very first run through Banished Cells II. Will the Death Counter feast tonight, or can MJ and her group sail through smoothly? Tune […]
Star Stable and Habbo Hotel celebrate the winter season with unique events
I'm going to call this the "Habbo and Horsies news update." Hey, if MMO studios can come up with fun yet low-effort titles for their updates, then so can I. Specifically, both Habbo Hotel and Star Stable are ringing in the winter season with their own unique updates. In Star Stable, there's an entire winter […]
SEED's Klang Games disseminates the results of its first community playtest
The colonization MMO SEED has survived its very first community playtest, so naturally the results of that test are fresh on the minds of the developers at Klang Games. It also is the prime subject for the game's latest video. Because why write your findings and share them in a blog when you can have […]
Final Fantasy XI details its Starlight celebrations starting on December 16
Final Fantasy XI is planning to celebrate Starlight by going all out as it does every year, and that means there are lots of places for players to participate. Want to bring some smiles around the realm, for example? The application fee for Smilebringer boot camp is waived during the celebration, with seasonal rewards available […]
Citadel: Forged with Fire promises a new world and new features in its winter update
It's been a minute since we checked in on Citadel: Forged with Fire. When last we peered in on this survival sandbox, it had released its Godking's Vengeance update. Since then, the game has made some quality-of-life improvements, released a second part of Godking's Vengeance that added a new dungeon, new monsters, and mastery level […]
Katia Sae's record-breaking journey through all of EVE Online is charted in a video
If you've read that title and are wondering who Katia Sae is and what record was broken, our own Brendan Drain will be happy to remind you: She is the Capsuleer of EVE Online player Ethan Richards who successfully visited all 7,805 systems in the game's universe without losing a single ship. The character was […]
Lineage II EU celebrates its anniversary through the month of December with free gifts and events
It's a time of celebration all December long for Lineage II's EU version, as the MMOARPG celebrates the first opening of servers in the region with a whole bunch of goodies for players to collect. Both Lineage II and its sister version Lineage II Essence are marking a nine-year and one-year anniversary respectively with server-wide […]
Grapecard's Atlas tweaks armored docks and trading with its most recent update
The latest update for pirating survival sandbox Atlas has armored docks and trade changes. That reads quite a bit like the last update made to the game, but this one is notably different, owing to the fact that it's brought a smaller armored dock and made some minor adjustments to trade that (hopefully) aren't going […]
Last Oasis adds a Poaching Hut and hard maps in its latest update
Let's say you're looking for some resources in Last Oasis but aren't so keen on that whole contributing bonuses to clans that own an oasis thing. Then you're going to just adore the latest update, which has introduced something called a Poaching Hut. This new structure will let players reap bonuses from others that are […]
MassivelyOP Podcast Episode #300: Live on Twitch!
If you've ever wanted to listen to the MassivelyOP Podcast live so you can shout at us to tell us we're wrong in real-time as we record, today is your day: In honor of the 300th podcast since MOP was reborn, Justin and Bree will be streaming the podcast recording live today at 1 p.m. […]
PAX hopes to return in 2021 with a full slate of conventions
While it certainly wasn't the greatest tragedy of 2020, the cancelation of numerous game trade shows and conventions was felt among fans who enjoyed these events for their spectacle and reveals. And while this year is a wash, with most events ditched or taken to virtual only, there is some hope that 2021 will be […]
