Cryptic is looking into the Star Trek Online House United bug that ate everyone's character slots
Star Trek Online's House United update earlier this week has apparently introduced a couple of major issues that have PC left players pretty frustrated. The most pressing bug appears to be the unintentional elimination of a character slot, both from free-to-play and lifetime accounts. It doesn't sound as if anyone lost any actual characters, but […]
Elder Scrolls Online's in-game lockbox item earning system won't ship with Blackwood
Whether you are for buying Elder Scrolls Online's crown crates or not, you can't deny that there aren't some sweet goodies lurking in those lockboxes. And if your desire to acquire them is greater then your wallet, then Blackwood was set to be good news, as it was intended to introduce an Endeavors system that […]
The Daily Grind: Do you miss having boxed MMO purchases?
Buried amidst all of the other information in the most recent Final Fantasy XIV fan festival was the way that its boxed expansion releases were changing. Specifically, they weren't going to exist any longer. While there would be a collector's edition box for the expansion, it's just a box of stuff with a digital code; all […]
The Stream Team: SWTOR's The Shroud Strikes Back
Last time, Massively OP's Larry & MJ discovered they had to do a HK reunion quest before they could jump into the second Shroud adventure. After reconnecting with the battledroid (and earning a lovely Simulated Meatbag title!), the duo is now ready to start Shroud of Memory. Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. as Massively […]
Conan Exiles releases a performance and stability patch on PC ahead of tomorrow's Isle of Siptah full launch
While the Isle of Siptah awaits players of Conan Exiles as it climbs out of early access tomorrow, today sees PC players of the survival sandbox get a new update that plans to lay the groundwork for the expansion with some performance and stability adjustments. The update includes a pass for the entire Isle to […]
Dauntless talks about the intended purpose of and lessons learned from Elder and Primal Behemoths
There are plenty of monsters to slay in Dauntless, but variety is the spice of life, especially for veteran players that have learned every critter fight in the game inside and out. Enter the Primal Behemoth and Elder Behemoth variants, which were the subject of a state of the game post from the devs at […]
Sandbox MMO Fractured kicks off PvP city sieges, announces new investment round
Those who venture off the brightly lit paths of PvE in Fractured and delve into the blood-soaked trenches of PvP will be expecting big experiences from this upcoming sandbox. To help prop up this side of the game, the developers have been working hard at creating large city sieges — sieges that are now available […]
MMO Business Roundup: Valve's SteamPal, Rockstar's record label, and Cyberpunk's legal battles
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news bits. Valve: Would you like Steam to be your pal? Too bad because Valve is making SteamPal a thing, according to an Ars Technica report stuffed with unnamed sources effectively leaking the toy. It's apparently an "an all-in-one PC with gamepad controls and a […]
Trove is set to launch on Nintendo Switch this summer, having counted 28M lifetime players
Remember back in April, when Gamigo parent group Media Games Invest Group told investors that it'd be launching Trove on the Nintendo Switch later this year? It's officially happening now, as today Gamigo announced the port in full for "summer 2021." There's not actually much more to the announcement, as the press release actually spends […]
RuneScape outlines the new Guardian's Gift item which offers wishes to compensate for account lockouts
Do you wish that RuneScape had never had account issues that needed to be corrected in the first place? If so, you and Jagex both have the same wish. Sadly, it does not appear that wishing will undo that particular issue, but wishes hopefully will mollify players who were affected by those same issues. That's […]
Black Desert PC celebrates World Milk Day and adds a new outfit and pet, mobile introduces the Sura class
"Due to the upcoming World Milk Day, it's said that the milk production in the Black Desert world has skyrocketed. So, let's celebrate this special occasion by going to a dairy farm!" Thus proclaims Pearl Abyss in the latest event added to the PC version of the game, entreating players to milk cows in a […]
Blizzard has canceled BlizzCon again, will replace it with another online event early in 2022
Well, this is gonna be a bummer for anyone who was hoping this year's BlizzCon would be a blockbuster to turn the company around: Blizzard just announced that it's canceled in-person BlizzCon, again, thanks to continuing uncertainties over how the pandemic will look by the end of 2021. "As guidelines in California around in-person gatherings […]
Swords of Legends Online previews its floating house islands
Today's challenge when reading about Swords of Legends Online's housing is to not compare it to some other game where you had a floating house island to decorate as you saw fit. As you can see from this introduction, we have already failed. It is thus to the credit of the official preview of the […]
Classic EverQuest launches a pair of unique progression servers today
Remember way back in April, when Daybreak announced that classic EverQuest was due to get a new progression server? It's still happening. Better yet, it's happening today, and in fact there will be two servers, not just one, as after the original announcement, Thornblade was added to the roster. "Mischief will be a new way […]
Perfect Ten: MMO quests where you literally kill 10 rats
Webster's Dictionary describes "kill 10 rats" as "something nerds do, now shut up and read a few intelligent words." I think the editors are getting a little lazy there at Webster's, but that's nothing compared to the OED crowd that routinely slips in paragraphs of cut-and-pasted Hunger Games fan fiction just to pad the volumes. […]
EVE Online teams up with the University of Iceland to offer an online course about digital friendship
EVE Online is an MMO that has traditionally struggled to reconcile its massive player-led charity efforts and citizen science initiatives with extreme playerbase toxicity that studio CCP hasn't always curbed. But CCP is apparently continuing its efforts to improve the game's image: This time, it's teaming up with a university to project a message of […]
Project Gorgon's offline leveling system and new sub are live
On Monday, we covered the news that Elder Game's Project Gorgon, still nestled in early access, was finally reaching the "new stage of the game's development" that justifies an optional VIP subscription. The goal, the studio said, was to offer useful things to subbers – like offline leveling and more inventory – without inching over […]
World of Warcraft patch 9.1's test server updates with lore-important early cutscenes that have been datamined
Fairly warned be ye, readers: Spoilers lie ahead for the patch 9.1 storyline in World of Warcraft. Curious about what Helya is up to at this point in the Shadowlands story? Wondering about what led to the Jailer being imprisoned in the Maw in the first place? Want to see people yelling at a robotic […]
Lord of the Rings Online tests landscape difficulty slider, 'significant' skill adjustments
The on-again, off-again testing of Lord of the Rings Online's Update 30 is back on, and this time Bullroarer has a special surprise preview: a first look at a difficulty slider for the game's landscape content. SSG teased this feature a few months ago, leaving players curious about how it will function in practice. Now's […]
Elite Dangerous Odyssey links server woes to Fleet Carriers, promises to improve performance and map out an update plan
Frontier Developments' CEO David Braben has once more taken to the forums of Elite: Dangerous to address the community regarding the ongoing problems with the Odyssey expansion. Braben first opened up with an explanation on what was causing the game's servers to fail at the beginning of Odyssey's arrival, pointing to the way Fleet Carriers […]
Echtra washes its hands of Torchlight III as the Cursed Captain arrives
What was once a promising next generation of Torchlight in the MMORPG space ended up fizzling so hard that even its developer is getting out of the game. That's right: Echtra Games announced this week that it's pulling out of Torchlight III entirely, handing off the development and handling of the multiplayer ARPG to Perfect […]
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are too hard to get into?
I fully acknowledge and own the fact that I'm far less patient about how much effort it takes today to install and learn a video game than when I was tweaking config.sys and autoexec.bat files while installing 14 floppy discs in the early '90s. MMOs that either throw up too many obstacles to getting into […]
The Stream Team: Fast and fury-ous leveling in EverQuest II
Massively OP's MJ has been enjoying her Ratonga Inquisitor, but nothing ever compares to her Arasai Fury. So now she's returning to that little storm-caller in order to level up and finally get her into the newer content. Join us live at 9:00 p.m. as MJ spends some special time on her lightning bug. What: […]
Wolcen adds new areas and monsters, loot filter improvements, and quality-of-life changes in latest update
Our Not So Massively columnist found the latest additions to Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem to be absolutely worth coming back to the game for, and developer Wolcen Studio is likely hoping to keep its foot on that gas pedal with the second part of the Bloodtrail update. This new patch introduces some new environments and […]
Shroud of the Avatar adds young fish, expands The Rise, and opens the Obsidian Panopticon
It's been a little while since we had a peek on what's happening to Shroud of the Avatar, so allow us a moment to take a quick look at the most recent updates to the game. We'll begin with Release 88 updates in March, which introduced some new fish to pull out of the water […]
Fallout 76 patches in fixes for more Locked & Loaded bugs, including multiple exploits
Bugs in Fallout 76: Don't you hate them? No, we're not talking about the kind that you deal with by pumping rounds of ammunition into, although odds are good you're not terribly fond of those either. We're talking about issues like item duplication exploits and uncomfortable apparel issues with animation and clipping. The good news is […]
Massively OP Podcast Episode 323: Odyssey, Burning Crusade, and LOTRO
Justin and Bree discuss Elite Dangerous' Odyssey, WoW Classic, Swords of Legends Online, Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis, Bless Unleashed, Ashes of Creation, and LOTRO, with adventures in WoW Classic and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag entry on the wild GTAO roleplay revival.
Final Fantasy XIV's Naoki Yoshida talks about future destinations, Endwalker job design, and character dating
It was the first new job revealed for Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming expansion Endwalker, but it turns out that Sage was actually the second job designed for the expansion and took longer to be formulated. A recent interview with producer and director Naoki Yoshida from IGN reveals that the job design usually starts from the weapon being […]
Epic v Apple: Apple's CEO 'has a feel' about App Store profits but no data, closing arguments are made
The Epic vs. Apple antitrust trial has entered its final stretch, closing out with a big moment for Apple's side of the case as CEO Tim Cook took to the stand to provide his testimony. Cook's arrival to the stand followed testimony from a witness brought by Epic Games who calculated that the App Store […]
A toxic hacker has forced Sony to disable its online Little Big Planet servers
File this one under this is why we can't have nice things: A toxic hacker has apparently forced Sony's Little Big Planet online servers offline. LBP isn't exactly an MMO, but some entries in the franchise do offer a degree of multiplayer and online play, in addition to piles of player-made content. "We are aware that […]
Riot's League of Legends MMO: 'We're going to make some choices that you may not agree with'
Let this post be your intermittent reminder that, yes, Riot Games is working on an unnamed and not-quite-officially-announced MMORPG. Of some kind. The project was revealed last December to be set in the Runeterra universe, and Riot Games is still in the process of hiring for it. In fact, the studio just put out a […]
Star Trek Online concludes its year-long Klingon arc with today's House United launch on PC
It's launch day over in Star Trek Online, at least if you're happily ensconced on the PC side of the Trek universe, as PWE and Cryptic have launched the House United season. It's the fourth chunk of the Year of Klingon that kicked off last June with House Divided and pushed onward through House Shattered […]
New World 'won't consider selling anything other than cosmetic items until 2022 at the earliest'
Amazon's New World was the subject of much debate this month when a leaker exposed the state of the game's cash shop in the alpha – including the fact that it was dispending boosters. While Amazon quickly noted that this was merely a test and that all items in the cash shop would be cosmetic […]
Choose My Adventure: Getting straight through the Riena Strait in MapleStory
I've got to admit, I'm very glad to see this one behind me, and that kind of makes me sad. MapleStory should have had all the elements of something that would be compelling and whimsical, but all I feel now is annoyed by the time I've had in-game and glad that it's finally over with. […]
EG7 Q1 2021 financials: The Daybreak MMOs are headed to the 4Game platform
The buyout of Daybreak by Swedish games company Enad Global 7 was one of the biggest MMO stories of 2020, and it's remained a sign of hope from players for the studio once beloved as SOE. Readers will recall that EG7 seemingly immediately got to work shoring up Daybreak's weak spots, dumping out information and […]
Casually Classic: Ranking WoW Classic's racial and class mounts
Now that the pre-patch has arrived for WoW Classic's Burning Crusade, leveling characters are enjoying being able to snag a mount at level 30 instead of 40. After all these years, it's still a thrill to get that huge jump in quality-of-life play when you're able to take off over the landscape at a vastly […]
Star Citizen provides a detailed look at the systems that will power AI, dynamic events, and the economy
Fans of Star Citizen got a truly massive info dump thrown on them by way of a recent video from Persistent Universe director Tony Zurovec that's all about the game's Quantum background simulation, the Quasar event system, and various NPC AI matters. For those who missed out on earlier discussions about the Quantum system, just […]
Final Fantasy XIV introduces the new Zadnor battlefield with patch 5.55
It's time to push your Resistance weaponry in Final Fantasy XIV to the apex of power with the arrival of the newest patch, 5.55, offering players a new battlefield in Zadnor and a variety of new quests to continue upgrading the game's relic weaponry. Not that this is the only new set of quests added with […]
Kakao's Moonlight Sculptor has officially launched on mobile devices
As promised, Kakao's mobile MMO Moonlight Sculptor has officially launched on Google Play and the Apple Appstore as of last night, billed as an "immersive light novel." The game promises an immersive story, life skilling, dungeons, PvP tourneys, pets, mercenaries, a sleep mode so you rack up expies while you zzz, and of course, a […]
Guild Wars 2 repromotes living world season 2 starting today – for free
As promised in its summer roadmap, Guild Wars 2 is preparing a slew of events leading up to the big reveal of End of Dragons in July. Up this week – today, specifically – is the return of two more episodes from the living world season 2 storyline, Gates of Maguuma and Entanglement. If you […]
The Daily Grind: Should MMO companies host influencer programs?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us by way of commenter Rndomuser, who thought it would be fun to riff on Ashes of Creation's new "content creator program" and others like them. "This program is not really something new and plenty of other game developers have similar programs," he wrote. "On one side, the content […]
The Stream Team: Clearing Shadowfen caves in Elder Scrolls Online
Map completion in Elder Scrolls Online is more than just collecting books, skyshards, points of interest, and wayshrines. Last time, Massively OP's MJ spent her time checking these off her things off her list, but now she's ready to start work on the other areas: caves, delves, and dungeons. If she can squeeze in a […]
Love O2O is a Chinese romantic comedy series about two people finding each other in an MMORPG
We're no strangers to showcasing MMORPG-based TV shows here at MOP. Whether it's the sitcom Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet or the touching drama of Dad of Light, we like to see series about our favorite gaming genre. So consider us eager to offer a nod to Love O2O, a romantic comedy from China that takes […]
Ragnarok Online IP is getting new titles for 2021, NetEase announces PC and mobile strategy MMO Project Ragnarok
It's a double dose of Ragnarok in this news post, which is kind of odd considering the event of Ragnarok is supposed to be a world-ending apocalypse. In any case, we'll try to make sure this doesn't end up being too confusing, as we're dealing with entirely different game studios and game experiences here. First, […]
2-D MMORPG Key to Heaven adds new content, opens PvE servers, and touts 'over 6500 created characters'
Back in February of this year we offered a look at Key to Heaven, a 2-D pixel MMORPG that's been a passion project for solo developer Björn "William" Johansson for over 16 years. Since that spotlight, the MMORPG has made it to Steam early access as of April 23rd and has seen a lot of […]
Vendetta Online previews brand-new user interface and upcoming localization expansion
Vendetta Online is still chugging along since its free-to-play conversion last summer, we're happy to report, and Guild Software has dropped a fresh newsletter packed with previews of what's coming to the game – including a new UI. "A new interface is being constructed for all platforms of the game, currently in testing solely on […]
Profane shares a sneak peek at its weather system and day/night cycle
Are you a fan of MMO weather systems and day/night cycles? Then you'll love the latest Twitter thread from the developers of Profane, which… well, it showcases weather and day/night cycles. This should have been obvious. It was right there in the lede. As with other threads from the devs at Insane Studios, this one […]
TitanReach shows off pets, discusses programming, previews new props and the Glimmermoore area
Once again the folks behind TitanReach are just itching to showcase all of the work they've been doing for their developing MMORPG. As with prior development blogs, two of the latest grant a large number of things to look at, including new trees, more animations, another round of 3-D animal models, various furnishings and crafting […]
Overwatch 2's changing team makeup has pro tank players concerned about their esporting futures
With Overwatch 2 completely changing the PvP meta via smaller team sizes and one tank position per team, there are plenty of professional tank players who are now wondering if they'll have a job when the game releases. A nervous question issued into the Twitter ether by Philadelphia Fusion off-tank player Poko started a lot […]
Diablo-like MMO Cronous is closing down this summer
It seems kind of sad that the very first time we mention an MMO on this site is to tell you that it's shutting down, but such is the case for Cronous. Current owner Neowiz announced that it's winding down operation of the Diablo-style MMO by the end of the summer. "We regret to tell […]
