Star Citizen outlines improvements to the Xenothreat event and offers a peek at the Ninetails event
If you're among those who believe that dynamic events in Star Citizen have room for improvement, know that folks in CIG agree with you. Thus, this week's episode of Inside Star Citizen talks about plans for improving the Xenothreat event; expect clearer objective details and informative dialogue, better friendly fire recognition and penalties, the opportunity […]
Swords of Legends Online offers a free limited-time demo on Steam
Steam Next Fest, the marketplace's big showcase of upcoming titles from a wide variety of genres, is being used as a platform for Swords of Legends Online to stir up some hype for itself. Between now and Tuesday, June 22nd, players can take a free peek at the upcoming martial arts MMORPG by way of […]
World of Warcraft's patch yields another cinematic… but there are more still encrypted ones to find
There's a new cinematic that's been discovered for World of Warcraft's upcoming patch 9.1, Chains of Domination. It's a spoiler. That much you can probably guess just from context. But what is contained within that's so spoilerific? Well, telling you that would just be more of a spoiler. Suffice it to say, though, that if […]
The Pokemon Unite MOBA launches on Switch in July and mobile in September
Even though the best tortoise tank won't be there at launch, Pokemon Unite will be releasing sometime in July 2021 on the Switch as a "free to start" game, followed by a mobile release sometime in September 2021. Don't worry if your friends have a Switch and you don't, as this will be a crossplay […]
Chronicles of Elyria talks rebuilding trust in backer Q&A as the consumer lawsuit continues
If talk could be spun into gameplay, then Chronicles of Elyria would be an impressive MMORPG these days. Unfortunately, talk is just that — talk — until results are seen, and in greater abundance than the recent video of Kingdoms of Elyria. In the meantime, the creator of the Elyria universe, Jeromy Walsh, fielded a whole […]
Fallout 76 devs preview this summer's Steel Reign storyline
Forget falling for uranium fever — investing in some serious steel is where it's at in 2021. At least that is the case for Fallout 76, as the post-apocalyptic RPG is in the midst of a Brotherhood of Steel story arc that began last year and is set to continue with July's big content update. […]
The Daily Grind: Should Bethsoft add multiplayer to Starfield?
Starfield is not going to be a multiplayer game, let's just say that upfront. Bethsoft's expertise is in single-player RPGs, if you ask me, and I can understand wanting to stick to what you're good at. With apologies to Fallout 76 fans, that game is probably the best example I can think of for why […]
The Stream Team: Making merry with Neverwinter Mindflayers
Massively OP's MJ is partying with the Mindflayers of Neverwinter's Underdark. And by partying, she means slaughtering them all (except for her personal minion, Ackbari) and foiling their evil designs in Whispering Caverns. Hey, it will be a fun and merry time for her assassin! Her path today leads her to entering the Iron Heart. […]
Massively Overthinking: Is 'layering' tech actually MMO community poison?
MOP reader ACuriousTanuki left a brilliant comment on a Palia article earlier this month that I thought deserved more discussion. Tanuki wondered about how the game reconcile instancing and layering with its plans for community, given similar situations in World of Warcraft where layering ensures that we seldom meet the same players twice. This isn't […]
Dauntless adds Timeweave Armor, opens a new island variant, and brings back earnable Exotic gear
As a Dauntless player, I can tell you how awesome owning Exotics like the Godhand, the Twin Suns, the Hunger, and Tragic Echo can feel. Now, everyone can experience these unique pieces of kit once more with the game's latest update, which brings the opportunity to earn these Exotics back to the game after their […]
Wild Terra 2 adds in the auction house along with crypt improvements and exotic item levels
Want to put some goods up for auction in Wild Terra 2 instead of manually finding a buyer? Now you can with the game's new auction system that even links players on different servers. The downside is that players will incur more fees for selling this way as opposed to direct trading, so it's up […]
Neverwinter answers player questions about endgame, character builds, and more in an AMA
Neverwinter's plans to squish the level cap from 80 to 20 likely raised a lot of questions in the minds of fans (in spite of the devs offering some explanations). To that end, the devs at Cryptic held an AMA yesterday to field a variety of leveling change-centric player questions. Most of the questions appeared […]
Blade & Soul kicks off new challenges and content with the Winds of Summer update
It's summer time in Blade & Soul (also in the real world), and that means it's time for a challenge. Don't ask how the two connect; you're not going to get a satisfactory answer. The important point is that the latest update brings with it the challenge of Thornwind Cavern. Group up with others to […]
World of Warcraft's 9.1 Chains of Domination is launching June 29
World of Warcraft Retail is finally putting a date on the first major patch post-Shadowlands: Chains of Domination is launching June 29th. "The Chains of Domination content update is packed with new features—brave a new area of the Maw—Korthia, the City of Secrets. Breach the Sanctum of Domination raid dungeon to confront the Jailer in […]
Grab a Eudemons Online summer gift bundle in honor of its 15th anniversary
Long-running free-to-play MMO Eudemons Online is turning 15 years old this month, quite a feat in this genre! "In the past 15 years, this classic fantasy MMORPG has brought us 7 distinctive classes, dozens of expansions, and hundreds of cute and vibrant Eudemons," TQ Digital says. "Eudemons, as the game is named for, refer to the […]
Secret World fan author Blodwedd Mallory releases the sixth book of her series today
We've been following the writing journey of fan author Amber "Blodwedd Mallory" McKee for a long time now. Readers will recall she was greenlit by Funcom in 2018 to write unofficial novels based on The Secret World, now Secret World Legends. Since then, McKee has cranked out five novels to date: To Sir with Love, […]
Star Trek Online showcases two new ships in a livestream and sees its latest PC patch eat up character slots (again)
Star Trek Online held another Ten Forward Weekly livestream yesterday that had a couple of announcements to share with players. First, the stream confirmed that next week's Recruitment Re-run will be Gamma Recruitment, though it will come with some new updates and "soft touches" for recruitment goals. The rest of the stream showcased two new […]
RuneScape Mobile has finally launched for iOS and Android – here's the new trailer!
RuneScape's mobile launch has had the good/bad kind of problem: It's a little too popular for its own good, with 1.8M mobile registrations before it was even live, thanks to a promotional event. In spite of the deluge of downloads that impacted logins yesterday, Jagex has officially launched the game on iOS and Android as […]
Book of Travels features Breath of the Wild-inspired cooking, food, and even moonshine
We're barreling on toward Book of Travels' "chapter zero" early access launch on August 9th, but in the meantime… who's hungry? Yes, the latest dev blog out from Might and Magic for Travellers is all about the food in the game and how you get it. "When it comes to food, our design is comfortably […]
Vague Patch Notes: Bugs are hard in MMOs
So apparently it's been pretty hard to play Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. I don't know from personal experience (fool me once, shame on you, and all that), but I've heard stories about bugs, lag, and all of the things you expect from MMO launches if you've been around as long as I have. […]
EverQuest adds The Burning Lands expansion to its free-to-play offerings
Here's some really great news for EverQuest's free-to-play community: Daybreak has added a whole additional expansion to the roster of what you can experience. The studio announced that it was folding in The Burning Lands, the game's 25th expansion, in with all of the other free packs for its F2P model. The Burning Lands came […]
Elite Dangerous puts a halt on VR development, releases fourth Odyssey update, and wrestles with connection errors
It appears to be another round of bad news for fans of Elite: Dangerous' Odyssey expansion. First off, Frontier Developments announced in the Supercruise News livestream from this past Tuesday that development work on VR for the expansion is being put on hold; VR will still be supported and current bugs will be addressed, but […]
Swords of Legends Online previews crafting mechanics and elaborates on Rampage PvP flagging
There will undoubtedly be monsters to fight and quests to complete in Swords of Legends Online, but sometimes you need to cool your jets, craft some items, yank some fish out of the water, and craft some tasty meals. Mercifully, there will be plenty of that sort of thing happening as elaborated on by a […]
Interview: Neverwinter's lead designer on the level squish and why the new cap will (probably) be 20 forever
Neverwinter is about to embark on a major retooling of its entire leveling curve, resetting level 80 players to a new hard cap of level 20 and adjusting all of the content in the game accordingly. It's a significant rethinking of the way the game works at this stage in its development, and it's had […]
Bless Unleashed will finally launch on PC August 6
Neowiz and Round8 dropped a big announcement for Bless Online last night: The PC version of the console game born in the ashes of the original PC MMO will finally launch on Steam on August 6th. "The game will be available on Steam first, with the official platform launch following afterwards," the studios say. "Pre-download details […]
Elder Scrolls Online's endeavors reward system finally goes live
After holding it back from the launch of Blackwood, ZeniMax has finally rolled out the new and highly anticipated endeavors system for Elder Scrolls Online. This is basically a reward track that pays out in currency used to purchase lockbox items without having to buy the lockbox itself. "Endeavors are straightforward daily and weekly tasks […]
The Daily Grind: Do you use the same name in multiple MMOs?
A friend of mine uses the same name in every single MMO he plays. To protect his identity, I'm going to claim that the name in question is "BigDragonTickler." Now… as a roleplayer, I don't really understand on an essentially level why you'd want to name your character BigDragonTickler. For one thing, it seems like […]
The Stream Team: Concluding Star Trek Online's Klingon Civil War
Star Trek Online's year-long Klingon Civil War story arc is now concluding with the final chapter, House Reunited. After the twist and turns that took Massively OP's MJ from hunting the traitor J'Ula to fighting alongside her to oust the true traitors, she is ready to wrap up this story by eradicating the division among […]
Jedi have arrived to Star Wars Galaxies' Empire in Flames rogue server
We talk a lot about Star Wars Galaxies Legends and the SWGemu here on MOP, and we even covered the… let's call it tumultuous launch of SWG Restoration III, but there are plenty of other SWG emulators and rogue servers rolling around the galaxy. Today I want to point to another one that I've tried […]
Overwatch outlines how to get crossplay working across the board
Ready to play Overwatch with everyone who has the game everywhere across the globe? Because the designers are ready to let you very soon with crossplay functionality, allowing users on consoles and PC to play with one another freely in a cavalcade of… well, whatever the single word is that means "hero characters shooting one […]
Kakao Games' survival sandbox Dysterra will begin global closed beta testing July 7
If the idea of being plunked onto an Earth that's now a prison world to scrounge for survival sounds like your idea of a good time and you missed out on the March alpha test, then we've got some good news for you: Dysterra, the survival sandbox coming from publisher Kakao Games and developer Reality […]
Age of Empires II Definitive Edition begins testing co-op campaigns
E3 saw the reveal of an October release date for Age of Empires IV, but its much beloved predecessor is not being left behind. Age of Empires II Definitive Edition has begun public testing of its co-op campaign missions via the Public Update Preview on Steam. To start with, the PUP will include several Historical […]
DC Universe Online asks players to help it fight toxicity… by sending emails
Daybreak is apparently cracking down on toxicity in DC Universe Online. Senior Community Manager Mepps penned a letter to the community this week asking for help in cleaning up the chat. "Ultimately, we want everyone in our community to treat everyone else with excellence," Mepps writes. "Targeted harassment, hate speech, and inciting toxicity (as well […]
Albion Online's Call to Arms 7 patch touches on everything from resource rates to zerg debuffs
Albion Online's big news just keeps on coming this week as today is patch day. No, it's not the promised massive open-world update; that's coming later this year. Today's patch, Call to Arms 7, is actually focused on prepping the game for competitive play in Guild Season 13. Notably, Sandbox Interactive has tweaked castle layouts […]
Sea of Thieves drops new teaser gallery for A Pirate's Life
Perhaps the most surprising announcement to come out of E3 2021 for MMO and multiplayer gamers was the news that Sea of Thieves is collaborating with Disney on a Pirates of the Caribbean-themed narrative update for the game called A Pirate's Life. Moving beyond the E3 preview, Rare has now posted a stack of new […]
Dungeons and Dragons Online is testing a revamp of the Epic Destinies system for one day only on PTS
The devs of Dungeons and Dragons Online haven't even finished working on Update 50 yet, but they're still looking ahead to a major feature of Update 51. Namely, a full revamp of the Epic Destinies system, which has arrived to the game's Lamannia PTS in early preview form. This preview will only include seven of […]
A Kingdom Divided, Old School RuneScape's 150th quest, is officially live today
As of now, Old School RuneScape has 150 quests for players to experience with the official release of A Kingdom Divided. "In A Kingdom Divided, players go behind the Kingdom of Great Kourend's façade of peace and prosperity to unravel allegations of corruption at the heart of the ruling Kourend Council. However, the Council's political […]
Dual Universe introduces hauling missions, the job board, and solo challenges in the Hermes update
Is your quanta purse feeling a little light these days in Dual Universe? Then get ready to rake in that space cheddar with the latest update to the game, which is opening up a bunch of new money-making opportunities. Ideally, anyway. The new patch, subtitled Hermes, introduces the mission system Novaquark discussed back in January, […]
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis addresses bugs and offers apology items
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is sorry. Really sorry, you guys. No, the team behind the game means it. Despite the fact that "the game is so popular that it's difficult to log in and play" is the sort of problem that most developers are happy to have, the whole "difficult to log in […]
Desert Oasis: Black Desert's Atoraxxian dungeon is a good idea, but will it last?
Burger and Fries, Mario and Luigi, Garfunkel and Oates. Are there any other iconic pairs? Oh yeah! RPGs and dungeons. Be it the sprawling 100 floor Via Infinito from Final Fantasy X-2, the Abyss in the Wild Arms series, or the forgotten tower in the original Phantasy Star, there's a lot to choose from. It's such a major part of […]
Character creation and name reservation for Aion Classic begins today
Quickly! Get home and get ready for Aion Classic! There's no time to explain why! Oh… wait, it turns out that's actually our job, so we'll take a little time to explain why. See, as previously covered the classic version will be arriving in the Americas on June 23rd, allowing players to experience the game […]
Anarchy Online celebrates its 20th birthday with daily logins, events, and sub deals
There aren't a whole lot of MMORPGs that make it to 20 years old, but Anarchy Online is joining those hallowed ranks this month. Even better, Funcom hasn't forgotten about the event, even cheekily acknowledging the game's rough launch back in 2001 (it's still considered one of the worst MMO launches of all time). But […]
GTAO is sunsetting on the PS3 and Xbox 360 at the end of the year
Call it death-by-old-console: Rockstar announced today that it's shutting down two versions of Grand Theft Auto Online on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 along with various other online tools for those platforms. Players on those two platforms will continue to be able to play the GTAV story mode, and of course, GTAO marches onward […]
Black Desert teases Heidel Ball reveals including a Dark Knight figurine and the Corsair class
As we've reported before, Black Desert's Heidel Ball will once more be a digital affair, but that doesn't mean there won't be plenty of reveals to look forward to. The latest tease for the event, which incidentally continued the "new tide" motif that was first alluded to last week, points to a couple of headlining […]
Lord of the Rings Online closes the doors to its Ithil progression server
Today the sun sets over a small part of Lord of the Rings Online's Middle-earth, as Standing Stone Games is closing down its underpopulated Ithil progression server. Players have the option of transferring their characters from Ithil to the other progression server or regular servers until the end of the year, however. This closure coincides […]
WoW Classic triggers Burning Crusade's first arena season
It's finally time for World of Warcraft Classic to step into a new (old) era of PvP, as the legacy MMO activated the first season of arena battles this week. "Burning Crusade Arena Season 1 has begun calling forth the finest combatants in all of Outland to converge and compete in three arenas: Ring of […]
The Daily Grind: Should more MMOs offer class swapping?
I'm sure that a number of you are trying out Crowfall's beta and experiencing its special design of allowing players to jump into and out of different "vessels" — or classes — much in the same way that online FPS titles might allow for player choice. Class swapping is certainly one way to extend player […]
E3 2021: Everything multiplayer from Nintendo Direct
Well, Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans may remain disappointed after today's lack of update info, but Nintendo's 2021 E3 news did have a lot of surprises, not just for the single-player crowd but for the online multiplayer crowd we focus on here on MOP as well. We've got updates to Smash Bros Ultimate and Monster Hunter Rise, ports […]
Final Fantasy XIV plans its next Producer's Letter for July 9
It hasn't been that long since the Final Fantasy XIV digital fan festival, has it? Long enough that it's time to get producer and director Naoki Yoshida back behind the camera for another session of talking about the game, at least. Or almost long enough, as the next live letter from the producer has been […]
RuneScape updates familiar behaviors in latest patch, OSRS announces testing for new game client features
We're off to another week of news bits from RuneScape and Old School RuneScape. That's it. That's the lede. I've got nothing more to add this time around. Starting with RuneScape, the weekly patch has applied a Ninja Strike on several familiars' behavior, including a combat mode summoning setting with several options, familiar duration standardized […]
