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Vitae Aeternum: New World’s latest seasonal server is anything but hardcore
One of my biggest frustrations with the current state of New World is that the open world has lost most of the challenge that...
MMO Hype Train: What’s the ideal path to promoting and hyping an MMO?
As much as there's a great deal to master when creating an MMORPG, there's also quite the learning experience when it comes to promoting...
Lord of the Rings Online announces the full closure of its old 32-bit worlds at the end of August
When Standing Stone Games revealed its plans for Lord of the Rings Online's new 64-bit servers, it left a little bit of leeway in...
Progress Bar: We demo’d eight Steam Next Fest games that multiplayer fans should check out
Ah, Steam Next Fest. A smorgasbord of sketchy titles and hentai games. I kid (mostly), it's also a great way to experience some all-new,...
First Impressions: Chrono Odyssey feels like a jankier New World
Ahead of its publicly available beta on June 20th, MassivelyOP was granted an early peak at Chrono Odyssey's current by the folks Kakao Games,...
Perfect Ten: Awful things I don’t miss about 2000s-era MMO gaming
Nostalgia is a tricky beast to ride. It can unlock all sorts of blissful memories, bring us back to old favorites, and reclaim a...
Not So Massively: Vindictus Defying Fate’s alpha promises a highly polished Soulslike
Right now, Nexon is offering a free Steam demo of its upcoming solo/co-op action RPG Vindictus: Defying Fate, but before the devs opened the...
The spice must flow: Dune Awakening officially launches this morning
As of right now for fans of Dune Awakening, the spice must flow. Also the crafting must achieve a flow state, the ornithopters must fly,...
SGF 2025: Dune Awakening, Chrono Odyssey, The Cube, and more MMO trailers
Welcome to Not-E3 2025 - that is, Summer Game Fest 2025, which runs all weekend. Tonight, the ubiquitous Geoff Keighley will host the kick-off...
Casually Classic: What is Blizzard baking for WoW Classic Plus?
Even before WoW Classic launched in 2019, everyone saw the big problem that this legacy version of the MMO would be facing: What kind...
Massively Overthinking: Is Dune Awakening an MMO, MMORPG, survivalbox, or something else?
In this week's Massively Overthinking, we have a very simple question on deck in honor of Dune Awakening's headstart: What the heck is it?...
The Soapbox: World of Warcraft’s biggest remaining flaw is its class design
I've been pretty vocal about the fact that I think World of Warcraft is in a very good state right now, possibly the best...
Dune Awakening’s $70+ headstart has officially begun – are you playing?
If you shelled out for either of the two largest Dune Awakening preorder packs, your time has come! No, literally, your time to play...
EVE Fanfest 2025: EVE Vanguard is leaning into full MMOFPS gameplay
EVE Online developer CCP Games has had a long and colourful history of trying to break into the first-person shooter genre. Since the launch...
Perfect Ten: 10 alternate travel options offered by MMORPGs
By default, in basically every MMORPG, your character is an eager co-worker in your objectives. You press W to go forward, and your character...
Interview: Kakao on Chrono Odyssey’s global parity, opt-out PvP, and embracing MMORPGs
Kakao's Chrono Odyssey is promising to be one of the highlights of the summer here in the MMORPG genre, owing to its June closed...
No Man’s Sky announces Switch 2 edition and releases city settlement-centric Beacon update
If you've been watching Hello Games' Sean Murray tweet bacon emoji like it's 2010 all week, then you probably had a pretty good clue...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Previewing Guild Wars 2 Absolution’s Bava Nisos map and Kinfall fractal
It still seems strange that we are already coming to the end of another Guild Wars 2 expansion cycle, and yet here we are....
Hands-on with Siege Camp’s sandbox MMORPG Anvil Empires ahead of its Steam Next Fest demo
Everyone stop whatever you’re doing and prepare yourselves because next week, demo servers are opening up for Anvil Empires, the latest MMO from the...
Previewing Elder Scrolls Online’s Seasons of the Worm Cult, live on PC and Mac today
As promised, today marks the launch of the The Elder Scrolls Online's Seasons of the Worm Cult, with its new lore-rich island, new adventures...
