impressions
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,...
Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier opens up to the public as it moves out of closed alpha
Hey look at that: EVE Frontier, the reddest of all of the EVE spin-offs, is emerging from its protective shield of closed testing to...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Occult Crescent
So after a week of Final Fantasy XIV's latest field exploration area, I have to say that I'm... not really sure if this is, in...
Cozy ‘rogue-life RPG’ Lynked Banner of the Spark officially launches out of early access today
As promised, Lynked: Banner of the Spark is officially launched and live in the wild as of today as it departs early access for...
First Impressions: Moonshot’s Wildgate is fun, but its biggest challenge is the players
I'm not much of a PvP guy. Without putting too fine a point on it, I'm bad at them. But something about Moonshot Games'...
First Impressions: How well does Odin: Valhalla Rising represent Norse myth?
I've heard some people say there are too many games these days based on Norse mythology. As MassivelyOP's resident Norse myth nerd, I disagree;...
First Impressions: Cubic Odyssey smothers its potential under too much progression
A survival sandbox having too much progression might sound like an odd complaint. After all, don't you want a lot of things to work...
Dune Awakening brings its opening gameplay beats in its weekend beta test, now underway
Today begins the big beefy beta test for the survival MMORPG Dune: Awakening, letting players kick the tires of Funcom's latest desert playspace, experience...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Cosmic Exploration
I find myself of two minds as I play through the first part of Final Fantasy XIV's Cosmic Exploration. The first mind - the...
Dune Awakening will run a large-scale beta from May 9 to 12 – with no NDA this time
When Funcom delayed the launch of its survival MMORPG Dune Awakening from May 20th to June 10th, it casually mentioned that it'd be opening...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity story content
Let's start at the very beginning, as The Sound of Music informed me that is a very good place to start: This column will...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity content
Here we are again with a new Final Fantasy XIV patch, and while there is a lot of interesting stuff happening on the story...
Chronicles of Elyria dev addresses fumbled deadlines, the missing website, and press coverage
Updates on Chronicles of Elyria, the Kickstarted MMORPG that was canceled and then brought back even as backers attempted to sue for relief, have...
One Shots: Light pollution over Bree
Are you under the assumption that light pollution is the sole product of the modern era? You've obviously never visited Lord of the Rings...
Warframe of Mind: First impressions of Techrot Encore
Here is the initial column I wrote about the most recent Warframe patch in its totality: On Tuesday, I did not have Secondary Merciless...
Why I Play: Monster Hunter Wilds still has its hooks in me after 70 hours and 70 hunter ranks
I have been gleefully submitting to full-on Monster Hunter Wilds brainrot. The past couple of weeks have seen myself, my friends, and my family...
First Impressions: Monster Hunter Wilds is the apex form of the multiplayer series in practically every way
If you've been following my answers along in our weekly WRUP column, you'll know that I have been absolutely rabid for the arrival of...
Evercore Heroes is back as Evercore Heroes Ascension with a free Steam Next Fest demo
Don't call it a comeback - or maybe do! Evercore Heroes: Ascension will enable all gamers to download and play the new demo of...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs (and MMO-adjacent games) you can play on Nintendo Switch in 2025
In our family, there's an ongoing joke that I was the one who got the Nintendo Switch as a birthday present a few years...
