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Perfect Ten: MMOs that earned a notorious reputation
Nobody wants a bad reputation. I mean, you can't make everyone everywhere approve of you, but you also don't have to go out of...
Working As Intended: The top 10 hot tubs in MMORPGs
It's been a running joke for a few years that I always put hot tubs in my MMO houses whenever possible, and once that...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with live-action media tie-ins
Every so often I think to myself that a video game should get some kind of media adaptation before I come to my senses....
Hey game devs, stop namedropping Star Wars Galaxies and make a spiritual successor
If you're an MMORPG gamer who watches the mainstream gaming space, you probably know that most gaming sites take any opportunity they can get...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online proves the worth of a small story arc
It was the other day in Elder Scrolls Online's Northern Elsweyr that I stumbled upon a disgraced rogue that used to run a pit...
Perfect Ten: 10 problems that really hurt The Secret World
For whatever reason, The Secret World is one of those games that people keep going back over mentally, an MMO that still collectively has...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG’s graphics hold up long past their due?
When Dark Age of Camelot first hit beta a million years ago, I remember being super impressed with its graphics. Up until that point,...
Multiplayer space sandbox Empyrion’s Dark Faction expansion earns player ire over borked co-op
Last week saw the co-op space survival sandbox Empyrion put out its first-ever expansion, Dark Faction, thanks in part to a surprise publishing partnership...
Dune Awakening’s latest video snippet is all about playing both solo and with friends
Who here would like another vertically oriented video snippet out of Dune: Awakening? If you raised your hand, then you're probably reading this on...
The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too
In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...
Massively Overthinking: Open world difficulty and puzzles in MMOs
During last week's press event ahead of the Gold Road announcement, Elder Scrolls Online's Rich Lambert said something I thought would turn out to...
Conan Exiles recaps 2023’s updates and mods, promises next Age of War chapter in Q1 2024
Conan Exiles has produced multiple new videos here at the top of the year, as Funcom has decided to use the medium to look...
Massively Overthinking: The slowest and fastest combat in MMORPGs
During a recent podcast discussion about City of Heroes' official revival, the MOP writers were talking about its combat, which - let's be honest...
Massively Overthinking: The 2023 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
This might be one of the most important Massively Overthinkings we do all year, and it's a pretty salty one. We always come away...
Funcom partners to publish multiplayer space sandbox Empyrion and its first expansion
Co-op space adventure sim Empyrion got an unexpected ally this week as its developer, Eleon Game Studios, announced a new partnership with Funcom to...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2023
This traditional roundup of the best Daily Grinds of the year is actually one of my favorites because it demonstrates just how long we've...
Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2023, from Guild Wars to Gorgon
Well here we are, my friends. It's always such a pleasure. Remember when your votes killed me twice? OK, maybe that's being overdramatic, but...
Funcom’s Dune Awakening is readying another closed beta test for early 2024
Funcom is continuing to inch along with playtests for the Dune Awakening survival MMO - in fact, the one it opened sign-ups for a...
Conan Exiles promises PvE players ‘the joy of reducing structures to rubble’ with Age of War’s siege feature
Have you ever wanted to destroy an entire city to dust in Conan Exiles but didn't really follow through because you're not a PvP...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever log into an MMO for an injection of nostalgia?
I love me a good strong dose of nostalgia. Sometimes this happens unexpectedly, such as when I smell something that triggers a long-buried memory....