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Star Trek Online PC launches a new event, new TFO, and remastered episode with the Rediscovered update
What’s better than one Spock? How about three of them? That’s just part of what Star Trek Online is offering to PC players with the release of its…
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The Daily Grind: What’s the last MMO grind you did?
It strikes me that every morning, we have a discussion here under the banner of a “daily grind” — but how often do we talk about grinds?…
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The Stream Team: Starting the end of Guild Wars 2’s Visions of Eternity with Code of Creation
With last week’s launch of Code of Creation, Guild Wars 2’s Visions of Eternity is beginning to wrap up. Chapter 14 tosses Massively OP’s MJ…
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Piroker is an eight-player auto-battler that blends Texas Hold ‘Em poker and roguelike mechanics
This is going to sound like one of those games where someone threw random words on a wall and saw which ones stuck, but it’s because of that uniqueness…
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Fish & Ships is a new friendslop adventure of fish on an airship heading to the ocean
‘Allo ‘allo ‘allo, wot’s all this then? Wait, sorry, we misread; this isn’t a pile of fish and chips, the delicious meal…
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Elite Dangerous players are building interstellar highways across the in-game galaxy
We presumed that when Elite Dangerous started letting players colonize parts of the sandbox, new things would eventually spring up, and one of those first…
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 580: A Loftia set of goals
Justin and Chris discuss WoW Forever, Guild Wars 2, Loftia, RuneScape Dragonwilds, the Pokemon MMO, and Soulframe, with adventures in Fallout 76, Diablo III…
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Brighter Shores introduces a shipwreck-centered world event in its latest update
Normally, there are experienced people who are better meant to deal with shipwrecks, but in the world of Brighter Shores, that person is you and about 29…
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Dune Awakening officially arrives to console players today
Last week was the head start, but today is the day when everyone on a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox X|S can dip their toesies into the sands of Arrakis…
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Throwback MMO Monsters & Memories opens early access character creation for subscribers
Throwback-styled fantasy MMO Monsters & Memories is heading into its early access launch next week, but players can go ahead and subscribe, reserve their…
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Where Winds Meet launches the climax of the Hidden Mountain with its latest patch
It can be fairly assumed that Hidden Mountain now has a rather inaccurate name, but even its remaining hidden bits in Where Winds Meet will be unhidden by the…
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Black Desert PC brings the final chapter of its main quest line to the realm of Inner Edania
Evidently, the main story line for Black Desert on PC is just wrapping up Act I. It may come as a surprise to us, but if you’re a fan of the MMORPG who…
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Hyper Light Breaker developer Heart Machine lays off ‘nearly everyone at the studio’
We had already reported on the unfortunate fate of the early access multiplayer action RPG Hyper Light Breaker, which saw developer Heart Machine put forth one…
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MMO Jukebox Song of the Week: ‘The Land Will Weep’ from World of Warcraft
For some reason — I have no idea why — my mind is drawn to WoW Classic this week and many of its iconic music tracks. However, here’s a piece…
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Guild Wars 2 plans a patch to improve the pacing and difficulty of the controversial Solitary Throne fractal
If Guild Wars 2’s latest fractal is whooping your butt, don’t feel too bad about your skills — they’re still quite elite — as…
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The Stream Team: Building a boat in Dinkum
Massively OP’s MJ earned a special reward from one of her Dinkum island residents: a sailboat blueprint! Unfortunately, she isn’t even close to…
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Guild Wars 3 takes a lore-focused closer look at the Mavenwrights enemy faction
It’s pretty inevitable that you’re going to have to get into some fights in Guild Wars 3. After all, what good is all of the MMORPG’s fancy…
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Warframe of Mind: The big guide to picking a frame – Nezha, Inaros, Titania
All right, after last week I am invigorated. We’re so close to being done with every single frame in Warframe! (We aren’t.) I can be done with this…
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Palia provides the first peek at its Halloween-y Frights & Delights update coming September 24
The deluge of Digital Halloween is nearly upon us all, and one of the first off the starting blocks is Palia, which has provided fans a sneak preview of its…
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WoW Factor: The lingering questions that hang over the head of World of Warcraft Forever
When it comes to World of Warcraft Forever, MOP’s Justin and I are largely simpatico. We both tend to play our games in very different ways, sure, but my…
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EVE Vanguard enters 24/7 paid alpha November 10, pushes early access back into next year
Fans of the PvPvE shooter EVE Vanguard probably already guessed that its Steam early access launch would shift past its target of this summer, but now they…
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EverQuest Legends plots new areas, new race, and a new-look Rulers of Kunark in a producer’s letter
Have you been waiting patiently (or perhaps even impatiently) for more new things to do in EverQuest Legends? It doesn’t look as though you’re…
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Final Fantasy XIV delays its Crucible of the Unbroken rankings for a Beastmaster balance pass
The bright side of a limited job like Final Fantasy XIV’s Beastmaster is that it doesn’t need to be balanced against other jobs. But it does need…
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World of Warcraft Forever’s first day of beta sees massive queues, lag, bugs, and plenty of early opinions
We were pretty confident that the first day of beta for World of Warcraft Forever was going to be absolutely slammed, as were the devs at Blizzard (very…
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The Daily Grind: Have you ever created an MMORPG character perfectly on the very first try?
Not to brag, but my main character in Final Fantasy XIV is freaking fabulous. Not only that, but I got her appearance nailed down the second I finished initial…
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Bohemia Interactive acquires a minority stake in Everwind developer Enjoy Studio
Apparently Bohemia Interactive, the publisher for the voxel-y multiplayer survival RPG Everwind, likes what it’s seeing out of the developer of the game…
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Massively Overthinking: Does the MMORPG genre have a nostalgia problem?
This week’s question comes courtesy of a social media post from reader Avenrise, whose reaction to World of Warcraft Forever brought to mind a trend that…
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The First Descendant releases Ultimate Hailey, adds new dungeon and high-tier weapon trading
Yet another member of the roster in looter shooter The First Descendant has gotten the Ultimate prefix. That’s right, the character Hailey has been given…
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MindsEye and Everywhere developer Build A Rocket Boy appears to be headed for shutdown after fresh layoffs
We here at MOP haven’t been paying rapt attention to Build A Rocket Boy’s action game MindsEye very closely (save for some online drama surrounding…
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MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Bread & Fred, Ashes of Jin, and No More Room in Hell 2
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer games you’ve never heard of! We’ve got a pretty eclectic mixture for this roundup…
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No, Bungie’s Marathon is not becoming a stealth sequel to Destiny 2
There are a lot of people who are deep in their feels about the end of active support for Destiny 2, or at least deep in their feels about the end of active…
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ArcheAge Chronicles responds to issues during the network test and confirms gender locking will remain
The executive producer of ArcheAge Chronicles has taken to Steam to pen a letter about having a direct relationship with XLGames’ Western players, and…
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Throne and Liberty adds new field bosses, armor sets, and crafting recipes with its latest patch
And so it was that Throne and Liberty’s designers looked at Nix and decided that it just didn’t have enough Field Bosses. “You can never find…
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Lord of the Rings Online subscription rate hikes set to finally hit next month
The Hobbit-bred chickens are finally coming home to roost. Earlier this year, Lord of the Rings Online announced that it would be raising the price of its…
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Fight or Kite: Gloria Victis’s combat simply doesn’t land
The last time we met on these hallowed grounds I found myself having a pretty good time playing Gloria Victis. My piece detailed some of the game’s history and…
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Lost Ark shares its roadmap for the next three months with new raids and new equipment
Bad news, Lost Ark fans. With the upcoming end of Amazon’s service of the game in North America (which means it will transition to Smilegate to operate…
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The Stream Team: Helping stress out Aion 2
Way back when, Aion was the game that brought Massively OP’s MJ to Massively-that-was, making the game have a special place in her heart even though it…
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Dune Awakening releases its single-player mode and begins its head start for console players
Today is the day when Dune: Awakening fans can explore the desert in peace and quiet. At least, in terms of facing its threats and dangers by themselves…
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Not So Massively: Reacting to the Not So Massively news of BlizzCon 2026
This year’s BlizzCon has been packed with surprises, especially for smaller scale multiplayer titles. There’s so much to talk about, so let’s…
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Wardogs CEO goes on the defensive after speaking in favor of crunch in an interview
Early access multiplayer FPS Wardogs has already made headlines for its booming popularity during its initial release, but now the game is making headlines for…
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Monsters & Memories gears up for its October 1st early access with name reservations and advance billing
With beta wrapping up next week, Monsters & Memories is about to turn its full attention to the exciting business of early access. The launch is set to go…
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Elder Scrolls Online’s rumors system offers ‘an old-school questing and narrative scavenger hunt experience’
Most of the time if you stumble across a quest in Elder Scrolls Online, it’s because your character was in earshot of an NPC openly muttering to…
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Activision Blizzard faces renewed sexual harassment and discrimination allegations in latest lawsuit
We have the upsetting yet important duty to report that Activision Blizzard is once again facing allegations of deeply disturbing workplace behavior. A lawsuit…
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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG do you think deserves a movie adaptation?
The terrible Warcraft film is probably the closest we’re ever getting to a proper theatrical film adapting any part of the story of an MMORPG…
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The Stream Team: Slaughterer of Many Foes in Project Gorgon
Massively OP’s MJ has recently earned a new title in Project: Gorgon — Slaughterer of Many Foes. And she’s hoping that will come in handy as…
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World of Sea Battle is an early access open-world MMO offering PvE and PvP fighting in the Age of Sail
Well, here’s a pretty pleasant surprise: an indie game set during the Golden Age of Sail that fully calls itself an MMO without tap-dancing around the…
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Jump Space marks its first year of early access with a meaty quality-of-life update and a free weekend
We still find ourselves at a point when early access games mark an anniversary, reminding us once more that what’s a fully launched product and what…
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The Last of Us 2’s multiplayer mod has been canceled after Sony issued a ‘request’
So if you were really looking forward to playing The Last of Us 2 in a multiplayer environment, even if it took a fan-made mod, we hate to be the ones to…
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Tower of Fantasy brings a new story and a new character in the Between Twilight and Dawn update
As update names for gacha RPGs go, Between Twilight and Dawn is damned near pedestrian. That ideally doesn’t mean that fans of Tower of Fantasy should…
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Diablo Immortal continues its main story and opens new activities in its next update
Continuing a story called Nation of Agony with a quest called Made to Suffer is about as on the thematic nose as it gets for Diablo Immortal, as the mobile…
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Dungeons and Dragons Online activates its newest raid, Terror of the Demon Lords
Who’s rrrrrready to rrrrraid in Dungeons and Dragons Online? Hopefully it’s you, because otherwise the new Terror of the Demon Lords raid will be…
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WarCraft III devs say its new always-online requirement improves network play for the majority of fans
The new campaign for WarCraft III Reforged was certainly one surprise reveal during BlizzCon this year, but another one that’s been met with less joy is…
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Former Redfall devs discuss lessons and failings from the multiplayer game’s creation
It’s been some time since we last thought about Redfall, the vampire-themed multiplayer shooter from Arkane Austin that stumbled out of the gate so hard…
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Apex Legends kicks off a Street Fighter 6 crossover event September 22 with new mode and cosmetics
Is there an intersection between fighting game fans and battle royale shooter fans? It looks as if players of Apex Legends are about to find out because…
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Multiplayer creature capturing RPG Aniimo officially goes live – here’s what its monetization looks like
It’s a sad fact of our modern gaming life that we have to learn more about monetization before we check out a game. After all, what’s the point of…
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Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that rebranded along the way
As might be totally expected, not every video game ends up shipping with the same name that it had during its development. Games get code names or encounter…
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Sci-fi sandbox Stars Reach is throwing a raging party (system) this week
To put it mildly, the cosmos is a bit of a big place, so it’s a good thing to have a friend or two by your side whilst you explore it. That’s why…
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Aion 2 is holding a ‘launch scale’ open stress test that anyone can hop in to this Thursday and Friday
If you’re curious about the soon-to-release Aion 2 and are OK with helping NC America absolutely beat its servers into a twitching pulp while doing so…
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World of Warcraft Forever elaborates on its campsites feature and horizontal progression plans
While World of Warcraft Forever is doing as much as possible to keep the feeling of Classic Plus (or just what people consider Vanilla) alive, there are also…
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Final Fantasy XIV previews and elaborates on same-region matching starting with the Japanese data centers
The data centers of Final Fantasy XIV are going to be executing a massive team-up starting with the Japanese centers. Starting on October 13th, the Japanese…