Just because there’s a big question mark looming over the long-term future of 2019’s WoW Classic doesn’t mean that there aren’t things to do in the meanwhile. Adventurers going through the Mists of Pandaria expansion can look forward to Escalation coming out soon, especially considering that it went up on the PTR this week. “The […]
This week’s Massively Overthinking is inspired by a tweet I saw from SMITE, of all games, where the Hi-Rez devs asked players to propose one god to delete from the game. Obviously, this is not a serious proposition, but in the aggregate, the answers can kinda show a trend in what people are tired of, […]
“Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,” F1 25” and “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6” are among the nominees for the 24th annual Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) awards. The awards span 26 categories, including music, sound design, dialogue, technology and interactive audio. Winners will be announced on March 11, 2026, at the G.A.N.G. awards […]
No time for love, Doctor Jones, but there’s always time to plunder a newly discovered ancient tomb in Star Wars: The Old Republic! We begin our One Shots column today wheezing and coughing at all of the dust that Lucky Jinx kicked up in the latest pursuit of some Sith Artifact or maybe a Hello […]
You know, for all the MMORPGs we cover here on MassivelyOP, the ones that speak to me personally enough to actually capture my precious free time are few and far between. In 2025, while I at least dipped a toe into a long list of games, the ones I submerged in can be counted on […]
So here we are, at the top of a new year, 12 whole months of screwing around in video games laid out before us. In tonight’s Massively Overthinking, we have but one question: What are you gonna do with those 12 months?! I’m asking our writers and readers to rattle off what they think will […]
What would it take for you to check out Black Desert on the PlayStation 5 system? Maybe a lady knight who swishes a big ol’ sword around? Or perhaps you’d prefer to play for free? Well for a limited time, you’re getting both of those things, as the sandbox MMORPG is indeed completely free-to-play on […]
While fans of Pax Dei still don’t have a calendar date for when the Verse 5 update and its land-owning mechanics for the Lyonesse PvP zone will arrive, what they do have this week is hard information on just how the system will work, which we would say is still pretty good to know. And […]
When Day of Prophecy launched in Lost Ark ahead of Thanksgiving, it was missing one key component: the race to clear the Kazeros raid that headlined it. That race is now on with today’s update. Amazon kicked off the latest Kazeros the First this morning after a four-hour downtime as players across North America and […]
A new game purporting to be an MMORPG popped up on Steam this week: It’s called Dark Craft, it’s by Kazakh outfit Take Top Entertainment, and it pretty much looks like what would happen if you merged Dark Souls and Minecraft into an angsty squishmallow. “Dark Craft is the first MMORPG in the Souls-like genre!” […]
Welcome to the end of the year, everyone! Somehow we all got here, seriously, and that means it’s time for our annual roundup of stories and events over the last year. I’m sure that some of these will have people saying that they were not surprised by anything that happened over the course of 2025, in […]
Classic Guild Wars fans divide neatly into two groups. No, not Kurzick vs. Luxon. No, not heroes or no heroes. No, not runners and runnees. It’s simple: Are you a Spamadan person floating in a sea of trade deals, or are you a kid hanging out in Great Temple of Balthazar international, complaining about your […]
It feels like we’ve been dancing around this maddening question for decades now: What makes MMORPGs so compelling, addicting, and immersive? What is that “special sauce” that’s hooked us for a long time now? There are a few contenders for answers. Perhaps it’s the interaction between a “massively multiplayer” community that gathers in a virtual […]
Plans. Massively OP’s MJ had plans. But those went right out the window when she discovered that Guild Wars 2 has a roller beetle racing event that started today. At first, she could resist; after all, she doesn’t even have a roller beetle yet let alone any masteries completed for it. Then she saw the […]
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Midnight, Gloria Victis' revival, the Cryptic mess, Neverwinter, and Albion Online, with a run-down of all the cool stuff coming in early December (WoW's housing, LOTRO Kingdoms of Harad, EverQuest Shattering of Ro, Destiny 2 Renegades, Guild Wars Reforged, along with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, plus a mailbag topic on predatory MMO monetization.
Where were you when you first heard about the original Guild Wars? For me, it was late 2004 when the online gaming world was entranced with World of Warcraft. I was reading through a games magazine that posted a whole spread on this new project that some outfit called ArenaNet was making. What caught my […]
Indie MMO fans who hate pay-to-win but are OK with cutesy low-poly vibes, here’s a new one to add to your list, and yes, it’s actually an MMO! It’s called SpiritVale. “SpiritVale is a free-to-play, class-based action MMORPG inspired by old school games, with a focus on Combat, Exploration, Loot Hunting and Party Play,” developer […]
We’re all pretty lucky in that the Thanksgiving holiday doesn’t involve fighting turkeys to dress our table (and ideally also doesn’t involve us fighting over turkeys in the shops). However, if you happen to yearn for the thrill of combat and the seasonal feeling of this feasting holiday, then you should fire up your copy […]
I anticipate we’re about to see a flood of player housing pictures when World of Warcraft opens the doors next month for its new system. William is a little ahead of the curve here with a picture of an abode he made in the beta. “In housing systems like those of ESO or City of […]
A few weeks back, CCP Games tweeted about EVE Online players who have recreated their MMO ships as real-life models, and I have to say, they’re really good! And I kinds miss when this sort of thing was a lot more common. For example, in the early years of MMOs, I knew so many people […]
