https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Wed, 14 Jun 2023 02:25:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/the-stream-team-guild-wars-2s-mordremoth-world-summit/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/the-stream-team-guild-wars-2s-mordremoth-world-summit/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 23:55:34 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444560 After inviting/cajoling/bribing Tyria’s world leaders to attend, Massively OP’s MJ has ensured the big summit to face the dangers of Guild Wars 2’s Mordremoth is finally about to begin. She hopes to get everyone to work together to face the threat of this dragon. (And she’ll be pretending she doesn’t know where such actions ultimately […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/the-stream-team-guild-wars-2s-mordremoth-world-summit/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/lost-skies-provides-an-extremely-granular-look-at-the-making-of-a-deer/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/lost-skies-provides-an-extremely-granular-look-at-the-making-of-a-deer/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444182 It’s pretty obvious to most people that creating fauna for a game isn’t a simple matter of pushing a “make animal good” button and calling it a day; it takes a lot of time and effort to design, animate, and implement even the most basic of critters. Even so, the latest preview post out of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/lost-skies-provides-an-extremely-granular-look-at-the-making-of-a-deer/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/trove-celebrates-pride-with-a-new-event-skin-and-a-monorail-in-the-splendid-summer-event/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/trove-celebrates-pride-with-a-new-event-skin-and-a-monorail-in-the-splendid-summer-event/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 22:00:04 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444542 Gamigo continues to use Trove as a force for good in the world despite the shenanigans of its parent company: This week, Trove joins the roster of MMORPGs and other multiplayer games that are celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride month. Gamigo’s calling it the “Splendid Summer 2023” event.[AL:TROVE] “Pride is here, celebrating love for […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/trove-celebrates-pride-with-a-new-event-skin-and-a-monorail-in-the-splendid-summer-event/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/star-trek-online-releases-unraveled-its-new-episode-and-its-new-tfo-for-console/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/star-trek-online-releases-unraveled-its-new-episode-and-its-new-tfo-for-console/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:00:34 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444534 Console fans are finally joining their PC siblings in Star Trek Online’s Unraveled season, which has kicked off on Xbox and PlayStation today. As we’ve previously covered, this is the story arc that sees Kipleigh Brown return as Admiral Kuumaarke; the patch includes the new Wish Upon a Star episode, Leviathan TFO, and a pair […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/star-trek-online-releases-unraveled-its-new-episode-and-its-new-tfo-for-console/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/massively-op-podcast-episode-425-a-disturbance-in-the-force-of-swtor/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/massively-op-podcast-episode-425-a-disturbance-in-the-force-of-swtor/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444125 Justin and Bree discuss the SWTOR move to Broadsword, news from the Summer Game Fest, the Reddit blackout's impact on the MMO community, anniversaries for Neverwinter and Marvel Heroes, and patches for EVE Online and No Man's Sky, plus adventures in LOTRO and Diablo IV.]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/massively-op-podcast-episode-425-a-disturbance-in-the-force-of-swtor/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/the-division-resurgence-confirms-gameplay-mechanics-june-13-regional-beta-and-fall-release-window/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/the-division-resurgence-confirms-gameplay-mechanics-june-13-regional-beta-and-fall-release-window/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:00:17 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444497 A big info drop for mobile multiplayer looter shooter The Division Resurgence has landed on our heads this week, providing a whole slew of gameplay details, offering up some testing dates, and confirming a launch window of sometime this fall for iOS and Android devices. We begin with the test: Regional beta testing for both […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/the-division-resurgence-confirms-gameplay-mechanics-june-13-regional-beta-and-fall-release-window/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/path-of-exile-2-shows-off-vile-bloody-muck-ahead-of-its-big-exilecon-reveal-on-july-28/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/path-of-exile-2-shows-off-vile-bloody-muck-ahead-of-its-big-exilecon-reveal-on-july-28/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444389 So you like gore and vile stuff smeared across a landscape in your video games of choice, and you like the saturation turned way down. You want bloody, nasty, squelchy messes. You want vile corruption and things that you are sure smell bad even though you can’t actually smell them through a computer screen. But […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/path-of-exile-2-shows-off-vile-bloody-muck-ahead-of-its-big-exilecon-reveal-on-july-28/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/lost-arks-elgacia-continent-and-latest-abyssal-dungeon-arrive-tomorrow-with-the-june-patch/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/lost-arks-elgacia-continent-and-latest-abyssal-dungeon-arrive-tomorrow-with-the-june-patch/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:00:03 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444519 We’re just one day away from Lost Ark’s June update, so naturally Amazon is pulling out all the stops on previewing the content – and maybe feeling a little bit of heat from its recent rivals, as the game’s population peaks have been trending downward all year. Maybe Elgacia will turn that trend around. Loredump! […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/lost-arks-elgacia-continent-and-latest-abyssal-dungeon-arrive-tomorrow-with-the-june-patch/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/camelot-unchained-boss-discusses-the-mmos-dungeon-building-tool-and-character-progression/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/camelot-unchained-boss-discusses-the-mmos-dungeon-building-tool-and-character-progression/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:30:39 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444443 While a lot of what the 10-year-old in-development MMO Camelot Unchained talked about in its last newsletter was about UI updates and alloys, there have been other steps forward as well, which were shared in City State Entertainment’s latest monthly report and further discussed by CSE boss Mark Jacobs in his latest livestream. One of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/camelot-unchained-boss-discusses-the-mmos-dungeon-building-tool-and-character-progression/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/fight-or-kite-tower-of-fantasy-might-be-your-blue-protocol-stopgap/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/fight-or-kite-tower-of-fantasy-might-be-your-blue-protocol-stopgap/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444040 Good news, everyone! No wait, it’s bad news: Blue Protocol’s global release was delayed a while back. It’s a real bummer because I’m a huge anime nerd, and I was actually beginning to look forward to it – not up to the hype level of looking forward to it, but in a general interest way. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/fight-or-kite-tower-of-fantasy-might-be-your-blue-protocol-stopgap/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/new-world-devs-address-cross-world-pvp-the-new-arena-and-anti-cheesing-measures/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/new-world-devs-address-cross-world-pvp-the-new-arena-and-anti-cheesing-measures/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:30:37 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444448 New World’s latest Forged in Aeternum ought to make all the MMO PvPers in the house happy as it’s focused entirely on your playstyle. Dave Verfaillie, Patrick Smedley, and Dan Henuber dig into the four core PvP additions coming in season two. The core change is regional cross-world Outpost Rush, which will have the benefit […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/new-world-devs-address-cross-world-pvp-the-new-arena-and-anti-cheesing-measures/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/choose-my-adventure-settling-into-age-of-conans-uncomfortable-routine/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/choose-my-adventure-settling-into-age-of-conans-uncomfortable-routine/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444196 Today’s Choose My Adventure column is about the groove. I think some folks know what I mean in relation to MMOs (or even gaming in general). It’s that moment when the mechanics, the setting, the controls, and the general moment-to-moment of a game starts to take shape around you. It begins to become natural feeling. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/choose-my-adventure-settling-into-age-of-conans-uncomfortable-routine/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/overwatch-2-discusses-the-invasion-updates-pve-missions-and-the-price-youll-have-to-pay-to-keep-them/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/overwatch-2-discusses-the-invasion-updates-pve-missions-and-the-price-youll-have-to-pay-to-keep-them/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:32:01 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444484 PvE is finally coming to Overwatch 2 with the release of the Invasion update on August 10th, but the latest post from the game has unveiled a very large string is attached to the news: If you want to keep playing the tentpole story missions feature, you’re going to have to pay up. The story […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/overwatch-2-discusses-the-invasion-updates-pve-missions-and-the-price-youll-have-to-pay-to-keep-them/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/pax-dei-discusses-alpha-test-plans-monetization-building-mechanics-and-blending-pvp-with-pve/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/pax-dei-discusses-alpha-test-plans-monetization-building-mechanics-and-blending-pvp-with-pve/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:07:14 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444464 Most of the time when a game puts out an FAQ, it’s generally not too helpful or full of interesting information. That certainly can’t be said about the recently released FAQ from the upcoming MMO Pax Dei, which offers answers related to several matters that gamers are likely going to find useful to know. PvP: […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/pax-dei-discusses-alpha-test-plans-monetization-building-mechanics-and-blending-pvp-with-pve/feed/ 30 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/ftc-asks-us-court-to-block-alleged-microsoft-abk-plan-to-consummate-merge-despite-ongoing-lawsuit/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/ftc-asks-us-court-to-block-alleged-microsoft-abk-plan-to-consummate-merge-despite-ongoing-lawsuit/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:30:54 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444429 So remember how the Microsoft buyout of Activision-Blizzard was supposed to be all wrapped up by June of 2023? We’re kinda there now, with chiefly the FTC’s lawsuit and the CMA’s disapproval being the only major roadblocks, and apparently Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard were planning to go ahead with it in spite of the ongoing litigation, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/ftc-asks-us-court-to-block-alleged-microsoft-abk-plan-to-consummate-merge-despite-ongoing-lawsuit/feed/ 18 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/eve-online-launches-its-viridian-summer-expansion-today/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/eve-online-launches-its-viridian-summer-expansion-today/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444412 EVE Online’s big summer expansion is finally here, and CCP Games is hoping that players will embrace its theme of “Express Your Identity.” The Viridian expansion to the long-running space MMO adds plenty in the way of tools and customization for various galactic projects. This includes personalizing upwell structures, the ability to track member contributions […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/eve-online-launches-its-viridian-summer-expansion-today/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/star-wars-the-old-republic-launches-old-wounds-today-with-new-story-content/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/star-wars-the-old-republic-launches-old-wounds-today-with-new-story-content/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444385 We’re going to warn you ahead of time that anyone with at least a cursory knowledge of Simon and Garfunkel will be absolutely intolerable making jokes about the newest Flashpoint added in patch 7.3, Old Wound, for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The Shrine of Silence has obvious story importance as players journey to Voss […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/star-wars-the-old-republic-launches-old-wounds-today-with-new-story-content/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/embracer-gearbox-announces-major-restructure-with-layoffs-and-canceled-games/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/embracer-gearbox-announces-major-restructure-with-layoffs-and-canceled-games/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:00:04 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444420 Just three weeks ago, Embracer Group – the megacorp that owns gobs of properties, including Gearbox, which governs Cryptic and a bunch of MMORPGs we care about – admitted that a vital partnership worth $2B US had fallen through for reasons unrelated to Embracer itself, causing its earnings forecast and stock value to plummet over […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/embracer-gearbox-announces-major-restructure-with-layoffs-and-canceled-games/feed/ 21 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/the-daily-grind-which-mmo-do-you-spend-the-most-time-modding/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/the-daily-grind-which-mmo-do-you-spend-the-most-time-modding/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:00:39 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=437911 A few weeks ago, MOP’s Andy pinged me and asked for recommendations for Lord of the Rings Online, knowing how persnickety I am about my UI in MMOs. I warned him it would take me a while to get him a whole list, but actually, it was pretty quick. I have a few dozen mods […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/13/the-daily-grind-which-mmo-do-you-spend-the-most-time-modding/feed/ 11 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/the-stream-team-the-covetous-courtier-in-warframea-duviri-paradox/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/the-stream-team-the-covetous-courtier-in-warframea-duviri-paradox/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2023 23:55:54 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444342 First there was calm. Then came joy. The next emotional spiral MassivelyOP’s MJ must face in Warframe’s Duviri Paradox is covetousness. And spiral does sound so fitting: As Dominus Thrax’s emotions spiral out of control, the environment follows. MJ will be starting this new path while seeking more parts to assemble her Thrax action figure. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/the-stream-team-the-covetous-courtier-in-warframea-duviri-paradox/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/dauntless-latest-meager-patch-notes-cause-players-to-assume-the-worst/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/dauntless-latest-meager-patch-notes-cause-players-to-assume-the-worst/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444086 MMOs and multiplayer games getting small patches isn’t anything new, and is indeed often a necessary part of running a live title, but the two lines-long update applied to Dauntless is another of the death by a thousand cuts that players of the game seem to be experiencing of late, and vocal dissent appears to […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/dauntless-latest-meager-patch-notes-cause-players-to-assume-the-worst/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/maplestory-brings-a-new-class-improved-leveling-and-a-new-event-in-its-savior-update/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/maplestory-brings-a-new-class-improved-leveling-and-a-new-event-in-its-savior-update/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444164 MapleStory is once again getting another big content drop on Wednesday, June 14th, in the form of the Savior update, which will introduce a new event focused around a fairy opening a Wongstaurant, a streamlining for leveling from 200 to 259 in Arcane River, and the return of the XP-boosting Burning World server, followed by […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/maplestory-brings-a-new-class-improved-leveling-and-a-new-event-in-its-savior-update/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/diablo-4-sends-cosplayers-to-los-angeles-to-hawk-the-arpg-at-a-baseball-stadium-and-a-local-bar/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/diablo-4-sends-cosplayers-to-los-angeles-to-hawk-the-arpg-at-a-baseball-stadium-and-a-local-bar/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444132 At this point, it’s clear that Blizzard will throw anything and everything at the wall in order to promote the fact that Diablo IV is a thing. Further illustrating the point was a recent promotional stunt where the studio sent a pair of cosplayers out to Los Angeles, California, for an LA Angels baseball game. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/diablo-4-sends-cosplayers-to-los-angeles-to-hawk-the-arpg-at-a-baseball-stadium-and-a-local-bar/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/black-desert-shares-an-ink-wash-painting-inspired-by-its-upcoming-land-of-the-morning-light-release/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/black-desert-shares-an-ink-wash-painting-inspired-by-its-upcoming-land-of-the-morning-light-release/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444300 Black Desert is continuing to get creative in the marketing for Land of the Morning Light’s arrival later this week, and this time the game is once again tapping into the Korean cultural roots that have informed the update’s design with time-laps footage of an ink wash painting. The painting was created by popular Korean […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/black-desert-shares-an-ink-wash-painting-inspired-by-its-upcoming-land-of-the-morning-light-release/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/skull-bones-will-finally-hit-closed-beta-in-august-after-at-least-half-a-dozen-delays/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/skull-bones-will-finally-hit-closed-beta-in-august-after-at-least-half-a-dozen-delays/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 19:12:09 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444350 It’s looking like maybe Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones’ sixth delay might have been its last, as Ubisoft finally announced this afternoon at Ubisoft Forward 2023 that the pirate MMO’s closed beta will kick off in August – August 25th, in fact. Ubisoft is now calling it a “multiplayer pirate open-world game” and says it’s still […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/skull-bones-will-finally-hit-closed-beta-in-august-after-at-least-half-a-dozen-delays/feed/ 14 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/sea-of-thieves-announces-a-new-series-of-collab-quests-featuring-the-monkey-island-universe/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/sea-of-thieves-announces-a-new-series-of-collab-quests-featuring-the-monkey-island-universe/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444258 In 2021, Sea of Thieves kicked off a collaborative adventure with the Pirates of the Caribbean films, and now it’s doing it again in 2023, only this time it’s bringing players to the Monkey Island universe. The new content was unveiled during the Xbox Showcase event over the weekend, starting off with a cinematic trailer […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/sea-of-thieves-announces-a-new-series-of-collab-quests-featuring-the-monkey-island-universe/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/not-so-massively-islands-of-insight-headbangers-33-immortals-baldurs-gate-3/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/not-so-massively-islands-of-insight-headbangers-33-immortals-baldurs-gate-3/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:00:47 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444276 Hopefully you were outside touching grass this weekend and not glued to your computer screen, and if so, you missed a few new game announcements (and a trailer for one you knew about) that cross over into our purview thanks to their multiplayer nature. Let’s recap ’em! First, we got a glimpse of Islands of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/not-so-massively-islands-of-insight-headbangers-33-immortals-baldurs-gate-3/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/overwatch-2-brings-story-missions-hero-mastery-missions-and-a-new-support-hero-august-10/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/overwatch-2-brings-story-missions-hero-mastery-missions-and-a-new-support-hero-august-10/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:30:32 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444277 While Overwatch 2 has certainly made plenty of gesticulations towards competitive Season 5, a lot of what Blizzard initially claimed as the reason for a sequel – and what had fans interested – was the addition of PvE content, which was effectively gutted by the devs about a year and a half ago. What remains […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/overwatch-2-brings-story-missions-hero-mastery-missions-and-a-new-support-hero-august-10/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/fallout-76s-next-planned-expedition-is-taking-players-to-atlantic-city/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/fallout-76s-next-planned-expedition-is-taking-players-to-atlantic-city/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444267 Players of Fallout 76 have likely already taken several expeditions into post-apocalyptic Pittsburgh, but coming soon, there will be a new expedition destination for players to visit: bargain bin Vegas, aka Atlantic City. Information is extremely slim about this new expedition, with the only details provided by Bethesda Softworks being an announcement trailer and confirmation […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/fallout-76s-next-planned-expedition-is-taking-players-to-atlantic-city/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/embers-adrifts-latest-content-roadmap-confirms-new-zones-new-quests-and-new-creatures/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/embers-adrifts-latest-content-roadmap-confirms-new-zones-new-quests-and-new-creatures/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444225 This weekend saw a pretty important livestream debut for Embers Adrift fans, as several of Stormhaven Studios’ developers came together to talk about the newest roadmap, which offers a look at content updates planned for the rest of 2023. Among the features planned for the MMORPG in Q3 and Q4 are new zones like the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/embers-adrifts-latest-content-roadmap-confirms-new-zones-new-quests-and-new-creatures/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/wisdom-of-nym-has-final-fantasy-xiv-had-less-stuff-to-do-each-patch-in-endwalker/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/wisdom-of-nym-has-final-fantasy-xiv-had-less-stuff-to-do-each-patch-in-endwalker/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444189 Just to make a point, I am going to start off this column by answering the question factually, and the answer is “no.” Final Fantasy XIV has had the same number of trials, raids, and dungeons as in prior expansions. We have not gotten a new open-world area to grind FATEs in as we did […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/wisdom-of-nym-has-final-fantasy-xiv-had-less-stuff-to-do-each-patch-in-endwalker/feed/ 35 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/tower-of-fantasy-is-coming-to-playstation-without-cross-platform-play-and-the-devs-arent-happy-about-it-at-all/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/tower-of-fantasy-is-coming-to-playstation-without-cross-platform-play-and-the-devs-arent-happy-about-it-at-all/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444291 It’s not every day that you see a game studio openly frustrated with its own publisher, so gather the kids around the computer screen to witness this historical moment. So the multiplayer Tower of Fantasy, a pretty decent title in its own right, was recently announced for the PlayStation 4 and 5. A pretty cut-and-dried […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/tower-of-fantasy-is-coming-to-playstation-without-cross-platform-play-and-the-devs-arent-happy-about-it-at-all/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/lord-of-the-rings-online-boss-is-very-psyched-about-possible-big-lag-fix/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/lord-of-the-rings-online-boss-is-very-psyched-about-possible-big-lag-fix/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444010 Everybody’s number one complaint with Lord of the Rings Online is, of course, server performance and lag. And it’s to this end that Standing Stone Games’ engineers have been working to identify and address. The good news today is that it sounds as though the fight against the Lag to Rule Them All is about […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/lord-of-the-rings-online-boss-is-very-psyched-about-possible-big-lag-fix/feed/ 18 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/mainframes-pax-dei-is-trying-to-revitalize-the-classic-mmorpg-sandbox-in-a-big-way/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/mainframes-pax-dei-is-trying-to-revitalize-the-classic-mmorpg-sandbox-in-a-big-way/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:30:54 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444233 At this past weekend’s PC Gaming Show, Mainframe Infustries’ gorgeous MMO Pax Dei was one of the major stars, even if you’re not an MMO fan. The game was teased all the way back in 2021 but wasn’t unveiled until this past spring; to date, the devs have talked up a huge sandbox world with […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/mainframes-pax-dei-is-trying-to-revitalize-the-classic-mmorpg-sandbox-in-a-big-way/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/wayfinders-latest-gameplay-preview-video-showcases-its-mechanics-filled-boss-fights/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/wayfinders-latest-gameplay-preview-video-showcases-its-mechanics-filled-boss-fights/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444129 Wayfinder is continuing to make its way through the online show floors following its Summer Games Fest preview. This time around, the game was part of the streamer-led OTK Games Expo, which brought on some new gameplay footage featuring a couple of boss fights. The footage comes from the RPG’s most recent beta build and […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/wayfinders-latest-gameplay-preview-video-showcases-its-mechanics-filled-boss-fights/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/dune-awakening-video-shows-off-its-five-pillars-of-design-play-the-way-you-want-to-play/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/dune-awakening-video-shows-off-its-five-pillars-of-design-play-the-way-you-want-to-play/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444215 With Dune: Part 2 coming to movie theaters later this year, excitement for this long-running franchise is pretty high. That’s especially true when you stack Funcom’s Dune Awakening on top of the pile. This massively multiplayer survival game is one of the most prominent MMOs on the horizon, and fans were treated to a new […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/dune-awakening-video-shows-off-its-five-pillars-of-design-play-the-way-you-want-to-play/feed/ 28 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/all-your-favorite-mmorpg-subreddits-went-dark-over-reddits-ruinous-api-changes/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/all-your-favorite-mmorpg-subreddits-went-dark-over-reddits-ruinous-api-changes/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:00:07 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444213 Discord must be loving this: All the big MMORPG subreddits have been flagged private right now in protest over Reddit’s planned API switcharoo, with many Reddits directing gamers to Discord instead. As we covered last week, Reddit announced major changes to its pricing structure for third-party apps that effectively make it financially impossible for those […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/all-your-favorite-mmorpg-subreddits-went-dark-over-reddits-ruinous-api-changes/feed/ 45 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/the-daily-grind-are-there-mmo-cash-shop-offerings-you-refuse-to-buy/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/the-daily-grind-are-there-mmo-cash-shop-offerings-you-refuse-to-buy/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:00:16 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=437637 I know I’ve spent a nice stack of cash on Lord of the Rings Online in the last couple of years. Two of my main games are rogue servers and don’t require buy-in or subs, which leaves me with some extra gaming budget to splash out on LOTRO. So I’ve got my sub, and I […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/12/the-daily-grind-are-there-mmo-cash-shop-offerings-you-refuse-to-buy/feed/ 27 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/mmo-week-in-review-necrom-ai-and-swtors-big-move/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/mmo-week-in-review-necrom-ai-and-swtors-big-move/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:24 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=443997 EA stunned everyone this week by confirming that it’s in what sounds like pretty firm plans to move Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare to Broadsword, which is basically the retirement studio EA uses to stash MMOs it no longer wants to directly support but does want to keep online. Broadsword, which already maintains […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/mmo-week-in-review-necrom-ai-and-swtors-big-move/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/destiny-2-discusses-june-13-fixes-last-wish-raid-numbers-and-supremacy-modes-arrival-to-the-crucible/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/destiny-2-discusses-june-13-fixes-last-wish-raid-numbers-and-supremacy-modes-arrival-to-the-crucible/#respond Sun, 11 Jun 2023 23:15:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444173 This week’s newsletter for Destiny 2 is a bit of a mixed bag, which is arguably the case for every edition of the post, but this week’s seems especially mixed, with some details for next week’s patch, some data related to a raid, noteworthy bugs, and a contest, among other matters. Much of what is […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/destiny-2-discusses-june-13-fixes-last-wish-raid-numbers-and-supremacy-modes-arrival-to-the-crucible/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/the-mop-up-neverwinter-buffs-its-companion-healing-factor-by-up-to-100/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/the-mop-up-neverwinter-buffs-its-companion-healing-factor-by-up-to-100/#respond Sun, 11 Jun 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=443487 Neverwinter’s medically minded companions received a massive infusion of green numbers this past week, as Cryptic buffed those particular pets by a significant amount. “We have generally increased the healing output of companions,” the studio said. “This change is roughly a 50-100% healing increase for many companions, with some exceptions for those that already performed […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/the-mop-up-neverwinter-buffs-its-companion-healing-factor-by-up-to-100/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/the-stream-team-sunday-dailies-in-final-fantasy-xiv/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/the-stream-team-sunday-dailies-in-final-fantasy-xiv/#respond Sun, 11 Jun 2023 17:55:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444120 While it’s not the end of the week as far as Final Fantasy XIV is concerned (resets are on Tuesdays), it is the end of the week for MOP’s Chris, and he likes to try to close out the week with a few more daily roulette runs. Join him at 2:00 p.m. EDT as he […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/the-stream-team-sunday-dailies-in-final-fantasy-xiv/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/overwatch-2-finally-expands-its-pride-content-to-poland-and-romania-following-player-backlash/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/overwatch-2-finally-expands-its-pride-content-to-poland-and-romania-following-player-backlash/#comments Sun, 11 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444068 When Overwatch 2 decided to launch Pride Month content for the shooter, it did so selectively to accommodate countries the studio claimed had “laws that aren’t tolerant of LGBT content” like Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Lithuania. However, as we noted at the time, while Hungary and Lithuania have indeed pushed such laws forth, Poland and […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/overwatch-2-finally-expands-its-pride-content-to-poland-and-romania-following-player-backlash/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/fortnites-latest-season-adds-dino-riding-optimus-prime-and-the-this-is-fine-meme/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/fortnites-latest-season-adds-dino-riding-optimus-prime-and-the-this-is-fine-meme/#comments Sun, 11 Jun 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444090 If that headline isn’t already a clue, the new season of Fortnite that was announced earlier this week has a lot going on. And those are just the pieces that could fit into the headline, as there are other features and items that were brought online with the Wilds seasonal update. As the season’s subtitle […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/fortnites-latest-season-adds-dino-riding-optimus-prime-and-the-this-is-fine-meme/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/one-shots-lost-in-a-quest-free-painting/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/one-shots-lost-in-a-quest-free-painting/#comments Sun, 11 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=443894 So you’re stuck in a painting. Don’t panic, for starters. Sure, you’re compressed to a 2-D existence, but it isn’t all bad. The scenery is guaranteed to be interesting, you’ll meet well-posed individuals, and you have a good alibi why you weren’t able to come into work. Minimalistway is seeing what a painting MMO is […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/one-shots-lost-in-a-quest-free-painting/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/the-daily-grind-how-important-is-your-computers-performance-in-mmos-to-you/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/the-daily-grind-how-important-is-your-computers-performance-in-mmos-to-you/#comments Sun, 11 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=443666 There are a lot of factors that made World of Warcraft so popular, but I don’t think you can discount the fact that the game is just really easy to run on basically any computer for a long time. When a lot of games required decent gaming PCs but WoW would run on a TI-83 […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/11/the-daily-grind-how-important-is-your-computers-performance-in-mmos-to-you/feed/ 28 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/neverwinter-celebrates-10th-anniversary-with-free-companions-vip-time-and-new-content-on-the-pts/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/neverwinter-celebrates-10th-anniversary-with-free-companions-vip-time-and-new-content-on-the-pts/#respond Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444021 All hail Neverwinter! It was 10 years ago on June 20th, 2013 that Cryptic’s Dungeons & Dragons MMO launched. So you best believe that the studio is pulling out all the stops for this year’s anniversary event, the Protector’s Jubilee. The festival kicks off on June 15th and runs through the 22nd with plenty of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/neverwinter-celebrates-10th-anniversary-with-free-companions-vip-time-and-new-content-on-the-pts/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/eve-onlines-viridian-expansion-releases-on-june-13-here-are-the-patch-notes/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/eve-onlines-viridian-expansion-releases-on-june-13-here-are-the-patch-notes/#respond Sat, 10 Jun 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444080 EVE Online has been making a lot of hay about its Viridian expansion, with preview pieces that offer everything but a release date. That has now changed, as CCP Games has not only confirmed a June 13th launch, but also put forth the expansion’s patch notes ahead of time. As one would expect, the notes […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/eve-onlines-viridian-expansion-releases-on-june-13-here-are-the-patch-notes/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/project-gorgon-stops-tickling-fish-and-starts-angling-for-them/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/project-gorgon-stops-tickling-fish-and-starts-angling-for-them/#comments Sat, 10 Jun 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444015 Everyone’s favorite skill-prolific MMORPG is getting serious about its fishing. Project Gorgon’s June 1st patch expanded the Angling skill to go beyond “tickling” fish out of the water with characters’ bare hands and actually use a fishing pole to catch them. “Players have told us that an MMO ‘needs’ to have traditional fishing in order […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/project-gorgon-stops-tickling-fish-and-starts-angling-for-them/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/the-stream-team-back-to-the-beginning-in-aion-classic/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/the-stream-team-back-to-the-beginning-in-aion-classic/#comments Sat, 10 Jun 2023 17:55:30 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444045 Today is the 13th Massiversary of MOP’s MJ. To commemorate the day, she’s returning back to the beginning, to the game that brought her to Massively in the first place: Aion. But instead of just heading to Atreia and all its changes, she’s going to the newer Aion Classic to really get back that Aion-that-was […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/10/the-stream-team-back-to-the-beginning-in-aion-classic/feed/ 4