Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions
As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what...
View ArticleBetawatch: Legends of Aria pushes back its Steam early access
It’s been a week of some speed bumps for Legends of Aria; after it reset progress with its karma system ahead of its early access launch, the general access got delayed until 2019. So not quite going...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained teases ‘epic siege battles’ as beta development continues
Hey, old school Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer fans, you might want to take a peek at the latest Camelot Unchained studio report. It sounds like siege content is ramping up in development in the...
View ArticlePerfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019
The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now — but also one that is quietly thrilling. We’ve long passed the days where studios were pumping out World of Warcraft retreads in the hopes...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained races to clear out its quest log before 2018 ends
With the winter holiday break coming up for the Camelot Unchained team, its members are working feverishly to get as much done as they can before the year closes. One big project that it’s engaged is...
View ArticleInterview: New World’s Rich Lawrence on solving PvP problems and defining the...
I think it’s fair to say that New World is the biggest MMO currently under production in the west, at least among those games not under wraps right now, which means many gamers within the genre are...
View ArticleBetawatch: Crowfall’s test campaigns have arrived, City of Titans delays Issue 0
Good news, Crowfall fans, the first full campaign patch is here! Of course, this is just a test campaign; the first sanctioned campaign (which is supposed to be the “really, we mean it this time”...
View ArticleMake My MMO: Star Citizen’s big investment, Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium ended the year with a bang, offsetting the reveal of its Squadron 42 roadmap – and the hefty delay of its beta into at least 2020...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained trundles out huge siege fights for January
If you’ve got to end a year, you might as well end it with a huge bang. This is the philosophy behind Camelot Unchained’s team, which is ramping up its massive siege battles with all of the necessary...
View ArticleMassively OP’s 2018 Awards: Most Anticipated MMORPG of 2018 and Beyond
Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Most Anticipated MMORPG of 2018 and Beyond, which was awarded to Crowfall last year – the first time in several...
View ArticleMake My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2018
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP’s regular recap of what’s going on in crowdfunded MMOs, which we do specifically for those of you who are convinced Kickstarter is the absolute...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained is building a new siege scenario test map as backer siege...
Last week, I saw some commenters discussing how Camelot Unchained had nothing to show from years of development, but of course, testers know better. In fact, beta one backers were treated to a...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained recaps reabilitation, trebuchets, dances, and ongoing testing
The Friday updated for Camelot Unchained wasn’t actually posted until Monday, but hey, we’ll take it, am I right? City State Entertainment’s Tyler Rockwell recaps the ongoing beta one phase and...
View ArticleBattle Bards Episode 136: Overlooked MMO soundtracks
Ever feel like the Battle Bards have covered every MMO soundtrack in existence? It’s actually far from true, and today’s episode is Exhibit A to prove it. The team looks at seven online RPGs that have...
View ArticleThe Daily Grind: What was the most innovative MMO of 2018?
To balance out our traditional Daily Grind on MMOs that contribute to the death of the genre, it seems only fitting to do one on the MMOs that push the genre forward too. In fact, this is one of the...
View ArticleMake My MMO: WoW’s esports crowdfunding, Legends of Aria’s spring delay
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Blizzard is making its debut in this column, as it officially announced that it will be partially crowdfunding World of Warcraft’s upcoming esports prize pools....
View ArticleCamelot Unchained is working on trebuchets, Luchorpán animations, and…...
Hot damn, we hope you like trebuchets because Camelot Unchained is talking about ’em again. “While still ongoing, we’ve previously completed a whole host of things for our fully-destructible,...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained’s latest battlefield test included nearly 3000 players and...
Camelot Unchained’s beta has gotten a bit wider this week with the addition of more backers into the testing phase. It’s still beta one; it’s just that beta two donors are now playing too. Make sense?...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained’s newsletter looks at the small parts building larger things
If there’s one theme to the latest Camelot Unchained newsletter (and as always, it’s a lengthy newsletter), it’s the reality that there are lots of moving parts involved in making an MMO. And all it...
View ArticleMake My MMO: Chronicles of Elyria’s armor, Shroud of the Avatar’s R62
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Chronicles of Elyria dropped its latest community journal, which highlighted new armor sculpts and concept art and promises inventory stacking, surname tokens, title...
View Article