https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:24:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/sea-of-thieves-plans-next-community-weekend-and-february-updates-in-latest-video/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/sea-of-thieves-plans-next-community-weekend-and-february-updates-in-latest-video/#respond Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479378 The news digest video series from Sea of Thieves is back with its first episode for this year, and in it fans are getting a look at what’s happening for the upcoming community weekend event and some overall gameplay updates planned for the future. The video begins by announcing the community weekend’s return between February […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/sea-of-thieves-plans-next-community-weekend-and-february-updates-in-latest-video/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/palworld-continues-its-critter-preview-videos-with-a-look-at-the-legendary-frostallion/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/palworld-continues-its-critter-preview-videos-with-a-look-at-the-legendary-frostallion/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479530 Depending on how far along you’ve gotten in Palworld (assuming you’re one of the millions playing the survivalbox), you might have already gotten to meet the formidable Frostallion boss creature. If not, then you’ve got the opportunity to feast your eyes on the higher-level legendary ahead of seeing it in-game. Yes, despite Palworld already being […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/palworld-continues-its-critter-preview-videos-with-a-look-at-the-legendary-frostallion/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/age-of-water-outlines-how-to-find-fish-and-highlights-a-couple-of-npc-factions/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/age-of-water-outlines-how-to-find-fish-and-highlights-a-couple-of-npc-factions/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479443 Did you expect a game called Age of Water to not have fishing? If you did, then let Gaijin Entertainment and Three Whales Studio prove you very wrong: There will indeed be fishing aplenty. There are a few ways for players to get themselves some sweet crappies (and other fish presumably): They can either find […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/age-of-water-outlines-how-to-find-fish-and-highlights-a-couple-of-npc-factions/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/world-of-tanks-series-unveils-plans-for-dune-part-two-cross-promotion-events-and-items/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/world-of-tanks-series-unveils-plans-for-dune-part-two-cross-promotion-events-and-items/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479524 Wargaming and Legendary Pictures have come together, given each other a high-five (probably with stacks of money in their palms), and decided that the World of Tanks games are a great place for the upcoming Dune: Part Two movie to have multiple cross-promotional events for players to mark the film’s March 1st premiere. The goodies […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/world-of-tanks-series-unveils-plans-for-dune-part-two-cross-promotion-events-and-items/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/multiplayer-survival-sandbox-smalland-exits-early-access-february-15-with-new-content-and-features/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/multiplayer-survival-sandbox-smalland-exits-early-access-february-15-with-new-content-and-features/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479543 Back in March 2018, we first caught wind of Smalland, a multiplayer survival sandbox that sees players as itty-bitty sprites surviving in the scaled-up wilds of a forest area. Our last look at the title was in June 2021, when developer Merge Games showed it off at an E3 event. Now, after several years’ worth […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/multiplayer-survival-sandbox-smalland-exits-early-access-february-15-with-new-content-and-features/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/first-impressions-nightingales-survival-and-realmwalking-blend-could-make-it-a-stand-out-in-the-sub-genre/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/first-impressions-nightingales-survival-and-realmwalking-blend-could-make-it-a-stand-out-in-the-sub-genre/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479144 Our regular readers know that the survival sandbox sub-genre is suddenly getting very crowded in very short order, which means that the upcoming gaslamp survivalbox Nightingale has to make some noise in order to be heard above the din. I was granted the opportunity to dive into an early build of the game for a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/first-impressions-nightingales-survival-and-realmwalking-blend-could-make-it-a-stand-out-in-the-sub-genre/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/11/war-thunder-welcomes-lunar-new-year-with-beefy-chinese-tanks/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/11/war-thunder-welcomes-lunar-new-year-with-beefy-chinese-tanks/#respond Sun, 11 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479332 With an increase of Lunar New Year celebrations in online games across the world, it’s not quite as surprising that War Thunder wants to get in on the festivities. The military vehicle battler is giving out some nice tanks and goodies for the Year of the Dragon, starting with a unique gold dragon decal. Then […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/11/war-thunder-welcomes-lunar-new-year-with-beefy-chinese-tanks/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/11/sky-children-of-the-light-celebrates-emotional-connections-in-its-updated-days-of-love-event/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/11/sky-children-of-the-light-celebrates-emotional-connections-in-its-updated-days-of-love-event/#comments Sun, 11 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479278 Love takes a lot of forms, whether it’s romantic, platonic, or familial, and that wide spectrum of affection is the heart of Sky: Children of the Light’s 2024 edition of its Days of Love event. Do you get it? Heart? Ha ha ha. Starting today, the socially minded multiplayer title will open Jellyfish Cove in […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/11/sky-children-of-the-light-celebrates-emotional-connections-in-its-updated-days-of-love-event/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/11/ark-survival-ascended-rolls-back-latest-update-which-was-eating-players-items-on-official-servers/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/11/ark-survival-ascended-rolls-back-latest-update-which-was-eating-players-items-on-official-servers/#respond Sun, 11 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479417 When you’re playing ARK: Survival Ascended, you expect things to be hungry: your tamed pets, the dinosaurs roaming the wilds, your character – you basically don’t expect the game build to be ravenous. Unfortunately that appears to be precisely what has happened with a recent patch to the survival sandbox, which then had to be […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/11/ark-survival-ascended-rolls-back-latest-update-which-was-eating-players-items-on-official-servers/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/diablo-iv-is-bringing-the-ability-to-craft-uber-unique-items-on-february-13/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/diablo-iv-is-bringing-the-ability-to-craft-uber-unique-items-on-february-13/#comments Sun, 11 Feb 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479343 When is a Diablo IV item more unique than unique? When it’s uber unique, of course! This tier of item has been a farming target since the Season of Blood, but players have been reportedly frustrated by unwanted rolls of this loot. That situation should ideally improve in the OARPG’s February 13th patch, which will […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/diablo-iv-is-bringing-the-ability-to-craft-uber-unique-items-on-february-13/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/the-stream-team-just-grin-and-bear-it-in-icarus/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/the-stream-team-just-grin-and-bear-it-in-icarus/#respond Sat, 10 Feb 2024 23:02:22 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479392 Last time when Massively OP’s MJ tried to explore ICARUS via horseback, she was waylaid by a bear. Not willing to have her plans thwarted by the ursine interloper, she plans to give it another go this week. Will she get far? MJ can grin and bear any hardships. Tune in live at 6:00 p.m. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/the-stream-team-just-grin-and-bear-it-in-icarus/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/warhaven-puts-out-a-new-character-new-pre-season-and-valentines-day-event-ahead-of-april-sunset/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/warhaven-puts-out-a-new-character-new-pre-season-and-valentines-day-event-ahead-of-april-sunset/#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479267 Warhaven is still a multiplayer title that’s headed for a sunsetting in April, but you probably wouldn’t know that judging by the game’s content output: Nexon put forth its Pre-Season 2 update last week with a new character and a new Valentine’s Day event for players to enjoy, however bittersweet that enjoyment may be. The […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/warhaven-puts-out-a-new-character-new-pre-season-and-valentines-day-event-ahead-of-april-sunset/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/overwatch-2-previews-season-9-updates-to-competitive-play-and-characters/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/overwatch-2-previews-season-9-updates-to-competitive-play-and-characters/#respond Sat, 10 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479335 Overwatch 2 has already painted a broad picture of the changes to competitive play due for the shooter’s Season 9, but now director Aaron Keller is following up that overview with a more focused dev blog that discusses some specific competitive updates and some general tweaks to heroes. After paying lip service to last month’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/overwatch-2-previews-season-9-updates-to-competitive-play-and-characters/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/genshin-impact-takes-cheat-makers-to-court-for-copyright-infringement/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/genshin-impact-takes-cheat-makers-to-court-for-copyright-infringement/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478972 You have to be a special sort of sad to want to cheat in a game like Genshin Impact, let alone one who would pay for the ability to do so. That’s regrettably what has been happening, but developer Hoyoverse is not taking the matter lying down and has taken several people to court for […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/genshin-impact-takes-cheat-makers-to-court-for-copyright-infringement/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/the-stream-team-sailing-the-open-beta-seas-of-skull-and-bones/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/the-stream-team-sailing-the-open-beta-seas-of-skull-and-bones/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:55:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479190 After seven worrisome delays, it’s finally time for MOP’s Chris to get his hands on the open beta of Skull and Bones! Will this pirating adventure title put the wind in his sails, or is it all just a load of bluster at the very opening few moments? We can’t give full impressions in a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/the-stream-team-sailing-the-open-beta-seas-of-skull-and-bones/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/two-weeks-into-early-access-kickstarted-survivalbox-fractured-veil-patches-up-and-merges-servers/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/two-weeks-into-early-access-kickstarted-survivalbox-fractured-veil-patches-up-and-merges-servers/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479205 While server merges are sometimes necessary and healthy, they’re not the best optics when they happen mere weeks after a game’s early access release. But that’s exactly what’s happening with Fractured Veil, the post-apocalyptic survival title set in a zombie-overrun Hawaii. Launched on January 25th, the game announced that already is merging realms as of February […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/two-weeks-into-early-access-kickstarted-survivalbox-fractured-veil-patches-up-and-merges-servers/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/microsoft-insists-activision-blizzard-was-planning-on-mass-layoffs-before-the-merger/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/microsoft-insists-activision-blizzard-was-planning-on-mass-layoffs-before-the-merger/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:30:05 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479239 As we’ve been covering, earlier this week the FTC filed a complaint to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, alleging that Microsoft misrepresented itself during hearings before the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. Specifically, in seeking to assuage regulators’ concerns, Microsoft vowed it would “maintain the pre-merger status quo” – that it would run Activision-Blizzard as a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/microsoft-insists-activision-blizzard-was-planning-on-mass-layoffs-before-the-merger/feed/ 41 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/star-citizen-begins-its-valentines-day-lunar-new-year-and-free-fly-events-for-february-this-weekend/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/star-citizen-begins-its-valentines-day-lunar-new-year-and-free-fly-events-for-february-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:00:16 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479225 The month of February is loaded to the gills with events (and shop sales) for the alpha spaceship sandbox of Star Citizen, as CIG has elected to blend its Coramor Valentine’s Day event, Red Festival Lunar New Year event, and a limited-time free fly event from now through the majority of the month. We’ll begin […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/star-citizen-begins-its-valentines-day-lunar-new-year-and-free-fly-events-for-february-this-weekend/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/former-overwatch-2-lead-vfx-artist-calls-out-blizzard-for-deceptive-promotion-and-pay-behavior/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/former-overwatch-2-lead-vfx-artist-calls-out-blizzard-for-deceptive-promotion-and-pay-behavior/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479177 Workers and former workers at the various substudios at Activision-Blizzard have been calling it out as an unpleasant workplace for a while now since the whole scandal with the company began, and Blizzard was not spared (just remember how Brian Birmingham was treated last year). But now we’ve got even more evidence that company has […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/former-overwatch-2-lead-vfx-artist-calls-out-blizzard-for-deceptive-promotion-and-pay-behavior/feed/ 21 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/korean-supreme-court-rules-man-isnt-a-conscientious-objector-because-he-likes-playerunknowns-battlegrounds/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/korean-supreme-court-rules-man-isnt-a-conscientious-objector-because-he-likes-playerunknowns-battlegrounds/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478949 We admit that the headline for this story is pretty wild, so allow us a few moments to lay some contextual groundwork: South Korea has a Military Service Act that mandates all able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 35 be conscripted into military service, with those violating the law facing prison time. However, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/korean-supreme-court-rules-man-isnt-a-conscientious-objector-because-he-likes-playerunknowns-battlegrounds/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/players-rolled-nearly-50k-characters-during-nightingales-stress-test-last-weekend/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/players-rolled-nearly-50k-characters-during-nightingales-stress-test-last-weekend/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478798 When Inflexion announced this week that it’s planning to launch Nightingale’s early access two days earlier than originally planned, it casually mentioned that it had seen 48,000 testers during this past weekend’s stress test – perhaps a few more than it anticipated. The Tencent-backed team has now dropped a dev blog to talk more about […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/players-rolled-nearly-50k-characters-during-nightingales-stress-test-last-weekend/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/fortnite-opens-the-doors-to-its-own-trevor-noah-produced-virtual-stand-up-comedy-club/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/fortnite-opens-the-doors-to-its-own-trevor-noah-produced-virtual-stand-up-comedy-club/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479104 In-game concerts have already been a thing in Fortnite, so where does the games platform go from there? Why, opening the doors to its own virtual comedy club, naturally. This is a perfectly normal progression that isn’t strange at all. Or it’ll be a great thing for those who don’t have a comedy club near […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/fortnite-opens-the-doors-to-its-own-trevor-noah-produced-virtual-stand-up-comedy-club/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/lunar-new-year-events-around-the-mmorpg-world-2024-edition/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/lunar-new-year-events-around-the-mmorpg-world-2024-edition/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478235 Would you believe that this is only our third year with enough MMORPG Lunar New Year events that a roundup is necessary? A decade ago, these events were rare, and twice that, they were almost unheard of – in the west, of course. Now, every multiplayer title is anxious to add another festival to the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/lunar-new-year-events-around-the-mmorpg-world-2024-edition/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/skull-bones-soft-launch-is-underway-for-preorder-players-ahead-of-next-weeks-formal-release/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/skull-bones-soft-launch-is-underway-for-preorder-players-ahead-of-next-weeks-formal-release/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479016 Ubisoft’s long, long delayed pirate “co-op pirate open world action RPG” MMO Skull & Bones has finally set sail with a soft launch into a no-wipe open beta as of late last night. Never again will I have to write a title about a Skull & Bones delay and try to figure out how many […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/skull-bones-soft-launch-is-underway-for-preorder-players-ahead-of-next-weeks-formal-release/feed/ 23 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/overwatch-2s-season-9-calls-to-champions-next-week/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/overwatch-2s-season-9-calls-to-champions-next-week/#respond Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479057 The ninth season of Overwatch 2 is ticking down to launch next week on February 13th with an array of “eldritch horrors” waiting on deck. Season 9: Champions adds the titular rank of competitive play in addition to the fancy Jade weapon, a new battle pass reward track, the Ancient Caller Moira mythic skin, and […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/overwatch-2s-season-9-calls-to-champions-next-week/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/star-citizen-firms-up-aprils-alpha-3-23-features-and-recounts-development-progress-for-january/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/star-citizen-firms-up-aprils-alpha-3-23-features-and-recounts-development-progress-for-january/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:00:37 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479095 It’s roundup day for Star Citizen fans, as CIG has put out its latest roadmap update outline and January development report for fans to scour. Or better yet you could just let us scour it for you and point out some highlights. The roadmap is naturally zeroed in on alpha 3.23, which is currently targeting […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/star-citizen-firms-up-aprils-alpha-3-23-features-and-recounts-development-progress-for-january/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/disney-invests-1-5b-into-epic-games-with-plans-to-create-a-huge-disney-universe-in-fortnite/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/disney-invests-1-5b-into-epic-games-with-plans-to-create-a-huge-disney-universe-in-fortnite/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479082 Seeing Disney’s various IPs in Fortnite isn’t exactly news by this point, but it appears as if there will be a whole lot more of the House of Mouse’s characters within the games platform, and it’s all being powered by a $1.5 billion investment by Disney into Epic Games. “We’ve entered into a strategic relationship […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/disney-invests-1-5b-into-epic-games-with-plans-to-create-a-huge-disney-universe-in-fortnite/feed/ 11 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/the-stream-team-backseat-streaming-watches-a-virtual-reality-giant-fight-tiny-pc-knights-in-davigo/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/the-stream-team-backseat-streaming-watches-a-virtual-reality-giant-fight-tiny-pc-knights-in-davigo/#respond Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:55:16 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478927 What happens when one giant playing in virtual reality faces off against itty bitty rocket-firing knights playing on PC? You get Davigo, the VR vs. PC asymmetrical PvP title! And tonight, MOP’s MJ and Chris are going to be enjoying some gameplay footage from the giant’s point of view! Tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/the-stream-team-backseat-streaming-watches-a-virtual-reality-giant-fight-tiny-pc-knights-in-davigo/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/monster-hunter-now-celebrates-the-lunar-new-year-with-limited-quests-and-thematic-rewards/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/monster-hunter-now-celebrates-the-lunar-new-year-with-limited-quests-and-thematic-rewards/#respond Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478683 The Year of the Dragon has arrived to the mobile ARG Monster Hunter Now, bringing some Lunar New Year-themed events and goodies for players to enjoy over the next several days. The first portion of the event began at the start of February, which tasked players with gathering fortune lanterns and joining in on themed […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/monster-hunter-now-celebrates-the-lunar-new-year-with-limited-quests-and-thematic-rewards/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/think-gamemaster-delivered-content-is-dead-multiplayer-helldivers-2-is-trying-it-anyway/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/think-gamemaster-delivered-content-is-dead-multiplayer-helldivers-2-is-trying-it-anyway/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 21:00:49 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478984 Approximately a thousand years ago in the lost age of 1997, I remember inching my way across an isometric Ultima Online screen, fighting insane lag and rollbacks to make my way to a player-held castle where OSI gamemasters were holding a custom event just for players. It’s been a long-standing and (almost) unbroken tradition in […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/think-gamemaster-delivered-content-is-dead-multiplayer-helldivers-2-is-trying-it-anyway/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/the-stream-team-learning-how-to-play-war-thunder-the-matriarch-way/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/the-stream-team-learning-how-to-play-war-thunder-the-matriarch-way/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:55:11 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478924 MOP’s Chris is entering all-new territory for him in today’s stream: He’ll be taking up the role of pilot or tanker (or both!) in War Thunder for the very first time, and he’ll be joined by his best friend the Matriarch Britarnya as she helps him learn the ropes and teaches him how to play! […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/the-stream-team-learning-how-to-play-war-thunder-the-matriarch-way/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/enshrouded-offers-up-some-beginners-tips-in-its-latest-video/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/enshrouded-offers-up-some-beginners-tips-in-its-latest-video/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478978 Enshrouded might be familiar to survival sandbox vets, but it’s also possible that some of its systems are unique to those players, or that this is some gamers’ first survivalbox rodeo. Whatever the case may be, developer Keen Games is here to help with a video guide full of beginner’s tips. The video hits on […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/enshrouded-offers-up-some-beginners-tips-in-its-latest-video/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/dune-awakenings-latest-video-snippet-is-all-about-playing-both-solo-and-with-friends/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/dune-awakenings-latest-video-snippet-is-all-about-playing-both-solo-and-with-friends/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:30:56 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478993 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 mobile (in which case, hello) or you’re not bothered by seeing a thin video on your PC desktop. Or you just want to see the latest short talk about solo play […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/dune-awakenings-latest-video-snippet-is-all-about-playing-both-solo-and-with-friends/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/not-so-massively-stormgate-isnt-delivering-a-revolution-yet/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/not-so-massively-stormgate-isnt-delivering-a-revolution-yet/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478776 Stormgate’s marketing is laser-focused on studio Frost Giant’s plan to deliver an “RTS revolution.” With StarCraft II still popular but slowly waning as it languishes in maintenance mode, the genre needs a new champion, and hot off its massive Kickstarter success, Stormgate is one of the best candidates to become just that. As a lifelong […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/not-so-massively-stormgate-isnt-delivering-a-revolution-yet/feed/ 19 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/enshroudeds-first-major-patch-addresses-bugs-crashes-multiplayer-stability-and-world-reset-timing/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/enshroudeds-first-major-patch-addresses-bugs-crashes-multiplayer-stability-and-world-reset-timing/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:02 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478851 It’s been a couple of weeks since the survival sandbox Enshrouded made its early access debut, and while the game has received several hotfixes since then, this week marks its first larger patch that brings an equally large-sized lineup of bug fixes. Some of the primary fixes for the title are about stability and crashing, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/enshroudeds-first-major-patch-addresses-bugs-crashes-multiplayer-stability-and-world-reset-timing/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/actress-michelle-rodriguez-demos-skull-and-bones-intro-and-events-in-latest-video/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/actress-michelle-rodriguez-demos-skull-and-bones-intro-and-events-in-latest-video/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478820 Earlier Skull and Bones offered up a look at what general gameplay and endgame looks like in its last video preview, but now we’re getting a look at what the starting experience is like, with the help of actor Michelle Rodriguez and one of Ubisoft’s devs. The opening portion of the game starts off with […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/actress-michelle-rodriguez-demos-skull-and-bones-intro-and-events-in-latest-video/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/jeff-strains-indie-studio-crop-circle-games-lays-off-lead-members-of-its-staff/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/jeff-strains-indie-studio-crop-circle-games-lays-off-lead-members-of-its-staff/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478834 Back in 2022 we saw former ArenaNet and Undead Labs co-founder Jeff Strain open his own indie studio called Crop Circle Games with the help of a $25M investment round. The studio’s projects were never elaborated on, but the announcement called the firm “a game development firm with a focus on new IPs.” Unfortunately there’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/jeff-strains-indie-studio-crop-circle-games-lays-off-lead-members-of-its-staff/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/the-stream-team-spelunking-for-snowmen-for-astroneers-5th-birthday-breakdown-event/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/the-stream-team-spelunking-for-snowmen-for-astroneers-5th-birthday-breakdown-event/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:55:05 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478805 Massively OP’s MJ was pretty sad that she couldn’t complete Astroneer‘s Christmas event owing to the lack of event drops; no toys nor snowmen were found on her planets. Now, they are apparently in the planets! MJ has excitedly discovered that the fifth birthday event is filled with colorful snowmen that just happen to be […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/the-stream-team-spelunking-for-snowmen-for-astroneers-5th-birthday-breakdown-event/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/animal-crossing-inspired-cozy-mmo-galactic-getaway-launches-50000-kickstarter/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/animal-crossing-inspired-cozy-mmo-galactic-getaway-launches-50000-kickstarter/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477834 Twice last spring, we covered a new-to-us MMO called Galactic Getaway, a game that had been in production already since 2021. We originally binned it under multiplayer, and it clearly shared a lot in common with cozy sandboxes like Animal Crossing New Horizon, promising housing, minigames, pets, farming, space stations, multiple biomes and planets, and […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/animal-crossing-inspired-cozy-mmo-galactic-getaway-launches-50000-kickstarter/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/tencent-buys-up-majority-stake-of-swords-of-legends-developer-and-gains-access-to-the-ip/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/tencent-buys-up-majority-stake-of-swords-of-legends-developer-and-gains-access-to-the-ip/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:00:28 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478860 Tencent has walked over to another games studio and smacked it with its wallet, only this time it’s a bit of a surprise purchase to us here in the west. The Chinese megacorp has bought a controlling stake in Wangyuan Shengtang, which is known around these parts as the studio behind the now shuttered Swords […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/tencent-buys-up-majority-stake-of-swords-of-legends-developer-and-gains-access-to-the-ip/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/nightingale-counting-nearly-50k-testers-is-launching-early-access-two-days-earlier-than-originally-planned/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/nightingale-counting-nearly-50k-testers-is-launching-early-access-two-days-earlier-than-originally-planned/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:30:43 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478876 Hope you didn’t take the original launch date off because Nightingale’s early access release has been pushed up two days. “Inflexion Games announced the launch date of [its] PVE survival-crafting game Nightingale moved up two days, with the title now set to release into Early Access on February 20th on PC via Steam and Epic […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/nightingale-counting-nearly-50k-testers-is-launching-early-access-two-days-earlier-than-originally-planned/feed/ 19 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/wayfinder-previews-interface-quality-of-life-and-damage-reduction-balancing/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/wayfinder-previews-interface-quality-of-life-and-damage-reduction-balancing/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478750 Pay no attention to the rogue sdsds at the top of Wayfinder’s patch notes: This is a real patch and not just the ramblings of somebody’s cat. Airship Syndicate, presumably still smarting from last week’s layoffs, has indeed dropped a preview for its upcoming update, which includes two major components: the UI and a balance […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/wayfinder-previews-interface-quality-of-life-and-damage-reduction-balancing/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/the-stream-team-warframes-book-and-brainiac-fish/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/the-stream-team-warframes-book-and-brainiac-fish/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:55:45 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478736 When Massively OP’s MJ left off in her Warframe Whispers in the Walls adventures last time, it wasn’t the walls she was listening to. It was a giant, brainiac fish. And Fibonacci — the fish — has a task for her: to complete the grimoire by finding the missing page that Loid himself hid away. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/the-stream-team-warframes-book-and-brainiac-fish/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/astroneer-is-running-a-multi-stage-breakdown-event-running-until-april-7/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/astroneer-is-running-a-multi-stage-breakdown-event-running-until-april-7/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478438 Do you need something to pass the time in the adorable little survival sandbox of Astroneer? Then you’re in luck because the Breakdown event is going on right now; it’s a multi-stage affair that promises some fun rewards and “a triple dose of adventure.” During the Breakdown event, players are invited to drill down into […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/astroneer-is-running-a-multi-stage-breakdown-event-running-until-april-7/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/among-us-shares-a-cryptic-teaser-image-from-its-animated-series-and-promises-work-is-progressing/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/among-us-shares-a-cryptic-teaser-image-from-its-animated-series-and-promises-work-is-progressing/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478678 Last summer the world learned that the popular multiplayer title Among Us was getting its own animated series sometime in the future. Unfortunately we still don’t know just when that may be, but we do have a teaser image and a promise from the game’s official Twitter account. The image itself shows a completely empty […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/among-us-shares-a-cryptic-teaser-image-from-its-animated-series-and-promises-work-is-progressing/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/apb-reloaded-releases-phase-one-of-its-fully-rebuilt-matchmaking-system/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/apb-reloaded-releases-phase-one-of-its-fully-rebuilt-matchmaking-system/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 15:30:45 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478653 This past weekend, Little Orbit CEO Matthew Scott hinted at an upcoming feature release for APB Reloaded, which was noted as part of the studio’s overall effort to bring the old game up to a 64-bit standard. “Wouldn’t it be cool to launch Phase 1 of the next big feature?” he teased at the time. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/apb-reloaded-releases-phase-one-of-its-fully-rebuilt-matchmaking-system/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/palworld-vows-to-keep-servers-online-without-regard-to-cost-despite-monthly-cost-of-nearly-half-a-million-dollars/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/palworld-vows-to-keep-servers-online-without-regard-to-cost-despite-monthly-cost-of-nearly-half-a-million-dollars/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478578 Getting professional server hosting for an online multiplayer title ain’t cheap, and that holds true for Palworld developer Pocketpair, which is paying out the nozzle to keep the survival sandbox title’s servers humming – while resolutely stating it’s not bothered by the high price. A tweet from Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe shared an image from […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/palworld-vows-to-keep-servers-online-without-regard-to-cost-despite-monthly-cost-of-nearly-half-a-million-dollars/feed/ 17 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-sneak-out-manasoul-rise-of-mythos-aka-kings-call/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-sneak-out-manasoul-rise-of-mythos-aka-kings-call/#respond Sun, 04 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478258 Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs you’ve probably never heard of (but we’ll be impressed if you have). Sneak Out Sneak Out is for some reason listed as similar to Terraria on Steam. It’s not like Terraria at all. It’s much more like a game of Among Us mashed together with a wacky game […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-sneak-out-manasoul-rise-of-mythos-aka-kings-call/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/sky-children-of-the-lights-days-of-fortune-returns-with-dragon-costumes-and-races-to-mark-the-lunar-new-year/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/sky-children-of-the-lights-days-of-fortune-returns-with-dragon-costumes-and-races-to-mark-the-lunar-new-year/#respond Sun, 04 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477754 The Lunar New Year celebrations are continuing to proliferate across MMO and multiplayer titles, and that includes the more upbeat multiplayer world of Sky: Children of the Light thanks to the return of the Days of Fortune event. Between now and February 11th, players can head to an event hub to take part in the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/sky-children-of-the-lights-days-of-fortune-returns-with-dragon-costumes-and-races-to-mark-the-lunar-new-year/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/voxlands-is-a-multiplayer-boxy-blend-of-fps-rpg-and-survival-coming-to-februarys-steam-next-fest/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/voxlands-is-a-multiplayer-boxy-blend-of-fps-rpg-and-survival-coming-to-februarys-steam-next-fest/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477983 It’s time once again to take up several sub-genres, toss them in a pot, and whisk until they smooth into a new title. This time the ingredients are the multiplayer FPS, RPG, and survival game, with a sprinkling of voxel sandbox visuals and ray-traced graphics to create Voxlands. “Voxlands invites you to embark on a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/voxlands-is-a-multiplayer-boxy-blend-of-fps-rpg-and-survival-coming-to-februarys-steam-next-fest/feed/ 4