https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Tue, 13 Feb 2024 04:01:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/the-stream-team-mini-mo-mania-for-the-9th-mopiversary/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/the-stream-team-mini-mo-mania-for-the-9th-mopiversary/#respond Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:55:26 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479640 How long is nine years? Measured from your Daily Grind wishes to a pirate’s week in review, it’s how long Massively OP has been bringing you all sorts of tasty, tantalizing, and even sometimes terrible MMO news as well as opinions, streams, and more. Of course, how could MJ pass up celebrating this most auspicious […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/the-stream-team-mini-mo-mania-for-the-9th-mopiversary/feed/ 0 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/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/maplestorys-strawberry-farm-festival-is-the-most-spring-thing-you-can-do-this-winter/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/maplestorys-strawberry-farm-festival-is-the-most-spring-thing-you-can-do-this-winter/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479500 Just because there are arctic blasts, frost on the trees, and mysterious frozen white powder falling from the sky doesn’t mean that you can’t find a little slice of spring during this winter season. We recommend heading over to MapleStory, where the annual Strawberry Farm Festival is in full swing. “Assist Spiegelette with her Strawberry […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/maplestorys-strawberry-farm-festival-is-the-most-spring-thing-you-can-do-this-winter/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/albion-online-tweaks-staffs-temp-disables-duels-readies-turkish-and-arabic-language-support/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/albion-online-tweaks-staffs-temp-disables-duels-readies-turkish-and-arabic-language-support/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479534 It has been a busy couple of weeks in the world of Albion Online as Sandbox Interactive has been putting out patches, dealing with duelers being cheaty little cheaters, and expanding the sandbox MMORPG’s language options. So let us review, shall we? We’ll start with the most recent patch, which is mostly focused on weapon […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/albion-online-tweaks-staffs-temp-disables-duels-readies-turkish-and-arabic-language-support/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/runescape-adds-a-new-quest-and-a-flash-event-old-school-runescape-finishes-poll-80-updates/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/runescape-adds-a-new-quest-and-a-flash-event-old-school-runescape-finishes-poll-80-updates/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 18:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479539 Are you among those in RuneScape who are hoping to face off against the Wildywyrm monster more frequently? Then you’re probably happy to note that last week saw the start of a special flash event that ramps up this specific creature’s arrival rate in the Wilderness and also offers up some new rewards for players […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/runescape-adds-a-new-quest-and-a-flash-event-old-school-runescape-finishes-poll-80-updates/feed/ 0 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/2024/02/12/the-daily-grind-is-there-an-mmorpg-you-think-shouldnt-be-classified-as-an-mmorpg/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/the-daily-grind-is-there-an-mmorpg-you-think-shouldnt-be-classified-as-an-mmorpg/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:00:44 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=475522 We have the MMORPG subreddit to thank for this morning’s Daily Grind: At the beginning of January, some bright spark over there posted a thread insisting that EVE Online, a long-running sci-fi MMORPG, is not in fact an MMORPG. Now, I didn’t click on the thread; insert the “I’m not falling for that hot take/that’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/the-daily-grind-is-there-an-mmorpg-you-think-shouldnt-be-classified-as-an-mmorpg/feed/ 20 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/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/2024/02/09/q4-2023-nexon-krafton-and-roblox-all-posted-soaring-revenues-in-2023/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/q4-2023-nexon-krafton-and-roblox-all-posted-soaring-revenues-in-2023/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479133 Welcome back to another MMO business roundup – this one all about financials for some of the companies we keep an eye on ’round here. ROBLOX Roblox’s fortunes have been bizarre over the last few years as the company has been making tons of money – and spending it all and then some. According to […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/q4-2023-nexon-krafton-and-roblox-all-posted-soaring-revenues-in-2023/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/vague-patch-notes-mmorpgs-and-the-pc-gaming-market/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/vague-patch-notes-mmorpgs-and-the-pc-gaming-market/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479180 I find myself thinking a lot about the MMORPG industry lately and the ways in which the gaming industry as a whole has changed over the course of the past couple decades, because it seems clear to me that things have been changing. Did you know that up until 2004, PC gaming accounted for less […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/vague-patch-notes-mmorpgs-and-the-pc-gaming-market/feed/ 11 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/runescapes-jagex-is-apparently-being-sold-yet-again-this-time-to-a-private-equity-firm-for-over-1b-2/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/runescapes-jagex-is-apparently-being-sold-yet-again-this-time-to-a-private-equity-firm-for-over-1b-2/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479243 Rumors from earlier this week that suggested RuneScape company Jagex was once again for sale have now been proven correct, thanks to a formal press release from the parties involved. Luxembourg-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, Austin-based private equity firm Haveli Investments, and UK-stationed Jagex have indeed announced that CVC has “agreed to acquire” […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/runescapes-jagex-is-apparently-being-sold-yet-again-this-time-to-a-private-equity-firm-for-over-1b-2/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/working-as-intended-a-guide-to-city-of-heroes-homecomings-best-player-crafted-portal-bases/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/working-as-intended-a-guide-to-city-of-heroes-homecomings-best-player-crafted-portal-bases/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478317 A few years ago, I was wandering around in City of Heroes when someone advertised a cool base in chat. All I had to do was head over to a supergroup base portal, type in the code flashed in text, and be welcomed into this person’s custom base. I was expecting something akin to the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/working-as-intended-a-guide-to-city-of-heroes-homecomings-best-player-crafted-portal-bases/feed/ 11 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/the-daily-grind-have-you-ever-lost-a-house-in-an-mmo/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/the-daily-grind-have-you-ever-lost-a-house-in-an-mmo/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:00:28 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478378 Last week, fellow MMO blogger Belghast wrote a blog post that sent a shot of panic through my own heart: He tells the tale of forgetting to log into Final Fantasy XIV for a few months and having his character’s house be repossessed by the game while he wasn’t paying it any mind. Now, the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/the-daily-grind-have-you-ever-lost-a-house-in-an-mmo/feed/ 24 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/star-wars-galaxies-restoration-rogue-server-launches-schisms-of-heretics-with-new-jedi-content/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/star-wars-galaxies-restoration-rogue-server-launches-schisms-of-heretics-with-new-jedi-content/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477580 If there were an award for slick rogue server promotions, Star Wars Galaxies Restoration 3 would win it this month, as the announcement newsletter for its Publish 1.2 The Schisms of Heretics includes not only a video but a welcome-back guide for returning players in a satisfyingly organized layout. Oh, and a full and proper […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/star-wars-galaxies-restoration-rogue-server-launches-schisms-of-heretics-with-new-jedi-content/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/fight-or-kite-ravendawn-has-a-great-class-system-but-gameplay-needs-polish/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/fight-or-kite-ravendawn-has-a-great-class-system-but-gameplay-needs-polish/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478411 As an avid gamer of the ’80s and ’90s, I’ve got a real soft spot for all things retro-inspired. A lot of my favorites lean into the action adventure-style games, but I also enjoyed turn based RPGs as well. There’s hardly any Metroidvania-style games that I haven’t played – minus, for some reason, Metroid or […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/fight-or-kite-ravendawn-has-a-great-class-system-but-gameplay-needs-polish/feed/ 6 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/2024/02/07/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/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/perfect-ten-the-mmo-franchises-that-cant-count-past-two/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/perfect-ten-the-mmo-franchises-that-cant-count-past-two/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478922 Back in the day, there was a running joke about how Capcom had shown with Street Fighter that the company could not count higher than two. We had a few dozen different iterations of Street Fighter 2, and then when the developers finally decided to make a new game, it was a prequel, so it […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/perfect-ten-the-mmo-franchises-that-cant-count-past-two/feed/ 13 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/black-desert-talks-up-300v300-war-of-the-roses-pvp-and-todays-15v15-guild-league/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/black-desert-talks-up-300v300-war-of-the-roses-pvp-and-todays-15v15-guild-league/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:00:17 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478932 Black Desert is taking a page out of EVE Online’s playbook and promoting its mass-PvP systems – specifically, the War of the Roses pre-season event that ran last weekend, followed up by today’s 15v15 guild league launch. First, on Sunday, War of the Roses saw a “historic clash” between NA and EU guilds in a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/black-desert-talks-up-300v300-war-of-the-roses-pvp-and-todays-15v15-guild-league/feed/ 0 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/lord-of-the-rings-online-u39-hits-bullroarer-for-corsairs-of-umbar-instance-and-raid-testing/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/lord-of-the-rings-online-u39-hits-bullroarer-for-corsairs-of-umbar-instance-and-raid-testing/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478802 Lord of the Rings Online has opened the Bullroarer test server for players’ first look at update 39 as of today. The heart of the update in testing right now is fresh endgame content: the three-person Isle of Storms instance (open to T3) and the 12-person Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo raid (first two bosses, open […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/lord-of-the-rings-online-u39-hits-bullroarer-for-corsairs-of-umbar-instance-and-raid-testing/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/runescapes-jagex-is-apparently-being-sold-yet-again-this-time-to-a-private-equity-firm-for-over-1b/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/runescapes-jagex-is-apparently-being-sold-yet-again-this-time-to-a-private-equity-firm-for-over-1b/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:30:26 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478840 Stop me if you’ve heard this one: RuneScape company Jagex is for sale yet again. Back in September, we first caught the rumor that Jagex’s current presumptive owner, the Carlyle Group, was considering selling Jagex off, seeking in the neighborhood of $1.2B US in the trade. Apparently, that’s now firmed up to be a lot […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/runescapes-jagex-is-apparently-being-sold-yet-again-this-time-to-a-private-equity-firm-for-over-1b/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/myth-of-empires-epic-new-trailer-teases-biomes-building-construction-and-warfare/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/myth-of-empires-epic-new-trailer-teases-biomes-building-construction-and-warfare/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:00:48 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478724 Having put its legal quibbles with Studio Wildcard and Smilegate behind it, strategy-sandbox MMO Myth of Empires is heading to its launch this month as planned. This morning, Angela Game dropped a new trailer for the game that shows off everything from its diversity of biomes and construction to farming and siege weaponry. Even the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/myth-of-empires-epic-new-trailer-teases-biomes-building-construction-and-warfare/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/the-daily-grind-when-was-the-last-time-an-mmo-studio-truly-impressed-you/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/the-daily-grind-when-was-the-last-time-an-mmo-studio-truly-impressed-you/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:00:34 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478126 Embers Adrift is probably never going to be my MMORPG, but damn I’m proud of Stormhaven Studios. Yes, I have a soft spot for true indie MMORPGs – there’s a reason I’m obsessed with Project Gorgon – but Embers Adrift was already a longshot, having managed to launch after weathering a Kickstarter, development controversies, the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/the-daily-grind-when-was-the-last-time-an-mmo-studio-truly-impressed-you/feed/ 26 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/maplestorys-new-patch-brings-strawberry-farm-activities-server-ui-tweaks-and-burning-world-character-transfers/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/maplestorys-new-patch-brings-strawberry-farm-activities-server-ui-tweaks-and-burning-world-character-transfers/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478445 Usually when I think about strawberry farms, I think about the spring or summer seasons. That mental association isn’t going to stop MapleStory from opening up access to an in-game strawberry farm in February, which is the tentpole feature for the v.248 update. The Strawberry Farm Festival that gives the patch its name will invite […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/maplestorys-new-patch-brings-strawberry-farm-activities-server-ui-tweaks-and-burning-world-character-transfers/feed/ 0 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/star-citizen-devs-offer-additional-information-about-alpha-3-23s-possible-features/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/star-citizen-devs-offer-additional-information-about-alpha-3-23s-possible-features/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478563 The return of Star Citizen’s weekly video digests already highlighted a couple of features for alpha 3.23, but there’s now the usual weekly Star Citizen Live broadcast that grants even more information about the patch and its planned features. Naturally the devs discussed the EVA updates and interaction button updates, noting that a later update […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/star-citizen-devs-offer-additional-information-about-alpha-3-23s-possible-features/feed/ 9 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/2024/02/05/indie-mmo-sandbox-fractured-online-unveils-its-endgame-changer-patch-coming-february-21/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/indie-mmo-sandbox-fractured-online-unveils-its-endgame-changer-patch-coming-february-21/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478484 Kickstarted sandbox Fractured has been teasing a big endgame overhaul for a few weeks now, setting the date for February 21st, and now the studio’s explained a bit more about exactly what’s in it. In the new video, Dynamight’s Jacopo Gallelli explains that the patch is the “product of three months of work” for the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/indie-mmo-sandbox-fractured-online-unveils-its-endgame-changer-patch-coming-february-21/feed/ 1 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/2024/02/03/open-perpetuum-is-bringing-land-mines-new-weapons-and-t4-balancing-sometime-in-marchish/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/open-perpetuum-is-bringing-land-mines-new-weapons-and-t4-balancing-sometime-in-marchish/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477428 Markish your calendarsh because the Perpetuum emulator Open Perpetuum is going to be releasing Patch 31 sometime in “Marchish.” When is Marchish? We’re notsh so shuresh. Intentional misspellings aside, this next patch has some potentially interesting things for players of the sandbox to look forward to, like the ability to deploy land mines as well […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/open-perpetuum-is-bringing-land-mines-new-weapons-and-t4-balancing-sometime-in-marchish/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/old-school-runescape-adds-desert-treasure-ii-and-scurrius-cheevos-previews-varrock-and-varlamore-rewards/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/old-school-runescape-adds-desert-treasure-ii-and-scurrius-cheevos-previews-varrock-and-varlamore-rewards/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478459 It’s yet another set of granular updates and upcoming content previews for Old School RuneScape, with Jagex bringing new achievements to earn for existing content and showing off some of the rewards that can be earned when Varlamore and Defender of Varrock open later this year. We begin with the latest update patch for the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/old-school-runescape-adds-desert-treasure-ii-and-scurrius-cheevos-previews-varrock-and-varlamore-rewards/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 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-under-a-rock-farworld-pioneers-cyborg-immortal/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-under-a-rock-farworld-pioneers-cyborg-immortal/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477909 Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs you’ve probably never heard of (but if you have, awesome!). Under a Rock If you’re not living under a rock, well, you should be… Gameforge’s Under a Rock, that is. It’s a multiplayer survival title from Nordic Trolls, published under the Gameforge banner and sporting online co-op. It’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-under-a-rock-farworld-pioneers-cyborg-immortal/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/kickstarted-solarpunk-mediumly-multiplayer-loftia-picks-up-investor-seed-funds-and-support/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/kickstarted-solarpunk-mediumly-multiplayer-loftia-picks-up-investor-seed-funds-and-support/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478193 Loftia was easily one of the biggest MMOs to fund on Kickstarter last year: The self-described “mediumly multiplayer” sandbox pulled in $1.27M US for Australian outfit Qloud. And it’s apparently pulled in more than that, if the game’s latest message to players through Kickstarter is any indication. Qliyd says its dev staff have been tapped […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/kickstarted-solarpunk-mediumly-multiplayer-loftia-picks-up-investor-seed-funds-and-support/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/the-stream-team-joining-in-on-the-nightingale-stress-test/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/the-stream-team-joining-in-on-the-nightingale-stress-test/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 18:55:11 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478290 MOP’s Chris is going to add his weight to the one-day stress test of Nightingale today, and at the same time he’s going to try and see just what this intriguing gaslamp fantasy survival sandbox has in store! It’s part test, part initial exploration, and all fancy clothing, today at 2:00 p.m. EST! What: Nightingale […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/the-stream-team-joining-in-on-the-nightingale-stress-test/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/minecraft-claps-hands-with-hr-block-to-premiere-a-tax-themed-gaming-experience-february-3/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/minecraft-claps-hands-with-hr-block-to-premiere-a-tax-themed-gaming-experience-february-3/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478339 Nobody likes doing taxes – heck, we’re pretty sure that CPAs don’t like doing taxes and it’s their literal job – so it’s really hard to know how one could gamify the tax filing experience. Regardless, tax filing service H&R Block and survival sandbox Minecraft are apparently going to give it the old college try […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/minecraft-claps-hands-with-hr-block-to-premiere-a-tax-themed-gaming-experience-february-3/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/first-impressions-palworld-copied-all-the-right-homework-to-graduate-as-its-own-enjoyable-game/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/first-impressions-palworld-copied-all-the-right-homework-to-graduate-as-its-own-enjoyable-game/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477793 You know how the back of a box of Hamburger Helper or other boxed dinner mixes encourage you to toss in extra ingredients to “make it your own”? That’s a lot like what Palworld has done in my view: taken the base dinner mix that it created in Craftopia – itself a game that cribs […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/first-impressions-palworld-copied-all-the-right-homework-to-graduate-as-its-own-enjoyable-game/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/star-citizen-discusses-alpha-3-23-eva-updates-lines-up-multiple-events-and-a-new-free-trial-for-february/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/star-citizen-discusses-alpha-3-23-eva-updates-lines-up-multiple-events-and-a-new-free-trial-for-february/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:30:14 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478309 Star Citizen is a game that’s mostly about internet spaceships, but sometimes players need to engage in some extra-vehicular activity, or EVA for short. The mechanics of moving around in the void of space will be seeing some updates in alpha 3.23, which are the subject of the game’s returning episode of Star Citizen Live. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/star-citizen-discusses-alpha-3-23-eva-updates-lines-up-multiple-events-and-a-new-free-trial-for-february/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/massively-overthinking-do-you-care-more-about-mmo-stats-or-looks/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/massively-overthinking-do-you-care-more-about-mmo-stats-or-looks/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477582 This week's Massively Overthinking is fully inspired by the unicorn backpack meme, which Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss tweeted out last week with the caption "stats over looks any day." You know we have to talk about this.]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/massively-overthinking-do-you-care-more-about-mmo-stats-or-looks/feed/ 27 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/ark-survival-ascended-is-launching-a-streamlined-way-to-get-player-made-items-in-february-and-april/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/ark-survival-ascended-is-launching-a-streamlined-way-to-get-player-made-items-in-february-and-april/#respond Thu, 01 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477783 Mod support is already a thing in ARK: Survival Ascended, but the survival sandbox is bringing a little bit more streamlining to the custom player experience when it launches the custom cosmetic system starting later this week. This feature, which effectively lets player-created cosmetics for things like dinos, structures, and clothing dynamically arrive to their […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/ark-survival-ascended-is-launching-a-streamlined-way-to-get-player-made-items-in-february-and-april/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/after-nearly-eight-years-dual-universe-promises-physical-rewards-for-kickstarter-backers-are-coming-soon/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/after-nearly-eight-years-dual-universe-promises-physical-rewards-for-kickstarter-backers-are-coming-soon/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477963 Dual Universe completed its Kickstarter crowdfunding drive in October 2016. Some of those backer tiers included physical schwag that would be mailed to player homes. That hasn’t happened, however, with developer Novaquark laying the blame on shipping costs and shipping partner woes. That almost eight year-long dry spell without an official t-shirt appears to be […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/after-nearly-eight-years-dual-universe-promises-physical-rewards-for-kickstarter-backers-are-coming-soon/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/v-rising-will-make-its-full-1-0-release-to-playstation-5-and-bring-controller-support-to-steam/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/v-rising-will-make-its-full-1-0-release-to-playstation-5-and-bring-controller-support-to-steam/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478173 The vampiric player characters of V Rising – and by extension developer Stunlock Studios – are setting forth for brand-new lands, as the studio has just announced its plans to bring the survival sandbox to the PlayStation 5 console. “This will mark V Rising and Stunlock Studios’ first step in expanding beyond the PC space […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/v-rising-will-make-its-full-1-0-release-to-playstation-5-and-bring-controller-support-to-steam/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/ashes-of-creation-showcases-how-pvp-will-work-for-caravan-runs-in-latest-preview-video/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/ashes-of-creation-showcases-how-pvp-will-work-for-caravan-runs-in-latest-preview-video/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478145 Last November, Ashes of Creation highlighted the act of moving goods from one place to another in a caravan, which was certainly an illustrative look at the activity but ultimately was done in a vacuum, with the devs in a private build that was free from PvP threats – and didn’t really elaborate on how […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/ashes-of-creation-showcases-how-pvp-will-work-for-caravan-runs-in-latest-preview-video/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/elite-dangerous-unveils-2024-plans-for-powerplay-rework-next-thargoid-war-step-and-at-least-four-new-ships/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/elite-dangerous-unveils-2024-plans-for-powerplay-rework-next-thargoid-war-step-and-at-least-four-new-ships/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:30:14 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478129 The playerbase of Elite Dangerous is waking up to some unique emotions today: a sense of hope and excitement for the spaceship sandbox. That’s thanks to a recent livestream from Frontier Developments that made some huge announcements for the game’s 2024, including the big features of the game’s next two major updates, a new gameplay […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/elite-dangerous-unveils-2024-plans-for-powerplay-rework-next-thargoid-war-step-and-at-least-four-new-ships/feed/ 12