In October, Blizzard did something few people expected: It delayed World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion, offered refunds, and rolled out the pre-patch and new starter experience in the meantime, to the cheers of players. But by the end of the month – and just in time for a middling investor report during which Blizzard was … Read more
A lot of members of the Final Fantasy XIV team are pretty well known at this point to the game’s community, but there are people whose names have been in the credits for years that have never been known by fans. Case in point: Hiroyuki Takachi, the game’s web director and the man behind the … Read more
The year of 2020 has been an emotional rollercoaster for a lot of people. For some, there was a craze to buy up toilet paper and gallons of sanitizer. A lot of people lost their jobs, and there were a lot of games to play with all the extra downtime while everyone was in lockdown. … Read more
Massively OP’s MJ is getting quite annoyed that the games she really likes in genres she wouldn’t normally play keep going away. Such is the sad fate of HEX. She is going to sorely miss HoppyHoppyJoyJoy and her horde of battle bunnies when the TCG closes its doors for good today. Join us live at … Read more
Really, there’s only one valid resolution for 2021: make it suck less than 2020. That aside, it’s customary to ask the Massively OP writers to offer up their gaming and MMO-specific resolutions for the new year. Don’t do the whole resolution thing? Goals are good too. (Just save the wishes for next week!) Let’s hammer … Read more
Pfft, you thought the holidays were over? Why, there are many more celebrations to imbibe things in! One happens to be the Winter Festival of Simril in Neverwinter. Massively OP’s MJ plans to gallivant about the holiday zone collecting gifts and having a good time. Tune in live at 2:00 p.m. to send the year … Read more
It’s been a longstanding problem that end-of-the-year awards for MMORPGs aren’t ideal for honoring “classic” MMOs, especially the really old games, really small games, really ugly games, and all the stuff you played when you were kids but that your kids probably think is dated as heck. So for the last few years, we’ve been … Read more
TechRaptor grew a lot in 2020, in spite of a terrible year. We grew our staff, our readership, our revenue, and ourselves. Here's a recap.Read this article on TechRaptorOriginal Article
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards conclude today today as we honor MOP reader Schlag, our local meme-maker and resident comment trickster, who somehow manages to say with his custom memes what the rest of us are thinking. We’ve been cheering him on with this award for the best meme of the year for years now, and … Read more
When one talks about some of the greatest games of the past decade, it goes without saying that Dark Souls would be an inevitable part of the conversation. Released during a time when AAA publishers were becoming more and more averse to adding a substantial level of challenge in their games, Dark Souls made a … Read more
Yup, it’s another update post from The Repopulation all about inventory. Inventories are now being handled by the same backend system, removing duplicates and using a single code for the container types rather than the various codes that previously existed. The game’s engineer has also worked to improve GUI containers, which promises to bring faster … Read more
Every week, I have to think about betas. I have to think a lot about betas, in fact. More than I ever wanted to think about betas. Far more than I ever wanted to think about games claiming to be in beta when they clearly aren’t or games that have been released but are still … Read more
The Mermaid Puzzle is a tricky puzzle found on Ginger Island, which can reward players with a ton of Golden Walnuts. Here's how to solve this difficult riddle and make music with mermaids!Read this article on TechRaptorOriginal Article