Recently, my gaming desktop of 10 years ground to a screeching halt and died pathetically while my hopes, dreams, and Steam library evaporated. While I search for a good deal on a new one, I’ve had to make do with laptops that only have space for one or two titles. While we get spoiled for […]

If you were gearing up for the April 2nd Throne and Liberty patch, go ahead and gear back down because it’s been delayed without any reason other than that Amazon says it wants to “ensure a smooth release,” which you would think would always be true. And unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be an April […]

I’ve spent a few hours over the course of this past month with Where Winds Meet, and I still cannot tell you how I really feel about that time with the game all that much. Or at least not with any level of great confidence. That’s not to suggest I’m passing final judgment (this is […]

Regular fans of World of Warcraft are probably familiar with the annual Running of the Trolls, a community-led charity event that both celebrates Pride month and helps to raise money for The Trevor Project. Well, it looks like the 2026 version is getting official backing from Blizzard, as it’s being made an in-game event in patch […]

Wccftech has a new interview up this week with NCsoft America CEO Jeonghee “JJ” Jin, who in her typical quirky way has more or less teased more MMOs en route. JJ, who readers will recall was installed at the top of NC America back in 2024 after leaving Pearl Abyss, spoke to us back then […]

It’s sad news this week for fans of the multiplayer hangout and building space Rec Room, as the developers have announced that the game is closing down after a decade on June 1st. And the farewell letter is quite clear about what’s going on: Despite a decade of trying, the project never reached a sustainable […]

I am not a huge fan of fishing, but somehow in World of Warcraft, it became a thing I did kind of a lot back when I still played. And I love the idea that a really solid implementation of a game mechanic can turn a hater into a fan. For example: I don’t enjoy […]

One of the things that I observed ages ago about Final Fantasy XIV’s Dawntrail expansion was that our patches were each adding one big new thing aside from what’s expected. Sure, a given patch would have the new raid (alliance or normal) and new dungeon and so forth, but in addition you get one thing. […]

Last month we were all given some worrying news about Corepunk developer Artificial Core, as the studio suffered some layoffs that led players to assume the worst for the early access MMO’s prospects of crossing the finish line. And while the studio has already made sure to state that the game wasn’t abandoned, it still continued to […]

Ever since the whirlwind announcement of Jack Emmert coming back to helm Cryptic’s MMOs including Champions Online, news out of the superheroic MMORPG has been… well, a drip feed to say the very least. So we’ve decided to circle back through and try to find out some of the latest. First, some of the most important news […]

In the long long ago, rollback in MMOs were pretty common. Because of Ultima Online’s infrastructure, we saw rollbacks that first year of play weekly – more if you count the daily server reboot that always lost a few minutes (and became a free-for-all once players figured it out. But over time, rollbacks became so […]

Ready to take out your grudges one by one on the dueling field? Then jump right into Pax Dei, because the sandbox MMORPG’s minor spring update arrived on Monday, March 30th with its dueling system following a few weeks of testing. “Players can now challenge each other to friendly duels, allowing consensual PvP combat anywhere […]

Many of the bravest souls emerged from Lord of the Rings Online’s Shire — but it is less-well-known that some of the fluffiest butts also came from this pastoral paradise. Ladies and gentlemen and Free Folk of Middle-earth, presenting… Sir Flufferbottom of Little Delving! “I have my goat and my flowery outfit, time to talk […]

While MOP’s Chris has long since taken over the column, I used to write the Choose My Adventure series because I honestly liked having a regular reason to try something new. No, really; it’s very easy for me to coast along playing the same couple of games forever, and there’s a whole world of other […]

A few weeks back, there was an article on PC Gamer that actually made me laugh out loud. “I’m sick of the survival crafting ‘Cube’ and calling the gamer HOA on all of you,” author Andrea Shearon declared. I feel extremely called out because I literally have one of these in Palia; I bought a […]

This week’s Massively Overthinking is inspired directly by something MOP reader Zulika said last month in comments about Smed’s new MMOFPS. “More and more I am just glad past me was around to experience MMOs starting in 2000.” OK, obviously Zulika was throwing deserved shade on some of 2025’s excesses, but let’s talk about more […]

If you haven’t played Gamigo’s core MMORPG Trove in a while or ever, you might not realize that modding has always been a big deal in the game, and we’re not just talking about Trion and then Gamigo’s programs for putting player-made gear and structures directly into the live MMO. Trove’s fanbase maintains several mod […]

Way back in April, Astroneer studio System Era Softworks announced a spinoff of its OG multiplayer space sandbox, but still set in the Astroneer universe. Called Starseeker, the new game sounded even more multiplayer-oriented than its predecessor. Now, System Era has gone into more detail on what to expect, courtesy of this week’s gameplay reveal […]

Back in August, we reported on a lawsuit filed by Louisiana State Attorney General Liz Murrill against Roblox that alleged the games platform has not done enough to protect children from predators and sexual exploitation. Now it looks as if the company has a second such lawsuit on its hands, this time coming from the […]

Last weekend, Discord admitted to a “limited” security breach by hackers who supposedly wiggled Discord user data from a third-party. At the time, Discord suggested the breach was minimal and affected only “a limited number of users” – something like 70,000 users (oof). It’s starting to look like that was a bit of an understatement. […]