https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:18:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/25/world-of-warships-announces-a-collab-with-popeye-the-sailor-man-in-support-of-world-ocean-month/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/25/world-of-warships-announces-a-collab-with-popeye-the-sailor-man-in-support-of-world-ocean-month/#respond Tue, 25 Apr 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=436960 What happens when a charitable initiative, a spinach-eating sailor man, and World of Warships collide? One of the weirder yet more wholesome transmedia synergy team-ups in recent memory, as the online naval battler and Popeye the Sailor Man are creating a charitable bundle for June’s World Ocean Month. This yet-to-be-released charitable bundle for WoWS will […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/25/world-of-warships-announces-a-collab-with-popeye-the-sailor-man-in-support-of-world-ocean-month/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/24/red-cross-launches-an-initiative-that-challenges-fps-players-to-follow-real-world-humanitarian-laws-of-war/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/24/red-cross-launches-an-initiative-that-challenges-fps-players-to-follow-real-world-humanitarian-laws-of-war/#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=436763 It can often look like the opposite is true, but in wartime, many countries theoretically follow a set of laws known as the International Humanitarian Laws, which are intended to ensure armed conflict harms no innocent people, offers care for wounded on both sides, and keeps prisoners free from undue cruelty. It’s these laws that […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/24/red-cross-launches-an-initiative-that-challenges-fps-players-to-follow-real-world-humanitarian-laws-of-war/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/18/guild-wars-2s-arenanet-named-extra-life-partner-of-the-year-for-its-2022-april-quest-and-253k-fundraise/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/18/guild-wars-2s-arenanet-named-extra-life-partner-of-the-year-for-its-2022-april-quest-and-253k-fundraise/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=435541 File this one under Massively Uplifting in the best way: Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet was named as the 2022 Extra Life Partner of the Year for its fundraising efforts last year. MMO players will recall that last autumn, ArenaNet partnered with Children’s Miracle Network to add a CMN Champion child, April Arellano, as a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/18/guild-wars-2s-arenanet-named-extra-life-partner-of-the-year-for-its-2022-april-quest-and-253k-fundraise/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/destiny-2-actor-lance-reddick-was-an-active-player-of-the-game-right-before-his-passing/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/destiny-2-actor-lance-reddick-was-an-active-player-of-the-game-right-before-his-passing/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2023 18:30:49 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431876 It would be easy to assume that actors of pathos who are part of a video game’s voice cast would simply get into the recording studio, put down their lines, and ignore the project after the fact. That was not the case for Lance Reddick, the voice of Destiny 2’s Commander Zavala, who tragically passed […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/destiny-2-actor-lance-reddick-was-an-active-player-of-the-game-right-before-his-passing/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/09/lord-of-the-rings-online-players-are-putting-on-a-30-person-adaptation-of-sondheims-into-the-woods-this-weekend/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/09/lord-of-the-rings-online-players-are-putting-on-a-30-person-adaptation-of-sondheims-into-the-woods-this-weekend/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:00:03 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=430160 One of my favorite memories in MMOs is participating in plays and musicals, something I first saw people doing in Ultima Online in 1997 and just knew I needed to be a part of. Here we are a quarter of a century later and people are still doing it, and if you want to see […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/09/lord-of-the-rings-online-players-are-putting-on-a-30-person-adaptation-of-sondheims-into-the-woods-this-weekend/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/28/korean-elyon-fans-have-already-created-a-rogue-server-of-the-shuttered-mmorpg/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/28/korean-elyon-fans-have-already-created-a-rogue-server-of-the-shuttered-mmorpg/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:30:54 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=428762 Fans of Elyon in both Korea and the west were basically being kicked out of the MMORPG by Kakao Games, with a December sunset in our portion of the globe and a closure of the game on March 3rd in Korea. That impending end has apparently motivated Korean fans to put together a rogue server […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/28/korean-elyon-fans-have-already-created-a-rogue-server-of-the-shuttered-mmorpg/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/27/eve-online-players-raised-over-26k-to-benefit-earthquake-victims-in-turkiye-and-syria/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/27/eve-online-players-raised-over-26k-to-benefit-earthquake-victims-in-turkiye-and-syria/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:00:46 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=428618 A lot of malignant things can be assumed from the players of EVE Online, but let it not be said that they can’t be generous. The PLEX for Good campaign that CCP Games started at the beginning of February to benefit earthquake victims in Turkiye and Syria has wrapped up and saw fans of the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/27/eve-online-players-raised-over-26k-to-benefit-earthquake-victims-in-turkiye-and-syria/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/26/runescape-will-be-getting-quest-list-filtering-and-sorting-updates-thanks-to-a-game-jam-test/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/26/runescape-will-be-getting-quest-list-filtering-and-sorting-updates-thanks-to-a-game-jam-test/#respond Sun, 26 Feb 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=428316 Last October the devs of RuneScape took a break from updating the MMORPG to work on personal projects related to the title in an inter-office “game jam” exercise. At the time, it was noted that the features being created by those who took part might not become reality, but one such feature from that recent […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/26/runescape-will-be-getting-quest-list-filtering-and-sorting-updates-thanks-to-a-game-jam-test/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/24/artifact-krewe-a-guild-wars-2-exploration-fan-game-is-out-now/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/24/artifact-krewe-a-guild-wars-2-exploration-fan-game-is-out-now/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2023 18:00:21 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=428248 Is your favorite part of Guild Wars 2 getting to explore maps, jump around, discover treasures, and generally just see what the world has to offer? We can understand exactly where you’re coming from. So can Skrool, the creator behind the new fan game Artifact Krewe that is all about exactly that. Play an Asura […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/24/artifact-krewe-a-guild-wars-2-exploration-fan-game-is-out-now/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/16/lord-of-the-rings-online-is-adding-the-infamous-wayward-rock-as-housing-deco/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/16/lord-of-the-rings-online-is-adding-the-infamous-wayward-rock-as-housing-deco/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:30:29 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=427112 One of the weirdest MMORPG stories of 2022 was the saga of Lord of the Rings Online’s pet rock, a giant boulder a developer had unintentionally plopped in the middle of the road in Bree-land. It became a meme within hours after players discovered it; they named it Dwayne Johnson, held parties and music performances […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/16/lord-of-the-rings-online-is-adding-the-infamous-wayward-rock-as-housing-deco/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/15/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-sees-its-first-level-70-character-that-has-never-left-the-boat-to-exiles-reach/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/15/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-sees-its-first-level-70-character-that-has-never-left-the-boat-to-exiles-reach/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=426810 The starting experience in World of Warcraft makes sense. You sail on a ship to Exile’s Reach, you complete a bunch of quests, you reach the mainland, complete a bunch more quests, and so forth. But one player decided not to do that. At all. No reaching Exile’s Reach, no completing quests there, no killing […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/15/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-sees-its-first-level-70-character-that-has-never-left-the-boat-to-exiles-reach/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/13/everquest-online-adventures-fans-toast-the-console-mmos-20th-anniversary/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/13/everquest-online-adventures-fans-toast-the-console-mmos-20th-anniversary/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=426398 EverQuest Online Adventures might well be one of the oddest spin-offs from the rather expansive EverQuest franchise. And while this late, great PlayStation 2 MMORPG is no longer with us, former players paused to toast the game as its 20th anniversary passed on February 11th. Even though EQOA shut down in March 2012, plenty of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/13/everquest-online-adventures-fans-toast-the-console-mmos-20th-anniversary/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/10/eve-online-leverages-its-plex-for-good-charitable-drive-to-aid-earthquake-victims-in-turkiye-and-syria/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/10/eve-online-leverages-its-plex-for-good-charitable-drive-to-aid-earthquake-victims-in-turkiye-and-syria/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2023 15:00:19 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=426254 The list of MMO companies coming to the aid of those in Turkiye and Syria who were devastated by earthquakes earlier this week has grown by one more: EVE Online has activated its PLEX for Good charitable initiative to let players provide their in-game PLEX to be transformed into a real-world money donation. This charity […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/10/eve-online-leverages-its-plex-for-good-charitable-drive-to-aid-earthquake-victims-in-turkiye-and-syria/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/10/bungie-and-destiny-2-players-have-raised-150000-for-earthquake-aid-in-turkiye-and-syria/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/10/bungie-and-destiny-2-players-have-raised-150000-for-earthquake-aid-in-turkiye-and-syria/#respond Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:00:26 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=426209 Bungie has joined the surprisingly short list of MMO companies lending their playerbases and pocketbooks in support of humanitarian aid for people affected the devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkiye. The studio invites Destiny 2 players to “help support the earthquake recovery efforts” by participating in a Bungie Love campaign, through which players can donate any […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/10/bungie-and-destiny-2-players-have-raised-150000-for-earthquake-aid-in-turkiye-and-syria/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/09/final-fantasy-xiv-suspends-european-housing-demolition-in-wake-of-turkiye-syria-earthquakes/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/09/final-fantasy-xiv-suspends-european-housing-demolition-in-wake-of-turkiye-syria-earthquakes/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2023 22:02:57 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=426170 No one wants to be worried about stuff in a video game in the wake of a natural disaster, which is why Final Fantasy XIV frequently pauses any automatic housing demolition when regions are hit by just such an event. The game only recently turned housing demolition back on, but now the team has announced […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/09/final-fantasy-xiv-suspends-european-housing-demolition-in-wake-of-turkiye-syria-earthquakes/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/09/pubg-battlegrounds-krafton-turkiye-donates-100000-to-earthquake-relief/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/09/pubg-battlegrounds-krafton-turkiye-donates-100000-to-earthquake-relief/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=426068 At least one video game studio is stepping up to help with the immense humanitarian crisis that erupted this past week with the earthquake in Syria and Turkey that has killed over 17,000 people. Krafton Türkiye, which handles PUBG Battlegrounds, pledged $100,000 to assist those affected by the disaster. “Krafton Türkiye stands with the victims […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/09/pubg-battlegrounds-krafton-turkiye-donates-100000-to-earthquake-relief/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/05/the-daily-grind-when-has-an-mmo-community-impressed-you/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/05/the-daily-grind-when-has-an-mmo-community-impressed-you/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=424961 Yes, a lot of time MMO communities will disappoint you, make mistakes, do bad things that they shouldn’t, and so forth. But sometimes they do something good. Like, the number of times that World of Warcraft’s community has gone to bat for awful people is ridiculously high… but the community also has gone to bat […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/05/the-daily-grind-when-has-an-mmo-community-impressed-you/feed/ 17 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/24/star-citizens-player-run-daymar-rally-wraps-up-cig-preps-squadron-42-monthly-report-and-returning-videos/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/24/star-citizens-player-run-daymar-rally-wraps-up-cig-preps-squadron-42-monthly-report-and-returning-videos/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2023 17:30:19 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=423592 The Star Citizen community went racing at the end of last week with its 2023 edition of the Daymar Rally, a player-run rally racing event that features three classes of vehicles running across the sands of Daymar. In addition to the race this past Saturday, the event was also host to a couple of player […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/24/star-citizens-player-run-daymar-rally-wraps-up-cig-preps-squadron-42-monthly-report-and-returning-videos/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/09/evonys-community-mourns-the-death-of-a-beloved-player-after-begging-police-to-investigate/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/09/evonys-community-mourns-the-death-of-a-beloved-player-after-begging-police-to-investigate/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2023 01:00:15 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=421736 Evony has a bit of a reputation in the broader MMORPG community as being a bit of a lark thanks to a now-ancient and long-memed marketing ploy (Play Now, My Lord) that tried to entice players to what is essential a strategy game using titillating characters. So you might be as surprised as we are […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/09/evonys-community-mourns-the-death-of-a-beloved-player-after-begging-police-to-investigate/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/09/final-fantasy-xiv-is-among-the-games-showcased-at-awesome-games-done-quick-charity-speedrunning-marathon/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/09/final-fantasy-xiv-is-among-the-games-showcased-at-awesome-games-done-quick-charity-speedrunning-marathon/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2023 23:00:15 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=421668 Generally speaking, the only conceivable way someone could speedrun an MMORPG would be to get to the level cap in the fastest way possible, but a speedrun in the classic sense – i.e. getting a game completed from start to finish – is going to be attempted in Final Fantasy XIV and on one of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/09/final-fantasy-xiv-is-among-the-games-showcased-at-awesome-games-done-quick-charity-speedrunning-marathon/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/05/halo-infinite-gets-skyrims-whiterun-as-a-player-created-map/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/05/halo-infinite-gets-skyrims-whiterun-as-a-player-created-map/#respond Thu, 05 Jan 2023 19:30:02 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=421294 Hey, you. You’re finally awake. We thought we’d lost you in a horrible nightmare; you just kept rolling over and mumbling how Skyrim is now the equivalent of Doom where people seem hell-bent on getting every single possible platform to run it. You weren’t wrong, though. Like, did you know that Skyrim is not running […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/05/halo-infinite-gets-skyrims-whiterun-as-a-player-created-map/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/04/microsofts-zenimax-qa-just-formed-the-largest-games-industry-union-in-the-country/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/04/microsofts-zenimax-qa-just-formed-the-largest-games-industry-union-in-the-country/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2023 14:00:52 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=421078 Just before the holiday break, workers at Microsoft’s ZeniMax Media – including Elder Scrolls Online’s ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda itself – announced their intent to unionize as a group of hundreds of QA workers under the Communication Workers of America banner. Workers had complained of everything from low and nonsensical pay to forced overtime […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/04/microsofts-zenimax-qa-just-formed-the-largest-games-industry-union-in-the-country/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/01/happy-new-year-to-all-the-uplifting-things-in-mmos-2022-edition/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/01/happy-new-year-to-all-the-uplifting-things-in-mmos-2022-edition/#respond Sun, 01 Jan 2023 16:00:40 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=415012 It’s our tradition to bundle all the reasons we can’t have nice things – all the worst things that happened to the MMORPG genre over the course of that year – and figuratively burn them in the New Year’s Eve bonfire. We did that last night. Sorry not sorry about the creepy pic. But as MOP’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/01/happy-new-year-to-all-the-uplifting-things-in-mmos-2022-edition/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/28/blizzard-owned-studio-proletariat-announces-plans-to-form-a-union/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/28/blizzard-owned-studio-proletariat-announces-plans-to-form-a-union/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=420497 Workers at a third studio owned by Activision-Blizzard are planning to organize: Proletariat, which readers may recall was the studio behind battle royale game Spellbreak that was bought out by Blizzard in June specifically to shore up development on World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, has officially announced it is forming its own union. The recently organized […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/28/blizzard-owned-studio-proletariat-announces-plans-to-form-a-union/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/25/massively-uplifting-a-season-of-gains-and-losses-in-the-mmo-world/ Sun, 25 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=405087 Where has the year gone? Fall has wrapped up, winter is beginning, and the end of the year draws nigh. Today, many will be unwrapping gifts to celebrate Christmas. It may not be wrapped with a bright bow, but we still wanted to give you a little something on this holiday: a holiday Massively Uplifting! […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/21/see-how-lord-of-the-rings-onlines-map-expanded-over-15-years/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/21/see-how-lord-of-the-rings-onlines-map-expanded-over-15-years/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=419853 How big does an MMORPG grow when you put 15 years of continual development into it? You can see for yourself, as a Lord of the Rings Online fan Dolmande created a video that shows how the actual in-game landmass grew from its 2007 launch through mid-2022. It’s utterly fascinating to see how the game […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/21/see-how-lord-of-the-rings-onlines-map-expanded-over-15-years/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/20/pirate101-and-wizard101-highlight-a-charity-speedrunning-event-for-the-holidays/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=419385 While the newsletters coming out of both Wizard101 and Pirate101 might be kind of thin in terms of new content is concerned, they both still have something worth noting: a charity speedrunning event that’s going on right now in both MMOs. From now until January 1st, players are challenged to top the leaderboards of five […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/06/fan-creates-an-elaborate-mod-for-building-bases-in-no-mans-sky/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/06/fan-creates-an-elaborate-mod-for-building-bases-in-no-mans-sky/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=415776 Building a base in No Man’s Sky is important. It’s inspiring. It’s a moment of self-identification. It is complicated, too, because there are a whole lot of base parts and it’s not necessarily super-easy to do from the in-game interface. But fan Charlie Banks has made a standalone app that allows you to easily make […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/06/fan-creates-an-elaborate-mod-for-building-bases-in-no-mans-sky/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/05/hundreds-of-qa-workers-at-elder-scrolls-onlines-zenimax-online-studios-are-preparing-to-unionize/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/05/hundreds-of-qa-workers-at-elder-scrolls-onlines-zenimax-online-studios-are-preparing-to-unionize/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:30:07 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=417635 File this one under reasons we can have nice things: QA workers at ZeniMax have announced they aim to unionize under the Communication Workers of America banner. They would represent around QA 300 workers from multiple titles and substudios, including MMO Elder Scrolls Online’s Zenimax Online Studios and Fallout 76’s Bethsoft, and they will be […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/05/hundreds-of-qa-workers-at-elder-scrolls-onlines-zenimax-online-studios-are-preparing-to-unionize/feed/ 15 https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/19/lord-of-the-rings-onlines-community-goes-bonkers-for-a-boulder-nicknamed-dwayne-johnson/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/19/lord-of-the-rings-onlines-community-goes-bonkers-for-a-boulder-nicknamed-dwayne-johnson/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=415203 One would think that the arrival of a small Lord of the Rings Online expansion (or huge content update, take your pick) this past week would spur discussion about its new quests, systems, and quality-of-life improvements. Nope. All anyone wants to talk about is… The Rock. With the update, Standing Stone Games plopped down a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/19/lord-of-the-rings-onlines-community-goes-bonkers-for-a-boulder-nicknamed-dwayne-johnson/feed/ 19 https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/16/ashes-of-creation-condenses-the-antics-from-its-24-hour-extra-life-charity-livestream-in-a-video/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/16/ashes-of-creation-condenses-the-antics-from-its-24-hour-extra-life-charity-livestream-in-a-video/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2022 17:30:56 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=414700 Earlier this month, the developers of Ashes of Creation took 24 hours out of their day to come together and host a charity livestream for Extra Life Game Day, which ended up blasting past the team’s $25K fundraising goal to close out with a $$77,939 donation to the Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, CA. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/16/ashes-of-creation-condenses-the-antics-from-its-24-hour-extra-life-charity-livestream-in-a-video/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/12/dc-universe-online-devs-and-fans-honor-the-passing-of-batman-voice-actor-kevin-conroy/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/12/dc-universe-online-devs-and-fans-honor-the-passing-of-batman-voice-actor-kevin-conroy/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=414112 Yesterday the world lost one of the greats of acting in gaming, comics media, and entertainment in general when Kevin Conroy passed away at age 66. Conroy’s body of work is extensive, but he’s most well-known for voicing Batman for about three decades, first in the Batman: The Animated Series show and in other video […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/12/dc-universe-online-devs-and-fans-honor-the-passing-of-batman-voice-actor-kevin-conroy/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/11/everquests-returning-raid-raid-raid-event-tasks-players-with-slaying-giants-and-dragons-all-month/ Fri, 11 Nov 2022 23:00:06 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=414048 What do players of EverQuest do when their world is under threat by legions of giants and dragons? They Raid, Raid, Raid! The annual event has come back again, once more combining the Dragons, Dragons Dragons! event and the Giants, Giants, Giants! event into their own singular affair. Players who are looking to fight dragons, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/08/bungie-will-donate-sales-of-its-destiny-2-pride-pin-to-benefit-a-transgender-charity-all-month/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/08/bungie-will-donate-sales-of-its-destiny-2-pride-pin-to-benefit-a-transgender-charity-all-month/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=413530 Bungie has declared the month of November the time to raise awareness of transgender issues and equality. The Destiny 2 developer is forwarding all of the sales of its pride pin 2.0 collectible to benefit the National Center for Transgender Equality, an organization that tries to protect the rights of transgender people and raise awareness […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/08/bungie-will-donate-sales-of-its-destiny-2-pride-pin-to-benefit-a-transgender-charity-all-month/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/05/guild-wars-2-players-raise-over-100k-for-extra-life-and-unlock-all-collection-hints-in-the-process/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/05/guild-wars-2-players-raise-over-100k-for-extra-life-and-unlock-all-collection-hints-in-the-process/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=413171 Yesterday saw ArenaNet kick off its 24-hour Guild Wars 2 charity stream and it has already been quite a success. At the time of this writing, players have raised just over $106K to help the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. As a result of player donations, all of the hints for finding the newly added collection […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/05/guild-wars-2-players-raise-over-100k-for-extra-life-and-unlock-all-collection-hints-in-the-process/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/04/guild-wars-2-is-about-to-kick-off-its-extra-life-charity-stream-and-the-patch-with-april/ Fri, 04 Nov 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=412994 Multiple MMO studios are preparing for a big weekend of raising charity funds for Extra Life today, but our eyes are on Guild Wars 2, which is doing something unique: It’s releasing an update themed around the event. As we’ve previously covered, ArenaNet has created a new NPC based on a real Children’s Miracle Network […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/31/black-desert-is-canceling-its-halloween-events-and-sales-following-itaewon-tragedy/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/31/black-desert-is-canceling-its-halloween-events-and-sales-following-itaewon-tragedy/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:00:14 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=412276 Unless you skip international news on the weekends, you likely read about the devastating tragedy in the Itaewon neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea, as a crowd crush in a packed nightlife district full of Halloween revelers resulted in the deaths of more than 150 people and injured scores more, many of them young. As the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/31/black-desert-is-canceling-its-halloween-events-and-sales-following-itaewon-tragedy/feed/ 19 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/30/epic-games-moba-paragon-is-resurrected-as-paragon-the-overprime-under-netmarbles-oversight/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/30/epic-games-moba-paragon-is-resurrected-as-paragon-the-overprime-under-netmarbles-oversight/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=412128 It’s been a long, strange, and twisty-turny journey for Epic Games’ Paragon. The third-person MOBA came out in 2016 but quickly found itself floundering from population issues and a controversial business model. By early 2018, Epic shuttered the stagnant title — but released many of its assets to be used in other games, such as […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/30/epic-games-moba-paragon-is-resurrected-as-paragon-the-overprime-under-netmarbles-oversight/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/25/guild-wars-2-outlines-the-boosts-and-bundles-being-offered-for-this-years-extra-life-charity-drive/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/25/guild-wars-2-outlines-the-boosts-and-bundles-being-offered-for-this-years-extra-life-charity-drive/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:00:05 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=411476 Friday, November 4th, will see the devs of Guild Wars 2 come together for another charity stream to support Extra Life, and the event will once more be offering up some charitable bundles and some in-game goodies to help ArenaNet raise money for a good cause. Between now and November 15th, players can log in […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/25/guild-wars-2-outlines-the-boosts-and-bundles-being-offered-for-this-years-extra-life-charity-drive/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/14/jennifer-hale-returns-to-guild-wars-2-to-voice-a-child-character-based-on-a-real-kid-for-extra-life/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/14/jennifer-hale-returns-to-guild-wars-2-to-voice-a-child-character-based-on-a-real-kid-for-extra-life/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=409749 As part of its Extra Life 2022 efforts, the Guild Wars 2 team is going all out to celebrate one of the children helped through the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals – by literally putting her into the game for players to meet. “As a part of our partnership with Children’s Miracle Network, we’re doing something […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/14/jennifer-hale-returns-to-guild-wars-2-to-voice-a-child-character-based-on-a-real-kid-for-extra-life/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/13/guild-wars-2-promotes-this-weekends-pink-day-in-la-fundraiser-for-cancer-charity/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/13/guild-wars-2-promotes-this-weekends-pink-day-in-la-fundraiser-for-cancer-charity/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2022 18:30:14 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=409750 Long-time Guild Wars franchise fans know that Pink Day in LA is a staple of the community when it comes to charity, and this year is no different. Gamers Giving Back will once again host a massive party in Guild Wars 2’s Lion’s Arch to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. “The goal today […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/13/guild-wars-2-promotes-this-weekends-pink-day-in-la-fundraiser-for-cancer-charity/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/10/mmo-studios-and-publishers-large-and-small-come-together-to-support-extra-life-2022/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/10/mmo-studios-and-publishers-large-and-small-come-together-to-support-extra-life-2022/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:00:41 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=409143 It’s about that time of year when charitable drives are on the minds of many gamers, studios, and publishers, and just as last year there are a variety of initiatives being kicked off large and small for those in our corner of the gaming world to help make a difference if they can. Guild Wars […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/10/mmo-studios-and-publishers-large-and-small-come-together-to-support-extra-life-2022/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/06/one-of-wizards101s-most-iconic-voice-actors-passed-away-last-week/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/06/one-of-wizards101s-most-iconic-voice-actors-passed-away-last-week/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=408489 The passionate Wizard101 community is holding up a goblet of remembrance this week in honor of Dell Fife Aldrich, who passed away on October 2nd at the age of 91. Aldrich may not have been a familiar name to the playerbase, but everyone knew her well even so as she was both the voice behind […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/06/one-of-wizards101s-most-iconic-voice-actors-passed-away-last-week/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/06/riot-games-sponsors-design-challenge-centered-on-making-online-spaces-safer/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/06/riot-games-sponsors-design-challenge-centered-on-making-online-spaces-safer/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:30:09 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=408512 Riot Games is not a gaming company most folks in our industry would consider a paragon of community in or off the court. The fact that the company has fostered demonstrably toxic gaming communities as well as egregiously awful studio culture over its lifetime – replete with lawsuits, sexual discrimination, and labor scandals that went […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/06/riot-games-sponsors-design-challenge-centered-on-making-online-spaces-safer/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/06/elder-scrolls-online-players-stuck-on-stadia-will-be-able-to-transfer-to-pc-with-all-their-stuff/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/06/elder-scrolls-online-players-stuck-on-stadia-will-be-able-to-transfer-to-pc-with-all-their-stuff/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2022 15:30:13 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=408565 Last week’s abrupt announcement that Google will be sunsetting Stadia in January took a lot of gaming studios by surprise, including MMO studios. As we’ve noted, early verbiage for The Elder Scrolls Online’s upcoming Firesong DLC included plans for the Stadia rollout, only to be hastily scrubbed after Google’s announcement, and that’s a big deal, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/06/elder-scrolls-online-players-stuck-on-stadia-will-be-able-to-transfer-to-pc-with-all-their-stuff/feed/ 11 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/04/warframe-discusses-its-next-frames-cross-play-testing-new-patch-content-and-cancer-charity-initiative/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=408132 It’s something of a given that the developer livestreams out of Warframe are packed full of information, and Devstream 164 was no different as it talked about the next ‘Frames in the works, cross-platform testing, its next content patch, and a charity drive to benefit cancer research. The livestream first confirmed that a cross-platform playtest […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/30/the-majority-of-the-original-city-of-heroes-forums-are-now-archived-and-web-browseable/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/30/the-majority-of-the-original-city-of-heroes-forums-are-now-archived-and-web-browseable/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=406800 Looking for a forum-based blast from the past out of City of Heroes? Maybe you want to re-read some of the story threads, look up previous build patch notes, or even unearth old archetype build ideas. Luckily, the community has you covered as the original forums are back… for the most part. It all started […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/30/the-majority-of-the-original-city-of-heroes-forums-are-now-archived-and-web-browseable/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/25/a-youtuber-is-archiving-every-single-portion-of-the-secret-world/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/25/a-youtuber-is-archiving-every-single-portion-of-the-secret-world/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=406787 If you’re the sort who has problems sticking it out through the combat model weirdness of The Secret World in spite of the outstanding storytelling the MMO offers, then you’ll be happy to note that one YouTube channel is taking on the frankly daunting and impressive quest of archiving the entire game in video, so […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/25/a-youtuber-is-archiving-every-single-portion-of-the-secret-world/feed/ 16 https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/23/check-out-these-amazing-world-of-warcraft-tableaus-made-for-tabletop-dungeons-dragons/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/23/check-out-these-amazing-world-of-warcraft-tableaus-made-for-tabletop-dungeons-dragons/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2022 19:00:47 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=406715 If you’ve ever run a tabletop game inspired by World of Warcraft, you probably relied a fair bit on the fact that most of the people playing had some knowledge of the landscapes of Azeroth to begin with. But that’s not how Todd Putnam does things. Todd Putnam is a dungeon master who is obviously […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/23/check-out-these-amazing-world-of-warcraft-tableaus-made-for-tabletop-dungeons-dragons/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/09/bethesda-and-id-software-turn-on-old-official-servers-for-wolfenstein-enemy-territory/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:00:12 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=404650 Back in the day, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was a team-based FPS that a lot of people really enjoyed playing. Some people enjoyed it so much that the community worked hard to keep unofficial servers running so you could still play the game even though official support had ended. And so the owners of the IP […]]]>