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The MOP Up: Helldivers 2 surges to 2.5M weekly players
Thanks to a new Heart of Democracy update, Helldivers 2 is seeing great numbers as of late, with over 2.5 million players enjoying the...
World of Warcraft promises its focus on mods is about better conveyance, not ‘smashing a bunch of addons’
When World of Warcraft announced that it would be taking steps to phase out several addons that Blizzard felt became mandatory for raid progression,...
WoW Factor: How could World of Warcraft reclaim the leveling journey?
If you flip back and forth between WoW Classic and World of Warcraft Retail, you will certainly agree that these are two very different...
Lost Ark’s Abyssal Assault update is live with the new mystical Rimeria content region
Amazon's Lost Ark is getting another update today with the release of the Abyssal Assault patch. The key content this time 'round is the...
NCsoft talks possible PC shift, launch windows, and increased PvE content for Aion 2
Last week we covered the first quarter financials from NCsoft, which reiterated the latest official word of Aion 2's existence and specifically promised more...
Lost Ark outlines its new ‘experimental’ season progression system codenamed Paradise
Last week, Lost Ark invited players to tune in to its YouTube channel for an informational video about what's coming later down the pike...
The MOP Up: Squirreled Away gives into player demands to create an unlimited treehouse mode
Co-op treetop survival sim Squirreled Away said that it's listened to player demands and is preparing a full-on creative mode for tree houses for...
Lost Ark reaffirms May and June’s upcoming new zone, raids, and events
We might have already had a roadmap update video back in April, but April was so long ago and the video production team at...
Throne and Liberty adds a spectator mode to war games in this week’s patch
Throne and Liberty's update this week is a small one but a mighty one as it adds a feature we love around here: a...
PAX East 2025: First Descendant brings new zone, gear, characters, and NieR Automata collab this summer
Multiplayer shooty-with-the-booty The First Descendant is preparing for its third season this summer, and with it comes a whole bunch of new things, according...
Undecember’s Starwalker update brings a new boss fight and single-player randomized map mode
We don't report on Needs Games' and LINE Games' OARPG Undecember terribly often, but it's always a nice surprise when the game gets larger...
Whatever happened to Tencent’s PC and mobile MMORPG Tarisland?
While we here at the MOP offices might remember Tarisland for its baby bump curse of vengeance, it's also supposed to be a mobile...
Massively Overthinking: Are you a random reward disliker in MMOs?
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us via a phrase MOP's Eliot dropped back in April that leaped out at me. He was discussing...
Vague Patch Notes: Challenge and rewards in MMOs are made up
All right, folks, pop quiz. I want you to name for me the first major raid in Ultima Online. That was the first game...
Casually Classic: World of Warcraft retail vs. WoW Classic – which is better at what?
These days, I prefer to game with one foot in both versions of World of Warcraft. It's kind of like Almond Joy and Mounds;...
Perfect Ten: MMOs (and MMO moments) that live in infamy
To a certain degree, MMOs have always existed in a state of infamy. People assume that the game requires hours of sitting and scowling...
The MOP Up: Marvel Rivals players go on strike over under-supported role
Marvel Rivals players are on strike until the Strategist role is improved -- and they may get their way according to a new blog...
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Beyond teases its upcoming IG88 Droid Factory hardmode raid
I swear I'm not biased for SWG Beyond just because its logo is a cute jawa. I'm actually biased for SWG Beyond because Star...
WoW Factor: Down with raid nonsense addons, up with built-in rotation assistance
It might not stun you to learn that when we found out that World of Warcraft is adding a new rotation assistance tool into...
Vague Patch Notes: Maybe chill out about the metagame in MMORPGs
Today, we're going to do a thing. But it's going to be a kind of unusual thing. I want you to find a piece...
