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World of Warcraft: Midnight’s transmog changes will...

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2026/01/05

A sweeping fashion revolution is coming to World of Warcraft when Midnight’s prepatch drops later this month. Blizzard is overhauling significant portions of the transmog system, most notably allowing warband-wide outfit slots. With these, players can set up costumes and then freely swap between them for no gold charge. However, there is an up-front cost […]

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MassivelyOP’s 2025 Awards: MMO Studio of the Year

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2026/01/05

Welcome back to MassivelyOP’s annual MMORPG awards for 2025! Today’s award is for the MMO Studio of the Year, which was awarded to NCsoft last year. We asked our writers to consider all MMO studios as well as other online games studios we cover and judge the studios on what they did within the MMO […]

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Dune Awakening, RuneScape Dragonwilds, and Blue...

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2026/01/05

How does one measure the health and strength of favorite MMO and multiplayer titles? Well, for a certain class of gamer, it’s gauged by how much money Gabe Newell is rolling around in thanks to sales on his Steam platform, and it looks like there was a small but not too terribly surprising bumper crop […]

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Chronicles of Elyria lead dev claims progress on...

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2026/01/05

It’s time for another peek into Chronicles of Elyria, and no, the news is still not great, though in this recent Discord-only missive, lead developer and studio boss Jeromy “Caspian” Walsh still claims that there’s good news to share at the close of 2025. Walsh once again claims that the threat of unspecified but ongoing […]

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Ashes of Creation closes duping exploit and reaffirms...

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2026/01/05

Over the weekend we reported on the widespread plague of RMT botting and duping exploits that have afflicted the early access of Ashes of Creation, which sprang up right as the devs of the PvP MMORPG were taking their holiday break. As expected, creative director and Intrepid Studios boss Steven Sharif has gone on record […]

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Former ZOS president Matt Firor finally confirms he...

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2026/01/05

When Microsoft swung an axe across thousands of game developer’s jobs last year, one of the studios affected was ZeniMax Online Studios, particularly the devs working on the MMORPG codenamed Project Blackbird. The news was further compounded by the departure of studio president Matt Firor, who at the time merely said he was leaving and […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the brightest...

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2026/01/05

With all the gloom and doom floating around the games industry and especially the MMORPG industry right now (I’m typing this in November 2025, and it’s real bad back here), I think it’s also worth pointing out that some MMORPGs are doing okayish or even better than okayish. World of Warcraft, for example, is finally […]

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MMO Week in Review: Welcome to 2026, MMO fans

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2026/01/05

Welcome to the first week of January 2026, probably the quietest week of the year in games – but not silent for MMOs. Final Fantasy XIV dropped some vague teases, Hytale posted some pre-early access PvP footage, City of Titans is still alive, and GOG has a new old owner. Meanwhile, we’ve delivered our awards […]

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The best MassivelyOP MMO live streams of 2025

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2026/01/04

The MassivelyOP Stream Team – MJ, Chris, and even Larry a couple of times a month! – produces around 500 MMO and MMO-adjacent streams every single year, as we try to suit multiple communities: players who want to participate in a throughline in a handful of games, and players who just want to see a […]

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The MOP Up: Bethesda lifts up Fallout 76 to the...

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2026/01/04

Bethesda’s Todd Howard promoted Fallout 76 recently, saying, “Well, I have to say Fallout 76 right now, it’s the game we’re still doing the most work in. The Burning Springs update just came out. The ghoul is in the game, so if you’re watching the show and you think, ‘I want to experience that’, 76 […]

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The Stream Team: Chasing whims in Final Fantasy XIV

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2026/01/04

It’s one of those days when you log into a game, get with your friends, and kind of figure out just what to do. That’s the case for MOP’s Chris and his crew as they hop into Final Fantasy XIV for something! Maybe a map or two? Perhaps some raiding? An alt class leveling session? […]

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MassivelyOP’s 2025 Golden Yachties: MMO meme of the year

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2026/01/04

The Golden Yachties series is MassivelyOP’s annual set of fauxwards, named in honor of some guy who was convinced we are all making bank writing about MMORPGs and that it is so lucrative that we’re typing MMO blog posts from a gold-plated yacht. Did Poe’s Law apply? Nobody knows. We’re enjoying the view from the […]

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MassivelyOP’s 2025 Awards: Biggest MMO Surprise

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2026/01/04

Welcome back to MassivelyOP’s annual MMORPG awards for 2025! Today’s award is for the Biggest MMO Surprise, which was awarded to WoW’s big housing reveal last year. This category is meant to offer something quite different from big stories, disappointments, and blunder; it’s meant to be something nobody saw coming at all, usually something positive, […]

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One Shots: He is the LAW!

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2026/01/04

It’s a new year here at One Shots, and we’re already being judged. That might not seem like a good precedent to set, especially in light of our constant shenanigans here in this column, but it’s OK, because this judge is one of our own! “Slaying demons in Diablo IV this holiday season with my […]

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The Daily Grind: What’s the oddest aspect of an MMO’s...

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2026/01/04

Every so often as my foundry in Warframe sparks and groans I am forced to consider once again that Warframe is a crafting game through and through. Not only is the way that you get nearly every single item in the game through crafting, but blueprints and crafting materials are the consistent rewards gotten from content. You […]

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MMO Year in Review: Finding forever homes (December...

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2026/01/04

We’re finishing up our tour back through 2025, one month at a time, in MassivelyOP’s MMO Year in Review today, and if these stories look familiar, well, that’s only because we’re on to December, and December only just ended a few days ago. The big news of the month came early when World of Warcraft […]

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The Stream Team: Begin The Lord of the Rings Return...

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2026/01/03

A new adventure begins for Massively OP’s MJ and Larry, one that descends into the deep mines of Moria. As displaced dwarves, the duo will begin their journey in Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. Strong ale, spirited song, and perhaps a stone troll or two will join them on this path. What better […]

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MassivelyOP’s 2025 Golden Yachties: Most horrifying...

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2026/01/03

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Fan video chronicles rampant cheating, hacking, and...

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2026/01/03

When the cat is away, the mice will play, and by “mice” we mean people who are looking to cheat their way through digital life in the still-developing early access alpha of Ashes of Creation. At least that’s the takeaway from a recent video digest from streamer and YouTuber Zybak, who has edited together live […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s quiet war against its...

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2026/01/03

As Lord of the Rings Online turns the page from 2025 to 2026 this week, it heads into its 19th year with a lot of possibility and unknowns. The developers are no doubt tired after getting a major expansion out the door just a month ago, and so I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a […]

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