On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about the entire future of MMORPGs, SWTOR's pseudo-expansion plans, World of Warcraft's big patch, the fate of Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, Q2 MMO financials, and a brand-new "spotlight of the week" feature. It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show… Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, GW2, SWG, Farm Together 2, Stars Reach Star Wars: The Old Republic lays out Update 8.0's features World of Warcraft releases Update 12.1: Curse of Ula'tek Amazon gets out of publishing Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, causing a content delay in the latter Roundup of Q2 MMO financials MMO Spotlight of the Week: Soul's Remnant What do we predict for the MMO industry over the next 20 years? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Sea of Green" from WildStar Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS Follow MassivelyOP on Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook

On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about LOTRO's new expansion reveal, Elder Scrolls Online's revamped roadmap, Stars Reach's launch date, the weird return of Closers Online, a new ArcheAge MMO, and a question about gameplay chunks. Mmm, chunks. It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show… Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, GW2, Eterspire, SWG, Farm Together 2 Lord of the Rings Online announces Wolves of Mordor Elder Scrolls Online revises its roadmap after layoffs Stars Reach is going into early access on August 18th Closers Online comes back, why not A new ArcheAge MMO, why not What's our favorite "gameplay chunk?" Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Singing Bowl of Tauralindale" from LOTRO Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS Follow MassivelyOP on Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook

On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about EverQuest Legends' big launch week, Final Fantasy XIV's Evercold reveals, Guild Wars 3's backstory, social sim MMO SEED's early access, The Guild's insane Kickstarter haul, and Black Desert's plans for the rest of 2026. It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show… Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO,  EverQuest Legends launches this week with the Kerran race Social MMO SEED goes into early access Final Fantasy XIV reveals Evercold's Bastion job and realmships Guild Wars 3 talks about its backstory The Guild makes over $4M in fundraising Black Desert throws an informational ball Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Flightless Wings" from FFXIV Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS Follow MassivelyOP on Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook

On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about SpiritVale's launch, Dungeons and Dragons Online's latest expansion, the deaths of Overwatch Stadium and FFXIV Mobile, Richard Garriott's big talk on Ultima, and predictability in MMO play. It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show… Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, GW2, Farm Together 2 SpiritVale launches into early access DDO: Terror of Demogorgon comes out this week Overwatch Stadium and FFXIV Mobile are dead and buried Richard Garriott does more Big Talk about Ultima Predictability (or lack thereof) in MMO experiences Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Kobold Still Hates You" from Dungeons and Dragons Online Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS Follow MassivelyOP on Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook

On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about the huge Elder Scrolls Online layoffs, EverQuest Legends' paid beta, Aion 2's business model, PlanetSide's new owners (of the IP), and Fiesta Online's console plans. It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show… Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, GW2, Farever ZeniMax layoffs shake Elder Scrolls Online to its core EverQuest Legends starts its paid beta Aion 2 lays out its monetization plans Tencent buys the PlanetSide IP Fiesta Online is coming to console Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Y'ffre in Every Leaf" from Elder Scrolls Online Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS Follow MassivelyOP on Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook

On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin crack open the mailbag to talk about your topics -- including browser-based MMOs, achievement systems, AI systems encroaching into MMOs, other acronyms for MMOs, and the age-old argument of how big a game needs to be to have the MMORPG label. It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show… Show notes: Intro How do we feel about browser-based MMOs? How could achievement systems be better? Is there space for AI in MMORPGs? What qualifies a game to be an MMO? What are some other acronyms used instead of MMOs? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "After Hours" from WildStar Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS Follow MassivelyOP on Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook

On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about some odd industry news, such as Guild Wars' card game, a revival of ArcheAge most of us can't play, and Richard Garriott's intent to reclaim Ultima. There's also chatter about World of Warcraft's next big patch, DDO's latest race, and EverQuest Legends' pre-orders. It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show… Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: ESO, LOTRO, GW2, SWG What's this Guild Wars card game about? Should ArcheAge get a western revival as well? World of Warcraft starts testing Update 12.1 Richard Garriott wants Ultima back Dungeons and Dragons Online sells the Duergar race and EverQuest Legends does pre-orders too Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Forest_A" from Ultima Online Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS Follow MassivelyOP on Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook

On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about more Guild Wars 3 news, Blizzard's action against another WoW emulator, EVE Online's newest expansion, and the end of the road for Destiny 2. It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show… Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: ESO, LOTRO, GW2, Heartwood Online, Farm RPG, Spirit Crossing, SWG More thoughts on that Guild Wars 3 announcement Blizzard goes after another World of Warcraft emulator EVE Online releases Cradle of War Destiny 2 takes a victory lap Would we neural interface with an MMO? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "The Last Array" from Destiny 2 Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS Follow MassivelyOP on Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook

On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Chris and Justin talk about that huge Guild Wars 3 announcement, a ton of release windows for upcoming games, some small launches, the arrival of ESO's difficulty settings, and a SWTOR patch that signals the end of the Sith. Sorta. It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show… Show notes: Intro Guild Wars 3 is officially announced Aion 2 gets a September release date Stars Reach is going into early access this summer Loftia heads to early access this fall Dune Awakening targets September for a console release Valheim's also launching into 1.0 this September Camelot Unchained's early access launch is weak while Eterspire surprises us with a full launch SWTOR gifts us with Update 7.9 and Elder Scrolls Online does Update 50 Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Crystal Oasis" from Guild Wars 2 Your show hosts: Justin and Chris Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS Follow MassivelyOP on Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook

On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about Star Citizen's huge funding milestone, the ending of some online games, a mobile client for Guild Wars, higher subscription costs for LOTRO, Camelot Unchained's early access, and some summer expansion reveals. It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show… Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, SWG, Palia, Eterspire, City of Heroes  Star Citizen makes over a billion in crowdfunding It's the end of the line for Destiny 2 and Closers Online Guild Wars Reforged launches mobile client -- and a tease! LOTRO raises multi-month subs Camelot Unchained goes into early access Upcoming expansions for DDO and Throne and Liberty Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "The First Disciple" from Destiny 2 Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS Follow MassivelyOP on Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook