• The Daily Grind: What was the best pre-World of Warcraft MMORPG?
  published on November 11th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  I feel like throwing down a big ol’ gauntlet of discussion this morning, and I trust that the MOP community will run it with style. So here goes: What was the best MMORPG that came out prior to World of Warcraft in late 2004? We saw the first generation of graphical MMOs — EverQuest, Ultima […]
  
• EVE Online’s Fractured Skies begins its galactic race toward conquest and EVE Vanguard’s 24/7 alpha
  published on November 10th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Today is the start of a new expansion cycle for EVE Online, as the sci-fi sandbox has officially launched its Fractured Skies update, which introduces new layers to the game’s starting experience, a further widening of its military campaigns, and a new facet for players in the form of its FPS module EVE Vanguard. As outlined in […]
  
• EVE Online posts the patch notes for tomorrow’s Fractured Skies expansion
  published on November 9th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  The skies are about to fracture all up in EVE Online tomorrow, but that means you’ve got lots of time to read through the expansion’s patch notes today before things get all busted up and space wars-y. After all, forewarned is forearmed, especially considering the amount of interstellar conflict the expansion’s adding. Naturally the notes detail the big […]
  
• Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier reportedly suffers layoffs due to restructuring
  published on November 9th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  If you’re going to fly the friendly spaceways, you might want to be cautious about purchasing tickets on EVE Frontier these days. Reportedly, Fenris Creations laid off nine full-time members of the blockchain MMORPG’s development team as part of a restructuring plan at the studios. “Fenris Creations can confirm that we are making changes to […]
  
• EVE Online sets the stage for its next expansion as the Triglavians destroy a Drifter structure at Azdaja Redoubt
  published on November 6th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Earlier this week, we reported on an imminent attack in EVE Online being mounted by the Triglavians against a Drifter Nexus structure at Azdaja Redoubt. Sure enough, the forces did indeed arrive as promised and completed their objective, all of which looks to be an in-game narrative setup for the sandbox’s Fractured Skies expansion launching next week. […]
  
• EVE Online takes a close look at Fractured Skies’ new ships and rigs as a Triglavian attack looms large
  published on November 4th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Are you hungry for the new ships that EVE Online will be adding with its Fractured Skies expansion/update? Do you love stat numbers that stay crunchy even in milk? Do you have about 30 minutes to burn? Then Fenris Creations has the video for you as the devs provide a deep-dive of the new factional navy battlecruisers […]
  
• EVE Online takes a closer look at Fractured Skies’ opt-in preview of its new HUD
  published on November 2nd, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  If you’ve been playing EVE Online, you might be the sort of person who’s not a fan of major changes to the fundamental experience of the sandbox. That might be why the Fractured Skies expansion is making its updated HUD a purely opt-in feature to test and try out, but even before it arrives on November […]
  
• EVE Vanguard sells founder packs as it heads into persistent alpha next month
  published on October 30th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Remember how the dream of EVE Online used to be “walking in stations?” Now it’s all about shooting in stations, as EVE Vanguard gets ready to take the stage in a persistent alpha state starting November 10th. “On 10 November, New Eden ground war revs up once more, and this time it stays live forever,” […]
  
• EVE Online takes a closer look at the multi-month conquest, new ships, and new features of Fractured Skies
  published on October 29th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Fenris Creations may have pulled the curtain back on the Fractured Skies expansion arriving to EVE Online on Tuesday, November 10th, but now it’s going a lot deeper, offering up some more granular detail of the major and (comparatively) minor additions that will be fueling the sandbox’s current phase of galactic conflict. The driving force for most of […]
  
• The MOP Up: Take a stroll through the sunsetted MMORPG necropolis
  published on October 25th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Do you still mourn the passing of your favorite MMORPG? Now you have a place to go to express that grief, thanks to a fan-made virtual “Necropolis” that memorializes all of the sunsetted titles to date. This project was created by SomeoneTookMyYogurt: “The Necropolis is a moonlit city of 367 headstones: one for every MMO […]
  
• EVE Online’s Fractured Skies expansion brings new ships and even wider galactic warfare November 10
  published on October 20th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  It will come as very little surprise that EVE Online really wants its players to digitally punch each other’s spaceships in their silly little noses, as the sandbox MMORPG’s next expansion, Fractured Skies, is going to bring more ships to fight with, more military campaigns for players to wage, and more reasons to draw in more […]
  
• EVE Online heads to the final days of its Crimson Harvest event with more combat and more rewards
  published on October 13th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  As with other large events in EVE Online, the gankbox’s Crimson Harvest Halloween event is wrapping up its final few days with a whole bunch of extra goodies for capsuleers to chase down while its narrative interstellar conflict rages forth. We also assume player conflicts are raging too, but this event isn’t about those. Today marks the […]
  
• The MOP Up: A RuneScape animated show is in the works
  published on October 11th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  A RuneScape animated series is in development: “Jagex unveiled plans to expand RuneScape beyond games, partnering with creator and internet phenomenon, Charlie White aka MoistCr1TiKaL as well as acclaimed LA-based production business Lyrical Media, to bring the world, characters and stories of Gielinor to life in a new exciting animated adaption.” And this is just […]
  
• EVE Online kicks off its Crimson Harvest Halloween event and names its CSM 21 candidates
  published on October 7th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  It’s time once again for a seasonal holiday to spread across the digital galaxy of EVE Online, despite the fact that technically seasons don’t work on a widely galactic scale. But then again, who cares when the Halloween-y Crimson Harvest event has returned to the spaceship sandbox with returning activities and new rewards. Between now and November […]
  
• EVE Online is updating NPC ‘agents’ as part of wider tech upgrades, so make sure to contact your digital fellas
  published on September 30th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Fenris Creations has spilled an absolutely massive amount of digital ink to explain a tech upgrade coming for EVE Online. What it ultimately boils down to, though, is future-proofing in relation to the mission-granting NPCs in the game and how the database that handles it all is improving in a wider client and server move from Python […]
  
• EVE Frontier brings more complex flight, updated exploration, and improved enemy AI September 29
  published on September 25th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  The end of September brings a new beginning to the blockchain survival MMO EVE Frontier, as the game’s Cycle 7 (aka its next test build) is set to come online on Tuesday, September 29th, which also brings some new layers to the game as one might expect. One of the main features of this next build is […]
  
• EVE Online’s GM Week promises spaceship loot pinatas and more starting September 28
  published on September 23rd, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  We have to believe that working among the support staff of EVE Online is pretty rough and thankless work. These Game Masters are, as Fenris Creations points out, the ones who answer support tickets, support released features, and monitor server issues and policy infractions. In other words, they work hard. So next week is when they’ll […]
  
• EVE Online applies changes to jump bridges and factional warfare insurgencies in latest update
  published on September 22nd, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  It’s time for the Cradle of War to get rocked in EVE Online. OK, perhaps that’s a bit too reactionary, but the fact of the matter is that the gankbox’s latest update has indeed made some major changes to things that are likely important to players who are seeking to ram their internet spaceships into other people’s […]
  
• EVE Vanguard enters 24/7 paid alpha November 10, pushes early access back into next year
  published on September 18th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Fans of the PvPvE shooter EVE Vanguard probably already guessed that its Steam early access launch would shift past its target of this summer, but now they know for sure thanks to an announcement from Fenris Creations. The good news, however, is that it’s also going to head into 24/7 alpha testing as well. At least, if you […]
  
• EVE Online preps for its next player council, EVE Frontier shows tweaks to scanning and movement
  published on September 8th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  It would seem that Fenris Creations wants to assault fans of its EVE Online franchise with all of the videos and dev blogs all at once. Luckily, we’re here to provide a drag net to capture the internet spaceship fishies and haul them aboard for you to process. Trust the MOP Fishermen. Maybe play the song […]
  
• Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier adds a new spaceship refueler module and applies changes to various items
  published on September 4th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  If you’re among those who are trying to survive in the harshness of EVE Frontier’s blockchain space, then you likely already know about changes made to the survival MMO this week. If you happen to be on the outside looking in, then know that there were changes made to the survival MMO this week. Not many […]
  
• EVE Online has a cow playing the game today. Yes, seriously. Stop laughing.
  published on September 2nd, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Is EVE Online so easy that your average bovine gamer can play it? We’re going to find out, because those wacky Icelander devs decided to hook a cow up to the space MMORPG for the day. Yes, this is a serious news story, and we are going to milk it for all its worth. In […]
  
• Built on ‘a codebase older than some of you,’ EVE Online is undergoing a major code migration
  published on August 25th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Fenris Creations fka CCP Games really made EVE Online look its age today with a new blog that discusses the company’s ongoing initiative to futureproof the game, as the studio says EVE is built on “a codebase older than some of you.” “Underneath every gate jump, market order, and fleet fight in EVE Online, there […]
  
• The MOP Up: Profane puts out a new rolling roadmap
  published on August 23rd, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Profane’s devs are reshaping how they share their development plans, saying, “We decided to revamp how we show you what’s going on behind the scenes, so we created a new style of roadmap to share the biggest highlights of what’s coming up! The idea behind this roadmap isn’t to list absolutely everything the team is […]
  
• EVE Frontier adds a new ship, new space hazard, and new items in its latest patch
  published on August 20th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  The devs behind the blockchain survival MMO EVE Frontier already talked about it, but now you don’t have to watch over a half-hour of Fenris Creations’ devs sitting around a table showing slides and can read the latest patch notes directly. Or if you’ve bought in to the game’s founders packs, test these changes yourself, which include […]
  
• Perfect Ten: The 10 MMORPG expansions from 2004
  published on August 19th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  It was the year of World of Warcraft, City of Heroes, EverQuest II, and Neocron 2. Wait, I probably shouldn’t have ended with that last one. Anyway, 2004 was a landmark year for the MMORPG industry that forever changed the landscape. Yet it was also a year of MMO expansions, as the first couple waves […]
  
• EVE Online shares overall design principles for giving its HUD ‘accessible complexity’
  published on August 17th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  If you’re on the outside looking in at EVE Online, you might be thrown off by the sandbox’s HUD. Sure, it’s appropriately sci-fi tech-y, but maybe all of those half-circles and pips at the center don’t immediately convey what’s going on. This will evidently be a main focus for Fenris Creations going forward, as the studio […]
  
• EVE Frontier preps a new ship and new features, EVE Vanguard talks about concept art
  published on August 17th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  It’s time for news out of the games that are not quite EVE Online but are at least adjacent or connected to it, which is a long-winded way of saying we’re reporting on the blockchain survival MMO EVE Frontier and the still-unreleased extraction FPS module EVE Vanguard. But then you knew that by the headline. We’ll begin with Frontier, […]
  
• The MOP Up: RIFT’s Razorback Roundup is back, yeehaw!
  published on August 16th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  RIFT’s Razorback Roundup returned for another go this month: “Love is in the air, and we are no strangers to love, which is why we are bringing back Razorbacks! Starting today until August 20th, 2026, enjoy several daily and weekly quests to earn event currency and get yourself some amazing treats!” And this is just […]
  
• Fenris Creations’ fumbled moderation of an alleged EVE Online RMT streamer frustrates fans
  published on August 15th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Hey, who’s ready for some weekend online drama for dinner? Then belly on up to the EVE Online buffet because one of its developers and a livestreamer who has hitched his online personality to the sandbox have riled up the wider playerbase over some arguably goofed-up moderation by the former against the latter. Lorumerth, who […]
  
• Pearl Abyss Q2 2026: Crimson Desert tapers off, Black Desert flattens, DokeV eyes 2028
  published on August 13th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  As we noted last quarter, Pearl Abyss has shifted over to doing just earnings letters, not investor calls, and that pattern has continued into Q2 2026. And readers will recall that in Q1, Pearl Abyss was riding high on the launch of Crimson Desert, a game that was once an MMO but was downgraded into […]
  
• The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s Whitestrake’s Mayhem PvP event rages
  published on August 9th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Elder Scrolls Online’s famous Whitestrake’s Mayhem event is back for a limited time with new rewards: “Arm yourself with your best PvP gear and gather your strongest allies! The Whitestrake’s Mayhem in-game event has returned and is now live until August 12th. During this event period, as you duke it out with your fellow players […]
  
• Fenris Creations recaps EVE Online and EVE Vanguard’s Operation Avalon, hires Icelandic politician for ‘AI alignment’
  published on August 7th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  A month ago, Fenris Creations fka CCP Games launched Operation Avalon, an event that bound EVE Online players up with EVE Vanguard testers in a massive galactic quest. The event is over now, but Fenris has resurfaced with a recap to tell us how it all went from the studio’s perspective. “On the ground, warclones […]
  
• Massively Overthinking: What year of MMOs would you pick to repeat forever?
  published on August 6th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  A while back on the podcast, Justin joked that if he could pick one year to lock in and live in forever, it would be 2010 – at least as far as MMOs were concerned. And I think he might be right. It was a great year! We had all of the classic MMOs around […]
  
• Perfect Ten: All of the MMORPG expansions from 2003
  published on August 5th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  The year 2003 witnessed a huge boom in the MMORPG genre. It was the year of Star Wars Galaxies, EverQuest Online Adventures, PlanetSide, EVE Online, and Lineage II. It also saw the most MMO expansions release to date: a nice even 10 packs rolled out for fans to enjoy. Since I had so much fun […]
  
• The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG isn’t playable on Steam Deck yet but should be?
  published on July 27th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  I feel very fortunate that I bought a Steam Deck a year ago instead of waiting since the price of everything has skyrocketed this year because of *gestures*. But I admit I’ve been somewhat disappointed at both the number of MMORPGs that function genuinely well on the platform and at my own ability to play […]
  
• The MOP Up: Warframe recaps the reveals of TennoCon 2026
  published on July 26th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  TennoCon 2026 is in the bag, and in case you missed all of its reveals, Digital Extremes put together a recap page with all the info. This includes the new Origin System, gameplay in the Tau system, and a sentient metropolis. And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for […]
  
• Blizzard fired the World of Warcraft staffer caught cheating with Death Touch (and actioned some of the players too)
  published on July 24th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Earlier this week, we covered the emerging story that a Blizzard staffer was caught helping a World of Warcraft Mythic+ group cheat their way to victory, exposed by players digging through parsed and published combat logs for the run. Now, Blizzard has actioned the players as well as the staffer – at the cost of […]
  
• EVE Online breaks down how September’s update will tweak player-built jump bridges
  published on July 23rd, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Players of EVE Online already know that September is bringing some changes to the sandbox with an eye on making sure that smaller orgs can compete with the long-established megaguilds, and one of those efforts is tied to the Ansiblex jump bridge, a player-built structure that basically lets authorized vessels jump between two pre-determined points. Since that structure […]
  
• World of Warcraft fans demand consequences for Blizzard staffer seemingly caught cheating in-game
  published on July 22nd, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  A fresh scandal is breaking out across the World of Warcraft scene today as a Blizzard staffer has apparently been caught helping someone cheat in the game. According to the megathread on Reddit – because of course this has a megathread – players dug up combat logs that suggest a GM or QA dev used […]
  
• EVE Online plans to scale back force projection to allow smaller groups a chance to be competitive
  published on July 20th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  It’s exceedingly tough to be a new kid — or a new corp — on the block in EVE Online these days, as nearly a quarter-century of live service has led to many established mega-corps squeezing out the competition. CCP penned a new dev blog talking about the problem with how these corps are to […]
  
• Here’s how EVE Online gamers can participate in their part of the EVE Vanguard Operation Avalon event
  published on July 8th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  When CCP Games/Fenris Creations launched EVE Vanguard’s Operation Avalon open alpha yesterday, we mostly considered it through the lens of the in-development MMOFPS rather than through EVE Online itself. However, the OG MMORPG is also running a concurrent event that ties into the Vanguard hoopla, and it’s worth a look even if you have no […]
  
• EVE Frontier plots a new region, more modularity, and community features in a video roadmap
  published on July 7th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  EVE Frontier has plans. Roadmap plans. Plans to make sure the blockchain survival MMO has new things to worry about and look forward to. At least in a gameplay sense; remember, Fenris Creations doesn’t want the blockchain game to be noted as just a blockchain game. Unless it heralds a blockchain partnership of course. But hey, […]
  
• EVE Vanguard has begun its Operation Avalon open alpha, and yes you’re invited to try it
  published on July 7th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  EVE Online fans who fancy testing out CCP Games’/Fenris Creations’ latest version of an EVE extraction MMOFPS are getting a fresh chance to do so as EVE Vanguard is kicking off its first alpha playtest. Dubbed Operation Avalon, this update and event are meant to “mark [the studio’s] move from experimentation into a more focused […]
  
• EVE Online’s Fenris Creations just open-sourced the Carbon engine framework it’s built on
  published on July 1st, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  EVE Online studio Fenris Games (CCP Games) made a surprising announcement this morning: It’s released the game’s engine framework as an open source toolset. “Fenris Creations today announced that Carbon, the next-generation cross-platform game engine framework behind EVE Online and EVE Frontier, has fully completed its transition to being completely open source,” the newly independent […]
  
• Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier adds a new tutorial, custom ships, and space hazards in latest update
  published on June 26th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Sure, those who were at EVE Fanfest already knew what was coming to the blochckain survival MMO EVE Frontier, but now they can experience it directly, as the game’s latest test build, aka Cycle 6: Sanctuary, came online this week. As previously reported, this build introduces a new system that lets players create modular ships that let them […]
  
• EVE Online studio has punished two partnered influencers over a Pride controversy
  published on June 18th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Earlier this month, we briefly covered a drama raging in the EVE Online community. In short, a content creator had apparently crashed out in an EVE Online stream and was punishing, mocking, and banning players for using Pride flag emojis in Twitch/Discord chat and wishing fellow gamers a happy Pride month. As we noted, the EVE […]
  
• Massively OP Podcast Episode 569: Luke, it is your Destiny 2
  published on June 16th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 & 3, World of Warcraft, EVE Online, and Destiny 2, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, Spirit Crossing, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on MMOing with a neural interface.
  
• The Daily Grind: What would you recommend as a gamer’s *second* MMORPG?
  published on June 16th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  We talk a lot about good first MMORPGs – that is, gateway MMOs, or the first introductory MMOs that people should play to give them a feel for the genre. It usually needs simple movement, questing, combat, a little bit of social but not too much. Basically, it needs to feel approachable for your kid […]
  
• EVE Vanguard’s devs discuss the design of the shooter’s semi-futuristic weapons
  published on June 15th, 2026 at 12:28 PM
  
  
  Since EVE Vanguard is an FPS, there’s obviously going to be a lot of attention paid to the guns that you can fire. After all, that’s where most of the personality is because it’s certainly not in your hands or your feet. As such, designing the guns is an important consideration, which happens to be the topic […]