Justin Olivetti

2 days ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree, Chris, and Justin talk about Equinox Homecoming’s early access, Dune Awakening’s open beta weekend, Neverwinter’s new patch, the end of Cryptic’s MMO forums, Pax Dei’s layoffs, SWTOR’s update preview, and the emulators we won’t discuss on the site. It’s the Massively OP 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, use this link.

2 days ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

It’s easy — and free! — to get excited about upcoming titles, but when a new MMO arrives, the choice whether or not to try it is surprisingly nuanced. Sometimes it’s too early in the testing process, so you want to wait for a more full bake. Sometimes it’s too pricey, or you’re waiting for word-of-mouth reports, or you simply have other projects that are taking up your time.

2 days ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

Path of Exile 2’s big quality-of-life patch should be hitting the live servers by the end of this week with plenty of improvements across the board — including the start of private leagues in the game, albeit in an imperfect fashion. “We plan to enable Private Leagues when 0.2.0h releases using the Path of Exile 1 website for now,” Grinding Gear said. “There will be no extra mods available for these Private Leagues but we’ll be expanding the functionality of them soon.

3 days ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

Don’t call it an “expansion” or a “chapter,” but Elder Scrolls Online’s upcoming June Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 hopes to make as much of a splash as in previous years even so. Over the weekend, ZeniMax Online Studios posted a thinly veiled hype blog in the form of five suggestions of how players can prepare themselves for the not-expansion.

3 days ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

The sequel to the sleeper hit ARPG Titan Quest is going to be a little while longer in the coming, as Grimlore Games announced that it’s delaying Titan Quest II’s early access to this summer following the results of a recent demo playtest. While the studio said that a vast majority of testers surveyed rated the game highly, the feedback also highlighted several problem areas such as “combat fluidity,” optimization, and balance that required additional work.