Whether you liked them or not, it is a big blow for our Gaming genre to lose an entity like Massively.
Read their post here for more information: http://massively.joystiq.com/2015/01/30/massively-that-was/#continued
Well I can't say I care much.
Never read anything there and only vaguely knew about their existence.
The problem of this kind of sites (at least all I had thrown an eye on) are not the more or less paid writers.
The problem and a huge one is the "community" they attract.
It seems that about every toxic, negative, frustrated, agressive loon elects home on such sites.
And as for some reason they outnumber the sane people who happen to pass by, reading the comments there is equivalent to plunging in the depths of some psychiatric asylum.
One gets to despair of mankind and that's why I avoid them like pest.
well i must say i was surprised when i found out AOL was still a living Co. considering they were the originators of the #1 Worst IM ever IMHO. as far as gaming blogs i havent read one in like 10 years+ when all the gaming sites started taking Advertizing "Donations" to get good scores for their games.
While I never went to the site I am of the opinion that things become routine and growth/improvements stop over time. While I am concerned that those people will not have a job, those that are good and talented will probably find a better job. Who knows, this sunset may cause someone on the leaving staff to start their own type of organization/Website that is like Massively but better..
Massively crew just launched a KS https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nbrianna/massively-overpowered/comments to go independent.