Eliot Lefebvre
Senior Reporter
Eliot Lefebvre has been writing on Massively Overpowered since it was created after a long and illustrious career of writing about video games for half a decade on some other site that you might have heard about. He currently pens Wisdom of Nym for Final Fantasy XIV, WoW Factor for World of Warcraft, and the industry and culture speculation of Vague Patch Notes. He also shares writing duties on Perfect Ten and writes some nonsense for What Are You Playing. No photos of him standing next to seventeen lizards in a trench coat have surfaced, coincidentally.
Twitter: @eliot_lefebvreStreaming: Snippy Harold
The Daily Grind: When does an in-development MMO become real to you?
Call me a cranky old person if you wish, but a game goes from "nice idea and/or tech demo" to "actual MMO" when it's...
FFXIV Fan Festival Tokyo 2019: Travel to the First with Hrothgar and Dancers
The third and final Final Fantasy XIV fan festival for Shadowbringers kicked off on Friday evening in by North American time schedules. We even...
WRUP: New drinks served at your local bar edition
The Frosty MacMurphy: Take one part Scotch, one part eggnog, one part motor oil, and one part expired eggnog. Put all of that stuff...
FFXIV Fan Festival Tokyo 2019: Liveblog of the opening keynote
Here we are at long last. If you're anything like me, you've been looking forward to this event since Final Fantasy XIV first delivered...
Betawatch: Guardians of Ember enters open beta again for the first time
Hey, neat, Guardians of Ember is in open beta! Wait, didn't that already happen? Well, yes, but that was before Insel Games managed to get...
The player endorsement system in Overwatch has actually cut down on toxic behavior
It turns out that when you reward players for being decent human beings in Overwatch, there's incentive for people to continue being decent human beings....
WoW Factor: Why people are mad at Battle for Azeroth, part four: Story
The fun thing about bringing up the story of World of Warcraft is that you inevitably have some folks who will immediately crop up and claim...
WoW Factor: Battle for Azeroth’s alternative story experiment
As part of a WoW Factor column experiment relating to our March 2019 article, we've taken a stab at an alternative version of WoW's plotline.
Aion launches Ereshkigal’s Rage on March 27 with Veilenthrone raid
What does Ereshkigal have to be angry about in Aion? Lots of things, really. There's nothing good on TV, there were no more muffins in...
PlanetSide 2 celebrates 20 years of EverQuest with a new objective line
Just because the big milestone anniversary this year is for EverQuest and not PlanetSide 2 doesn't mean that the latter title needs to be left out...
Albion Online lays out its future roadmap with hideouts, hotspots, and customization
The Oberon update landed in Albion Online yesterday, along with news that the game is going free-to-play in just a few short weeks, but...
Vague Patch Notes: Finding motivation within MMOs
Here's a fun question to ask yourself when you're doing basically anything in an MMO: Why am I doing this? It's usually at once...
Children of Ur and Eleven join forces to create the ultimate Glitch revival
The process of rebuilding the social and non-combat sandbox MMO Glitch has been a slow one. It's been one that attracted a deep well...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most jaw-droppingly absurd behavior you’ve seen in MMO group content?
Sometimes people do things that are dumb in MMOs. We know and accept this. Sometimes people think that dancing on a mailbox in World of...
AdventureQuest 3D details the fight against hackers deleting characters
On a list of unpleasant things occurring to players in any MMO, "getting your character deleted while you're still playing" is probably near the...
Outlaws of the Old West drops bugfix patch and wipe while explaining how to rustle up your grub
When Outlaws of the Old West describes itself as being in early access, it means early access. That's why it has patches like the most recent...
Black Desert Online changes node war mechanics and encourages collecting cherry blossoms
The spring has arrived in Black Desert Online, and that means it's time for the traditional celebration of spring in the form of fighting over...
Path of Exile teams up with Kakao to publish in Korea
Opening service in a new region is always an exciting sign of success for a game, so it's good news to hear that Path of...
Star Wars: The Old Republic talks up under-the-hood changes for previews and objects
If you've ever wondered why any sort of visual effects on gear in Star Wars: The Old Republic would show up as blobs and messes...
Survived By passes away on April 19
Sad news for fans of Survived By today, as the game has announced that it is ending development and planning for a full shutdown on...
