WRUP: Jurassic Park is a pretty bad movie edition
It's time for us to just admit this as a species: Jurassic Park is not a good movie. I know, you have fond memories...
The Daily Grind: Is in-game advertising the MMO genre’s post-lockbox future?
Massively OP reader Sally Bowls pointed us to a fun piece on Frankengadget this week about Final Fantasy XV and its overt product placement....
Massively Overthinking: The future of a global MMORPG industry
Massively OP Patron Duane's done the math on what is becoming, more and more, a truly global MMORPG industry. His question for Overthinking this...
Snap up a Revelation Online CBT3 key from My.com and MOP
The third round of Revelation Online's closed beta is almost upon us: It opens up tomorrow and runs through February 2nd, complete with a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 100: The nesting instinct in Elder Scrolls Online
Justin and Larry discuss Elder Scrolls Online housing, ARK, The Repopulation, the Switch, Nostalrius, HeroWarz, Pathfinder, and Star Trek Online.
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you most regret Kickstarting?
With Pathfinder Online, The Repopulation, and TUG all back in the news this week either hunting for money, being acquired, or undergoing a total...
Leaderboard: Did you participate in Crowfall’s equity crowdfunding raise?
Finishing up today is Crowfall's Indiegogo-based equity crowdfunding campaign, one of the first games and MMORPGs to take advantage of new 2016 laws that...
The Daily Grind: Will you give The Repopulation another chance?
The after-hours Friday revelation that The Repopulation is relaunching early this year took a lot of our readers by surprise. The much-wanted sandbox MMORPGÂ had...
MMO Week in Review: Weekend surprises from Nostalrius and The Repopulation (January 15, 2017)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!
This...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs encourage or discourage alts?
There are a lot of similarities and parallels between the two games that occupy most of my playtime (Final Fantasy XIV and World of...
WRUP: Card trick 74 edition
Today's card trick is known as the Ponzetti Reversal. It's called this chiefly because no one ever pays too much attention to card tricks which...
Betawatch: Project Gorgon gears up with high-level content (January 13, 2017)
Is it fair to call Project Gorgon a spiritual successor to Asheron's Call? I'm going to go with yes, which means that this year...
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest MMORPG inventory pet peeve?
I was surfing the Guild Wars 2 Reddit (because I'm a glutton for punishment) yesterday and bumped into a thread mocking some of the...
Massively Overthinking: Tab-target vs. action combat in MMORPGs
Massively OP patron Duane is kicking the new year off right: with a brawl over combat types in MMOs.
"Tab-target, action, or hybrid combat, for...
Shards Online’s always-on alpha is now live
Citadel Studios' MMORPG Shards Online has formally launched its alpha today. "Alpha for a game like this means we’ve pretty much got all the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 99: Landmark goes into the dark
Justin and Bree discuss Landmark, Trove, Asheron's Call, WoW, FFXIV, WildStar, Hi-Rez, and Ashes of Creation before dipping into the mailbag to speculate on Daybreak's future.
The Daily Grind: What’s the most intellectual MMORPG?
We got a wonderful "deep thoughts" email from reader James earlier this week that serves as the backdrop for this morning's Daily Grind.
"It could...
MMO Week in Review: Landmark’s end (January 8, 2017)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!
This...
Leaderboard: Which Daybreak MMO is most vulnerable in 2017?
In February 2015, following the SOE/Daybreak transition and ensuing mass layoffs, we polled our readers on the security of the rest of the studio's games....
MMO music podcast Battle Bards: 2016 in review
Did you know that Massively OP's Justin Olivetti is co-host to the first and only MMORPG music-themed podcast? It's true! The show's called Battle...
