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WRUP: The sea edition

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I had never really seen the sea before the first time my father took me to Martha's Vineyard. Until I lived there, I certainly...

Giveaway: Das Tal summer alpha keys from Fairytale Distillery and MOP [Over now!]

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Indie sandbox Das Tal's summer alpha kicks off tomorrow morning on July 16th. Fairytale Distillery plans to cut the rope on the servers at...
I can't help but feel like I've been here before.

The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of underwater combat in MMORPGs?

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Earlier this week, MOP's Andrew Ross mentioned in his writeup of Guild Wars 2's Out of the Shadows episode that he was disappointed that...
SWTOR

Massively Overthinking: The best MMORPG trailers of all time

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This week's Massively Overthinking should be a fun one -- and hopefully it'll contrast nicely with the Game Archaeologist column we ran last week, which...

The MMOs with deals on Amazon Prime Day

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The second-biggest holiday of the year has arrived: I'm talking about Prime Day, of course, the summer's Black Friday, when Amazon puts a ton...

The Daily Grind: When has going back to an MMO gone wrong for you?

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I'm a big supporter of walking away from MMORPGs when they don't work for you, especially at launch -- but I always stay open...
Cats are cats.

Leaderboard: Are you preparing for WoW Legion?

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Legion is coming. Last week, Blizzard began pushing out the pre-patch for pre-launch events for World of Warcraft's Legion expansion. That means Demon Hunters are...

Join Starfall Tactics’ pre-alpha event with a key from Snowforged and MOP

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Snowforged Entertainment's online space strategy MMO Starfall Tactics is running another pre-alpha event for testers later this week. "Prepare to crash your opponents in intense tactical battles,...
Pokemon gone?

The Daily Grind: How would you design a Pokemon MMORPG?

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It's been a good week for the alternate reality game genre: Aside from Ingress, most of the ARGs on mobile are teeny-tiny, and even writing about...

MMO Week in Review: Lament for Turbine (July 10, 2016)

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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! The...
Unbreak my heart.

WRUP: What I really meant edition

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Every so often, people seem to be curious about what I really meant when I said something. The answer is usually "what I said,"...

The Daily Grind: Should MMOs reward vets for helping newbies?

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During this week's podcast, Justin explained to me something that Trion is up to in RIFT that blew me away: Players who have run...

Massively Overthinking: What’s never going to happen in your favorite MMO?

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Last week's Overthinking question was a very broad one all about genre-wide wishes that go unfulfilled. But what if we drill that down? That's...

Giveaway: Grab a summer god skin key from SMITE and MOP! (All gone!)

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SMITE is in the midst of its huge summer 2016 promotion, with a mid-season patch just behind it and a Mac launch to boot. Among...

Enter to win a Star Trek Online Temporal Agent Starter Pack from Massively OP and PWE

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In honor of the launch of Star Trek Online's Agents of Yesterday expansion this week, PWE has granted Massively OP 50 Temporal Agent Starter Packs...
Past the crimson fields of... wait, sorry, wrong bit.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 72: The dog days of summer updates

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Justin and Bree discuss Riders of Icarus, Landmark, Age of Conan, RIFT, and Aion, with mailbag questions on FFA PvP tension and social encounters.
Morrowind, feat. Westly's Orcs

Leaderboard: How much time do you spend playing MMOs relative to non-MMOs?

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Some of the responses to this morning's Daily Grind made me wonder about the balance of playtime MMO players maintain. See what I just...

The Daily Grind: Did you buy any MMOs during the Steam sale?

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Steam's big summer sale is over today -- about five hours from the time this post goes live, smack in the middle of 4th-of-July...

MMO Week in Review: SWTOR’s persistent prosperity (July 3, 2016)

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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! Star...

Play dinos with us! The ‘MoPark’ ARK: Survival Evolved server has relaunched

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Massively Overpowered is all about gamers who love games talking about games. And sometimes, we even get to play games together! This post heralds...

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