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Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Best MMO Trend

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Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Trend, which was awarded to MMO progression servers last year. This year,...
Mirror match!

The Daily Grind: What do you think about Cryptic’s MMO business models?

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As a fan of Cryptic Studios and its games, here is something that I have pondered for a while now: Is the studio generous...
I didn't say zorp.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 251: New World, Magic Legends, and Corepunk

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Bree and Justin discuss PlanetSide Arena, New World, Magic Legends, Elder Scrolls Online, Corepunk, Black Desert Mobile, EVE Echoes, WoW, FFXIV, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWGL.

Massively OP’s 2019 MMO Video Game Music Awards

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Many of us here on the Massively OP staff have our own personal pet projects and interests that might not be as widespread as...

Choose My Adventure: Conquering the fear of Project Gorgon (and getting rewarded for it)

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You’ll probably notice that last week’s CMA was absent, and that’s because Project Gorgon intimidated me. I basically was scared off for a bit. I...

Fight or Kite: 2010-2019, the decade when PvP boomed and MMOs languished

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The end of the decade is upon us. Many are now reflecting on how our lives have changed over the past 10 years. We’ve...

Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Best MMO Business Model

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Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Business Model, which was awarded to Guild Wars 2 last year. This...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best graphical appeal in 2019?

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I'll have you know that fighting over MMO graphics is a time-honored tradition around here. It's a straight-up RvR showdown between the photo-realism side,...
Classy.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s first Patch 5.2 preview in brief

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I did actually sit down for the most recent live letter, which was only halfway intentional. It's not like I didn't want to hear...

EVE Evolved: First impressions of the EVE Echoes mobile beta

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EVE Online has been a PC MMO staple now for over 16 years, carving out a niche for itself as a long-term hobby with...

Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder

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Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Blunder, which was awarded to Blizzard's Diablo Immortal disaster last year. This...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offered the best PvP experience in 2019?

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You might recall that in 2018, we swapped out our award for best PvP MMORPG. Neither our writers nor our readers in the years...

Battle Bards Episode 158: Winter returns

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Do you feel a little… frozen this winter season? Winter is something amazing to behold, especially when video game composers attempt to capture its unique magic...

Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Best MMO Player Housing

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Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Player Housing, which was awarded to EverQuest II and RIFT last year....
No sides

The Daily Grind: What bit of MMO lore bothers you more than it probably should?

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Pandaren in World of Warcraft have always bothered me. Not because the expansion that introduced them was bad (it was certainly better than the expansions...

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0

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Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...

Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Not-So-Massively Game of the Year

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Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Not-So-Massively Game of the Year, which was awarded to Warframe last year. The games...

The Daily Grind: What is the best written MMO character?

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In the past couple of Lord of the Rings Online expansions, I've noticed that the writing team has kind of created a breakout character...
pokemonswordandshield

MMO Burnout: Pokemon Sword and Shield is fun but not innovative

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I have a vivid memory from when I was younger - about 12 or so - of walking through the local Walmart with my...
Yeah, this is a thing.

WoW Factor: How WoW’s Corruption system breaks the redeeming features of Titanforging

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Last time around in WoW Factor, we took a nice healthy look back at how itemization has evolved in World of Warcraft over the years....

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