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Massively Overthinking: MMOs belong in a museum!
Let's talk game preservation. We've been covering MADE's attempt to convince the government to tweak its interpretation of the DMCA to basically allow museums,...
EVE Online announces plans to start retiring items from its in-game store
The problem facing EVE Online's in-game store, according to the most recent development update, was that it was stuffed full of cosmetic items and...
Colony sim Seed aims to simulate life whether you’re logged in or not
What do you get when you mash up Rimworld, The Sims, and EVE Online? Probably a big mess, but adjacent to that mess somewhere...
EVE Online outlines plans to spin out a new chat system in March
The small portion of EVE Online players who will be heartbroken over the loss of the game's voice chat will really just be riding...
Leaderboard: Do you use built-in voice chat systems with strangers in MMOs?
I've been playing a lot of Monster Hunter World when time permits, and while I'm enjoying the game, I've noticed it's been, well, oddly silent....
EVE Online is shuttering EVE Voice in March
More chunks of EVE Online are on the chopping block this week, as CCP announced today that it's sunsetting EVE Voice with the March...
EVE Online balances ships and adds the Monitor to its March patch
Even if you're not familiar with how battles work in EVE Online you can probably still guess at what "headshotting" means for the game's...
EVE Evolved: Solving EVE Online’s botting problem
Practically every MMO on the market today has had to contend with botting and the range of issues that come with it, and EVE Online...
The MOP Up: FFXIV’s Eorzean Symphony (February 18, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Whatever happened to Pirates of the Burning Sea, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, and Puzzle Pirates?
Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...
Massively Overthinking: Could bots save dying MMORPGs?
Last week, a reader named Chris, who is writing a paper on the MMO industry and revivifying sunsetted games, dropped an intriguing question into...
Battle Bards Episode 115: EVE Online
Forgettable ambient noise or entrancing space sounds? This is the debate that’s at the core of today’s episode, as the Battle Bards take on...
EVE Online brings the Guardian’s Gala and balance changes for its February patch
It's not exactly love that's in the air in EVE Online for the Guardian's Gala. For one thing, there's not really any air out...
Perfect Ten: The tabletop GMs behind MMOs
One of the advantages to computer RPGs, I've always thought, is that you don't need a friend who you can alternately sucker or bribe...
CCP banned over 1800 EVE Online botters in January alone
If you've been paying any attention at all to EVE Online over the past few months, you know that the playerbase's anger over the...
The Game Archaeologist: BBS door games
When you think of MMORPGs, I wouldn't blame you if your mind stayed rooted firmly in the past decade or so, perhaps taking a...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPGs should stay away from legacy servers?
Legacy, vanilla, classic, progression - call them what you like, but alternative server rulesets, particularly of the nostalgia-driven kind, are all the rage in...
Perfect Ten: RIFT features that deserve praise
Maybe it will be short-lived, but it is exciting to see attention and excitement return to the sphere of RIFT following the announcement of...
EVE Online outlines February development, vows it’s ‘coming for the bots’
What's coming in EVE Online's February 13th patch? The game's latest development preview explains that Upwell structures will finally be getting the promised revamp, which...
EVE Evolved: A matter of balance in EVE Online
Throughout its almost 15-year lifetime, EVE Online has walked a fine line between developing new features and iterating on existing gameplay. Development has to...