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The MOP Up: Crash Force offers arena fun at a discount (July 16, 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...
Perfect Ten: EverQuest’s EverExpanding franchise
When Daybreak announced last year that it was cancelling the highly anticipated EverQuest Next project, the series' forward momentum lurched to a halt. This wasn't...
EverQuesting: Falling for EverQuest II’s new progression server, Fallen Gate
A new time-locked expansion server got rolling last week in EverQuest II -- are you on board? I wasn't initially planning to participate; my...
The Stream Team: Earning an EverQuest II kick in the pants on the new progression server
EverQuest II is offering a unique event for the opening of its newest progression server, Fallen Gate. Everyone who reaches level 10 before July...
EverQuest II kicks off new progression server after short delay
Following a brief delay yesterday, EverQuest II's newest progression server is up and running.
The time-locked expansion server will start subscribers over at the earliest...
The Stream Team: Lavastorm Heritage Quests in EverQuest II
Massively OP's MJ has been slowly streaming through all of EverQuest II's Heritage Quests (slowly, because there are more than you can shake an...
EverQuest II answers all of your progression server questions
Next week, EverQuest II is opening up Fallen Gate, a new "time-locked expansion server" that's going to function a little bit differently than other...
The Stream Team: Sizing up EverQuest II’s solo Proving Grounds
EverQuest II's Proving Grounds proved to be pretty difficult (as well as littered with bugs!). Even finding a full group was pretty challenging! With...
EverQuest II creates a new type of progression server
EverQuest II is no stranger to Daybreak's penchant for creating and operating progression servers. But after all of these years, is there a way...
The MOP Up: EVE Valkyrie lowers its price point (June 11, 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...
Ashes of Creation hires five new team members, shows off snowy environments
As Ashes of Creation takes aim at the $3M line for its Kickstarter campaign, Intrepid Studios announced that it has made several significant hires...
The Game Archaeologist: How Sceptre of Goth shaped the MMO industry
When it comes to text-based MMOs created in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s, the sheer number of them would blot out the sky. There...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you think are just too late to start playing?
I've been playing a lot of Ultima Online the past few weeks, but so many times I'll be doing something that is objectively tedious...
Massively Overthinking: Disentangling MMO classes and races
Last week, a guildie of mine mentioned that he'd been interested in Crowfall until he realized he couldn't be a gerbil (Guineacean) of the...
EverQuesting: EverQuest II’s Proving Grounds prove to be a tad frustrating
Prove it.
EverQuest II recently introduced a new feature with the release of GU103 back on May 10th called the Proving Grounds. That place is...
The Stream Team: EverQuest II’s pirate-filled Proving Grounds
Last week Daybreak pulled a switcheroo (or more accurately, didn't switch!), keeping the Felwith map in EQII's new Proving Grounds instead of changing. But...
PSA: Today’s the last day to get a freebie level 100 toon in EverQuest II
If you haven't hopped back into EverQuest II since the launch of The Menagerie update earlier this month, you might want to do it...
MMO devs eulogize EverQuest II developer John Tessin
We're sorry to report this evening the passing of an MMORPG genre veteran, John Tessin, who worked for SOE for 13 years, most extensively on EverQuest...
The Stream Team: A peek into EverQuest II’s Proving Grounds
EverQuest II just opened up a new type of content to players: the Proving Grounds. Each week for two weeks there's a new competition...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.
