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Global Chat: Pokemon GO mania sweeps the world

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What became an overnight global phenomenon certainly prompted the MMO blogosphere to talk about their experiences and opinions with Pokémon GO! To Game for Life...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO does the most with death mechanics?

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We die so many times in MMOs that it's lost all meaning. It's merely a pause button, perhaps with a slight penalty attached, unless you...
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The Daily Grind: How do you justify blasting ‘free’ MMORPG content?

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An anonymous reader recently sent us an email trying to puzzle out the problem of criticizing a genre full of handouts. "A lot of games...

The Daily Grind: What do you expect from MMORPG expansions in 2016?

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I ran across an intriguing chunk of comments down below Justin's impressions piece on Star Trek Online's latest expansion. One reader said he was...
Avec les hommes et le Pokey.

MMO Week in Review: Pokeymans (July 17, 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! Captain's...

The MOP Up: RuneScape Chronicles’ beach party (July 17, 2016)

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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...
Avec les hommes et le Pokey.

Leaderboard: Is Pokemon GO an MMORPG?

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Earlier this week, one of the founding designers of the MMORPG genre, Raph Koster, penned a blog piece arguing that alternate reality games like...

One Shots: Gentlemen, to evil!

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There are some subtle signs that you can look for when you're trying to gauge if you've become truly evil. Conquering small nations for...
Vengeance.

The Daily Grind: What MMO handles active combat the best?

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Action combat is a big thing for newer games. Instead of just sitting, targeting, and spamming abilities, you have to dodge hither and yon,...

Make My MMO: Descent Underground (July 16, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Descent: Underground released a major AI update this week -- the Moon Collider’s advanced Kythera AI system -- plus...
Hang on to me and I'll hang on to you.

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...
Jazzhands are happening

Betawatch: AdventureQuest 3D steamrolls toward open beta (July 15, 2016)

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You know how some titles like to linger in ill-defined test phases forever? AdventureQuest 3D doesn't want to go that route. The game is...
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...
Zorp.

The Daily Grind: How much notice do you need before an MMORPG patch goes live?

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There are some games where patches get so much advance notice that you feel like they're already here months in advance. Final Fantasy XIV's...

The Daily Grind: How do MMOs bring out the best and worst in you?

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Confession time: MMORPGs haven't always brought out the best in me. Sometimes I've gotten irritated when real life "intrudes" on gaming, even if it's...

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...

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