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Defiance brings the Event Horizon for extra gains and future Valor
With all the talk of Defiance 2050, let's not forget that Defiance is still live. More than that, it's encouraging players to come take...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 166: Russia breaks the internet
Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, Trove, Ultima Online, the Russian Telegram crisis' effect on MMOs, TERA, Kritika, RIFT Prime, and MapleStory 2, with mailbag topics on zoning out in MMOs and finding classic play niches in modern crowdfunded MMOs.
Bless Online teases players with a class overview before launch
The Steam launch of Bless Online draws ever closer, and that means you're going to need to pick a class to play. You have...
Star Trek Online accidentally previews its Personal Endeavor system for Victory is Life, players unearth quadrant map
Who likes having new goals to achieve on a daily basis? Because that's what you're getting in the next Star Trek Online expansion, even...
Final Fantasy XIV invites the community to design physical DPS gear
Thus far, Final Fantasy XIV has run three gear design competitions for the community, inviting players to design gear for tanks, healers, and magical...
RIFT Prime temporarily disables its Trove of Mounts with fake inventory alarms
Can we agree that MMO players, collectively, get very excited about having new mounts? It seems like a statement that's almost a tautology at...
Citadel: Forged With Fire lets you bring your tamed creatures with you through fast travel
Fast travel is important with Citadel: Forged With Fire, but it had an obnoxious and somewhat weird little quirk: Hopping through a portal wouldn't...
The MOP Up: EverQuest II’s Fallen Gate moves forward (April 22, 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...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth turns on Dark Iron Dwarves and Mag’har for character testing
The first batch of the second wave of allied races are available for testing now on World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth's alpha test....
Final Fantasy XIV releases its next patch site and its Live Letter digest
Players are crucial to the reconstruction of Doma in Final Fantasy XIV, so it's only right that the next leg of the game's main...
OrbusVR adds in new pet breeding and gear combination
In the real world, walking up to someone and asking if you can put your dragons together will probably get you arrested. In OrbusVR,...
Revelation Online invites you to battle for glory in its new colosseum
It was teased, but now it's truly here. Revelation Online is introducing the colosseum, and its world will never be the same. Specifically, it...
Fortnite brings out a newer, better 50v50 battle mode
People liked the 50v50 mode in Fortnite, but it had some issues. Fortunately, it was only a limited-time mode, so the developers could take...
Dutch Gaming Authority calls out four games as violating its lootbox policies
If you had expected the Netherlands to be leading the fight against lootboxes, you may be more clairvoyant than the rest of the population....
Star Trek Online opens up its expansion bundle packages for Victory is Life
If you've been through prior expansion launches for Star Trek Online, you know that the expansion launch is almost always accompanied by big packs...
Monster Hunter World is patching in a new hunt against Kulve Taroth
Most games could not get away with a patch that adds literally one monster. "That isn't enough of a patch," players would say. But...
TERA delivers impressive new character abilities with the Godsfall patch
The latest update for TERA on PC brings characters to new heights of power. Not just because you're acquiring all sorts of commendations and...
Radical Heights teases female characters and jumping through windows
There's still plenty of stuff going on in the development of Radical Heights, and Cliff Bleszinski is showing it off on Twitter. What sort...
Bless Online details the origin and reasons behind its faction conflict
There are two factions in Bless Online, so you can be sure that both factions want to make sure that the other faction no...
Villagers & Heroes adds in new village options with the Wellspring expansion on May 14
The heart of gameplay in cross-platform MMORPG Villagers & Heroes is all about villages, so anything that expands your options for villages is going to...
