pax east 2018

Brad McQuaid’s Pantheon elaborates on its alpha timeline modifications

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If you've been watching Visionary Realms' MMORPG Pantheon closely, you might be wondering about its development cadence, especially given its timeline shifts. Back at PAX...

The MOP Up: FFXIV tickles the ivories

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One of the best (of many) features in Final Fantasy XIV is its amazing soundtrack. And just when you think you've heard it all,...
This is the griffon.

Massively OP’s Weirdest MMORPG Stories of 2018: We interviewed a what?

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Today we're continuing our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2018! Coming in at #3 on our list is that time Eliot interviewed a statue of a griffon while getting in digs on how bad PAX East is.

WOTC announces new esports initiative for Magic: The Gathering Arena

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At tonight's Game Awards ceremony, Wizards of the Coast announced that it will be expanding the Magic: The Gathering competitive scene with a new...
It only became real very recently.

BlizzCon 2018: What the heck happened?

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Every year, I cover BlizzCon for Massively Overpowered. This is not new information; you've all seen my liveblogs running every year for quite some...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?

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A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping. "A Charr...

Legends of Aria hopes to recruit newbies to test the game with free trial keys

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It's Bring-a-Friend Week in Legends of Aria, but you're going to need a working email account. That's because Citadel Studios wants you to email...

Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization

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Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...

Pantheon reveals its Ranger, Rogue, and Monk classes

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This month's Pantheon newsletter is a doozy for folks eagerly awaiting the details of the game's classes. Visionary Realms has revealed three: the sneaky Rogue...

The MOP Up: Diablo levels up in Heroes of the Storm (May 13, 2018)

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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...
No biscuit

Choose My Adventure: Ultima Online, we didn’t need to do this

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Yes, this is going to come in as the shortest Choose My Adventure series, but I feel it's got a good reason to be...
Well RENDered.

Rend starts its first public alpha test today

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After all the talk and hullabaloo, we can understand being eager to take on Rend as an actual game instead of a concept. Good...

Ashes of Creation reflects on its post-Kickstarter year

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If Kickstarter truly kickstarted the gaming public's interest in Ashes of Creation, then the team is not complaining. In fact, Intrepid Studios sent out...

Massively Overthinking: The best of PAX East and GDC in 2018

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The past couple of weeks has been wild as we dispatched writers to GDC in San Francisco and PAX East in Boston to gather...
But we should really not let these guys off the hook for talking big.

Ashes of Creation looks back at PAX East while promising a Q4 alpha

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If the only thing you want to take away from the latest bit of Ashes of Creation newsletter is information you may not have...

Ship of Heroes posts a timeline for the first half of 2018

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With a combat alpha under its belt, the superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes turns its attention to the challenges that lay ahead. The team...
This is the griffon.

PAX East 2018: An interview with the big griffon statue

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Everyone knows that the various people portraying characters at PAX East are just there to portray a character. That's not who they really are....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 165: Step into the Morninglight

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Justin and MJ discuss Secret World Legends, DDO, WoW, Conan Exiles, RIFT, LOTRO, TERA, Ultima Online, ArcheAge, and Star Trek Online, with mailbag questions on combat combos and recapturing former players.
derpy die

PAX East 2018: Hands-on with Pantheon Rise of the Fallen

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Those who have read a fair amount of my work will know that nostalgia is something I tend to rail against pretty hard. I'm...
Paint with all the colors of the etc.

PAX East 2018: Catching up on Legends of Aria’s improvements since the last PAX

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When I saw Legends of Aria last year, right after it had dropped the Shards Online name and expanded to be a full-fledged MMORPG,...

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