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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW, DDO, New World, RIFT, Elite, and ArcheAge, with a mailbag question on easing into full-scale MMO sandboxes.

One of the things that impresses me about the submissions to One Shots here is that so many of these pictures really could be...

The sad and touching saga of a fallen RIFT player continues this week as the game's developers cement her legacy in the game itself. You...

A comment on Reddit about the current size and viability of Kritika Online got me thinking about MMO playerbases in general lately. We all...

Just before Christmas, 17-year-old Nikita Hedingham was biking to a volunteer position when she was struck by a semi and killed. Her death has...

We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey as we head into...

Happy new year! You don't need that old, musty name any more, do you? Especially if it hasn't been used in a while? While you're...

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...

If someone -- and we are not necessarily suggesting you -- were to create an MMO Christmas carol album, what songs would be included?...

It's that time of year again where the airwaves of certain radio stations are clogged with the same songs from the 1950s, television broadcasts...

Let's talk about value. A couple of weeks back, I did an article on the healthiest games at the end of the year; today,...

Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, WoW, MMO holiday events, ArcheAge, the site awards, EverQuest, Pantheon, Ashes of Creation, RIFT, the Star Citizen lawsuit, and Funcom, with mailbag topics on horror MMOs and "iterating the magic away."

Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Housing, which was awarded to WildStar last year. MMORPGs eligible for this award can...

Well, that didn't last long. RIFT has already yanked its controversial $100 random mount packs from the game store following strong opposition from the...

We were talking on the podcast this week about how Trion Worlds tends to aggressively pursue different revenue streams in its MMOs -- and...

All in all, 2017 has been a fabulous year for the Elder Scrolls Online, and although I have been light on talking about the...

Justin and Bree discuss MOP's December awards, DDO, Secret World Legends, Path of Exile, Hearthstone, Sea of Thieves, RIFT, and Blade and Soul, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs and love for Champs Online.

Reacting to massive community pushback over what is perceived to be pay-to-win packs in the RIFT store, Trion Worlds announced that it is pulling...

One of the quirks -- and frustrations -- of MMORPGs is that there never seems to be one game that truly has it all....

Look, we can all agree that "pay-to-win" is, at the very least, a difficult concept to be certain about. Right? There's a lot of...