Yearly Archives: 2018

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Gambling addict successfully petitions Path of Exile to disable lockboxes

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In a year full of Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad news concerning lockboxes in online games, here may be the very first positive story...
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Best MMO Update or Expansion of 2018

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Update or Expansion of 2018, which was awarded to Guild Wars 2's Path...

PlanetSide Arena explores its trio of classes, sells $20 special edition

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When PlanetSide Arena arrives later next month, Daybreak hopes that players will flock to the battle royale shooter and latch on to one of...
Blood flight.

The Daily Grind: What frustrates you the most about your MMO’s dev team?

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I guess I want to preface today's discussion by acknowledging that there are a lot of terrific developers and teams out there in the...

Battle Bards’ 2018 roundup of MMO soundtracks

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Every other week here at Massively OP you might see a post go up promoting the Battle Bards podcast. While not an official podcast...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Best article joke (almost) nobody got

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for best article joke (almost) nobody got. And the winner is...

The Stream Team: Celebrating Christmas with Trove’s Snowfest

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Boxes and packages piled high... what does that make you think of? Trove! The voxel -based whimsical game is the perfect compliment to Christmas...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 202: The all-mailbag show

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Justin and Bree pore over the mail bag to answer questions on WoW, the state of MOP, future columns, favorite MMO music, MMO communities, lockbox RNG, MMO sunsets, open dungeons, and LitRPG.

MMO Year in Review: Columbus Nova who? (April 2018)

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We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into 2019! MMO...
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Best MMO Event of 2018

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Event, which is sort of a new category for us this year....

The best Massively OP streams of 2018

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Massively OP's long-running Stream Team, unquestionably captained by MJ and her sidekicks Larry and Andrew, got a welcome surprise this year: Our newest writer, Chris...

The Daily Grind: What MMO had the best player community in 2018?

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One of the informal award type articles we've done every year for the last couple of years is this one: the one sussing out...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Best feel-good moment for the MMO genre

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for best feel-good moment for the MMO genre. And the winner is...
All according to keikaku or something

MMO Year in Review: Thieves, Avatars, and Gorgons (March 2018)

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We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into 2019! March...

The Stream Team: Christmas Eve Grinchta hunting in Villagers and Heroes

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It's Christmas Eve, and time is of the essence if Massively OP's MJ is going to help save Christmas! So MJ will return to...

Bethesda compensates Fallout 76 players with three free Fallout titles

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It's not exactly an apology, but Bethesda is clearly trying to make amends for the rocky and disappointing rollout of Fallout 76 by giving...
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Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing the last live letter before Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.5

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The last letter from Naoki Yoshida didn't really drop much in the way of bombshells on the Final Fantasy XIV community, especially as there had...
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Most Improved MMO of 2018

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for the Most Improved MMO, which was awarded jointly to Trove and Guild Wars 2 last...

Jukebox Heroes: More MMO Christmas tunes

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Merry Christmas everyone! As you hunker down for family time, presents, eggnog, or simply a quiet day off and some gaming time, chances are...

Sea of Thieves reflects on 2018 in final developer update of the year

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The final Sea of Thieves developer update of 2018 has arrived, and just like every other studio at this time of year, Rare is...

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