The Stream Team: Battling turkey leftovers in Black Desert - Instead of beating her way through a mob of shoppers, Massively OP's MJ is spending her Black Friday beating her way through mobs in Black Desert Online. There's plenty of turkey leftovers there here -- mainly…
ARK: Survival Evolved trots out turkey trial, several new prehistoric beasts - Do you want to see some fantastic beasts? Well, we know where to find them: ARK: Survival Evolved. This week's Thanksgiving update added four new prehistoric creatures to the game, including the giant snail Achatina, the…
Crowfall is running its biggest test to date this weekend - The Crowfall team is not taking Thanksgiving off but is instead running its biggest to date. Doesn't that make you feel like a slacker for slowly digesting a few thousand calories while burping softly on a…
Massively Overthinking: Gratitude for the people of the MMORPG genre - It's Thanksgiving here in the US, and we wish you all a happy one, whether you're celebrating locally or not. For this week's Massively Overthinking and in honor of the season, I asked our team about the…
EverChaosing: Giving thanks for The Secret World and EverQuest II - I agonized all week over which of my favorite titles, The Secret World or EverQuest II, would get the honor of being the subject of my gratitude post for Thanksgiving. And then I decided I didn't have…
The Stream Team: Taste-testing Trove’s Turkeytopia - [AL:Trove]Massively OP's MJ loves turkey, and rumor has it she'll have more turkey than she can handle in Trove. Hopefully that includes the mount that she's been feasting her eyes upon! Turkeytopia has returned for another…
Perfect Ten: Moments to be thankful for in MMOs - It's the holiday once again, and somehow I've wound up on Thanksgiving Day here in the US. You may not be reading this on the day, instead enjoying a feast of turkey and bread that had…
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2016 - As you're gobble, gobbling up food today, rooting for your favorite football team, and enduring the uncomfortable political conversations at the dinner table, you might be tempted to take some time to play MMOs during this…
Techno-turkeys invade Trove - [AL:Trove]You gotta love Trove: The game has absolutely no reservations about being odd in the name of fun, nor hesitations that adding, say, a techno-turkey is somehow going to break down the intricate lore of the…
Trion offers compensation to ArcheAge and Rift players for server outages - [AL:Arche]Good news for players of ArcheAge and RIFT: You're getting some free stuff as an apology for the unstable servers that both games have been experiencing recently. Bad news for those same players: You had some…
The best Thanksgiving and Black Friday MMORPG deals - Getcher credit cards ready, folks. It's time. (New additions are at the bottom!) The Secret World is part of the Humble Bundle this week; you can pick it up for a song. Everything in TSW's item…
Elite Dangerous players accuse Frontier of ignoring combat exploit - If you thought that your politically divided family dinner table will be the most awkward situation this Thanksgiving week, then you need to haul yourself over to Elite Dangerous' neck of the woods. Players are taking…
Turkey tomfoolery targets World of Warcraft - Turkeys really are one of the noblest and most majestic birds of the world, and it is their bold sacrifice to our taste buds every November for which we give thanks. However, they do lend themselves…
Log into Marvel Heroes on Black Friday, get Black Cat for free - Marvel Heroes has purrrrrfect plans for Thanksgiving and Black Friday: Gazillion announced this morning that it's giving away Black Cat to players who log in to play on Black Friday -- fitting, isn't it? And starting…
Pokemon Go preps holiday bonus event, lays groundwork for Ditto - "What better way to say thank you than to celebrate our community?" That's the question Pokemon Go's Niantic is asking this Thanksgiving week. And apparently Niantic would like to celebrate you by getting you out of…
Wisdom of Nym: Thankfulness for Final Fantasy XIV - [AL:FFXIV]I haven't exactly made a secret of the fact that I'm on a bit of a low pulse for Final Fantasy XIV at the moment. Some of that is just me and being in a rough…
First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s A Crack in the Ice episode - ArenaNet gave us all word of a seasonably frosty addition to the Guild Wars 2Â Living World story last week: The third instalment of season 3 is upon us right now just in time for Thanksgiving and…
Elder Scrolls Online offers Xbox One free-play through Thanksgiving weekend - Did you miss The Elder Scrolls Online's PC/PS4 free-play event last weekend? Great news: There's another one this weekend -- but only on Xbox One this time. Bethsoft has just announced the free-play event for the previously…
The MOP Up: Wurm Online cooks up a hearty Thanksgiving meal (November 20, 2016) - 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 of it gets backlogged. That’s why there’s The MOP Up: a weekly compilation…
Wanna play Cloud Pirates over Thanksgiving? There’s a key for that - If you've been thinking that flying your dirigible around and blowing up the enemy might sound like a fun way to spend Thanksgiving, Cloud Pirates' second round of closed beta next weekend is definitely for you.…
Shroud of the Avatar tackles combat and crafting in today’s 36th update - Shroud of the Avatar's Release 36 lands today, a little bit early because of next week's major holiday, Black Friday, which is preceded by something called Thanksgiving. The monthly update is focused on story and scene…
Riders of Icarus celebrates Thanksgiving with events and a pet farm - An overabundance of food is a hallmark sign of Thanksgiving, but what about an overabundance of events? MMOs have not traditionally held many Turkey Day in-game holidays, but don't tell Riders of Icarus that, as the…
A freakishly large turkey has invaded Black Desert - Today's Black Desert patch is surprisingly meaty, and we're not just talking about turkeys (though we're talking about them too). Yes, the update includes the game's Thanksgiving event, which amounts to a daily quest for rewards…
Defiance plans for the New Frontier Harvest event - Every other MMO with a Thanksgiving event can pack it in because Defiance has clearly won the arms race. Literally, in fact: The game isn't just giving you a healthy dose of turkeys; it's literally weaponizing…
Guild Wars 2’s next episode, A Crack in the Ice, drops November 21 - [AL:GW2]Guild Wars 2 has just released the first trailer for A Crack in The Ice, the third episode of the third season of living story content, which is due out just in time for Thanksgiving --…
Tree of Savior plans Thanksgiving events, explains trade restrictions - Cutesy anime sandbox Tree of Savior isn't gonna be one of those MMORPGs that lets Thanksgiving slide, oh no. IMCGames says the game's Harvest Festival, which runs from November 14th through December 6th, is meant to…
ARK’s Thanksgiving update includes emotes, new caves, and breeding phase 3 - When ARK: Survival Evolved has a major update, it's a safe bet that new dinosaurs will be involved, and v251 is no different. The Achatina, Megalosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, and Moschops are all expected to appear in the…
AdventureQuest 3D gives a spooky tour of its Halloween dungeon - According to major retail stores, we're already in the Halloween-slash-Thanksgiving-slash-Christmas shopping season, so don't be too scandalized when you hear that AdventureQuest 3D is already giving a preview of its "Mogloween" dungeon. In a short video,…
