The Game Archaeologist: Maze War, the first online multiplayer shooter
It is sometimes hard to know how far back to go when chronicling the history of early MMOs and their ancestors. After all, this...
Betawatch: Dark and Light enters closed testing (June 23, 2017)
One game enters the list and another leaves. Dark and Light has started its closed testing, although there's a very small number of people...
Chaos Theory: Guide to The Secret World’s Templars faction
It's Templar Time! After looking at the Illuminati and delving into the Dragon, it's now time to tie up this trio of guides and...
Choose My Adventure: Cryptic’s Neverwinter in review
My time with Neverwinter is done, and it's a game I find myself in an odd relationship with. It'd be fair to say that...
Hyperspace Beacon: A three-step guide to conquering SWTOR’s Nightlife event
Last week, Star Wars: The Old Republic brought back the Nightlife event on Nar Shaddaa. In a nutshell, it's a gambling event. After all,...
Perfect Ten: MMO grouping advice you shouldn’t bother giving
It's time for a new expansion in Final Fantasy XIV, and that means for me that a lot of people are going to not...
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood early access experience
There have basically been two attitudes throughout the past weekend with Final Fantasy XIV's early access to Stormblood. Here, we'll run it like a...
Guild Chat: Moving up the ranks in MMORPG guilds
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively Overpowered community gathers together to help one reader in need with his or...
One Shots: Summer camp
I ask for "camp" from all of you -- and camp is what I got, although not necessarily what I envisioned. Sometimes it's better...
LOTRO Legendarium: Mirkwood, the best zone no one remembers
The other day I was continuing on with my Bingo Boffin adventures in Lord of the Rings Online when Mr. Boffin decided he was...
Betawatch: E3 2017 brings launch dates, new titles, and delays (June 16, 2017)
Oh, E3, always a magical time full of promises when some aren't meant to be kept, some are meant to be kept but won't...
Choose My Adventure: Finishing up in Neverwinter
I'm going to be honest, before playing Neverwinter I had a very different picture of this game in my head in some ways. Not...
Chaos Theory: Guide to Secret World’s Dragon faction
When it comes to chaos, do you tend to run away (possibly screaming), or run toward it? If you lean toward the latter, you...
Tamriel Infinium: The major flaw in Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind’s PvP
When I spoke to ZeniMax Lead PvP Designer Brian Wheeler a few months back, I was intrigued by the PvP that Morrowind was offering...
Perfect Ten: What the mainstream games media doesn’t get about MMORPGs
Ever since becoming an MMORPG player and especially since covering these games professionally, I've realized one of my greatest pet peeves is the attitude the...
Global Chat: Why FFXIV is the most newbie-friendly MMO
What's the most newbie-friendly MMO? According to Pete at Dragonchasers, it's Final Fantasy XIV. He's been pretty impressed by the support structure that the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Surviving the Guild Wars 2 WvW invasion
I've been asked several times for my opinion on how best to handle the influx of non-WvW Guild Wars 2Â players to the game mode...
Wisdom of Nym: Your last-chance checklist for Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood
Friday, folks. Friday is when Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood enters early access, which means heading to Gyr Abania, heading to Othard, unlocking Red Mage...
EVE Evolved: The controversy over EVE Online’s capital ship nerfs
EVE Online players have been up in arms this week over sweeping nerfs that are about to hit to high-end farming gameplay styles in the...
Global Chat: Getting a hit of that EverQuest nostalgia
Ahh... smell that? Smells like a new batch of EverQuest nostalgia, served up to us as a fresh progression server. For some of the...
