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Massively OP’s Winter Holiday 2017 guide!

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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...

Hyperspace Beacon: A six-year retrospective of Star Wars The Old Republic

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Happy birthday, Star Wars: The Old Republic. I don't think your birthday has actually ever fallen on the same day that my article released,...

Black Desert’s version of Santa is dropping Christmas trees and t-bone steaks

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Black Desert is pretty much synonymous with wacky events, so it'll come as no surprise at all that Kakao has gotten into the spirit...
What you are chasing and will not get.

Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value at the start of 2018

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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,...
Liches do it with nothing.

World of Warcraft player calculates the size of every character’s… underwear gear

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So, what did you do with your life today? Did you sit down and think, "You know, I could use some suspect logic to...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Trend of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Trend, which was awarded to the trend of adding content scaling to MMOs...
Race!

World of Warcraft’s second Antorus wing opens for the raid finder as allied races are datamined

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So, what sort of World of Warcraft information do you find most interesting? Because there are two different flavors available. If you're the sort...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO had the best 2017 overall?

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This is it, people. We are counting down to the final days and hours of 2017, and I know that there is usually this...
Picture more depth, though.

OrbusVR lays out big dungeon and PvP plans

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If you don't have a VR headset, you couldn't really check in personally to see how OrbusVR was getting on with its early access....

Jukebox Heroes: The 2017 Online Video Game Music Awards

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Oh, I can hear all of you out there, mewing with frustration that Massively OP hasn't yet announced the truly important awards yet this...
Not like that, no.

Rumor: Blizzard’s next title involves vehicles and may be an Overwatch spinoff

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There's a title under development at Blizzard that's been hiring for a while now, but no one actually knows what it is. So when...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Biggest MMO Industry Blunder of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Industry Blunder of 2017, which we awarded to the industry's VR obsession...
Cool.

Dauntless drops a winter event for everyone through January

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Just because the game is still in testing doesn't mean that Dauntless can't take part in the fun of the winter holidays. The Frostfall...
Perhaps the bank should be re-evaluated.

Overwatch deals with trolls and smurfs

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The complex and often times toxic environment of Overwatch continues to make the popular team shooter a source of controversy and attention. Even Game...
Ideas face challenges when born.

Wisdom of Nym: Taking a peek at Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch

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Gosh, I feel sort of bad for the person whose job it was to make the next Final Fantasy XIV fan festival reveal seem...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best Not-So-Massively Game of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best Not-So-Massively Game, which was awarded to Overwatch last year. As you might surmise, the...
Oh well.

Destiny 2 players find that equipment promising more loot provides no real change

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Saying that something "provides more loot" is a rather vague statement, but there are items in Destiny 2 that are entirely based around the...

The Daily Grind: What MMO had the best player community in 2017?

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It's common wisdom among MMORPG players that player communities thrive in smaller games with lots of history, developer input, and social interaction. Games like...

MMO Mechanics: 2017’s MMO Mechanics in review

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I cannot quite believe that we're saying goodbye to 2017 and ringing in 2018 so quickly: It certainly doesn't feel as though an entire...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Housing of 2017

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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...