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Choose My Adventure: The Elder Scrolls Online in review

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Back when I played through The Elder Scrolls Online's beta, I said that it was another generic fantasy MMO in a field already choked...

Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Best MMORPG Expansion or Update of 2016

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for Best MMORPG Expansion or Update of 2016, which was awarded to Guild Wars 2's Heart...

ARK attempts to curry voting favor with a sheep

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Here's a nomination for you: Dumbest online controversy of the year. And the award goes to... ARK: Survival Evolved! What happened here is that ARK...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best PvP mode?

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We have certainly talked about PvP a lot in this space over the years, but often it's a flat-out comparison of one title to another....

Global Chat: Boobs and wrinkles edition

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Is the infamous "chainmail bikini" slowly disappearing from western RPGs and MMOs? Pete at Dragonchasers thinks that it is... and he kind of laments...

Asheron’s Call players reach out to WB to save their MMO

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Another player-led effort to save Asheron's Call from termination is attempting to raise funds from the community to buy or license the game outright....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 97: Mailbag extravaganza!

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Justin and Bree empty the mailbag out on the floor for a holiday show, tackling questions on Asheron's Call, console MMOs, chat, server size, tats, music, subs, and more.
She is now one with the Force.

Star Wars: The Old Republic players pay tribute to Carrie Fisher

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The loss of Carrie Fisher, a celebrated author and the actress who played General Leia Organa, is an enormous blow to Star Wars fans...

Massively OP’s 2016 Blooper Awards: Most Inadvisable MMO Name

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Most Inadvisable MMO Game Name of 2016. And the winner is... PigBang I mean. It is a...

Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: MMORPG Studio of the Year

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for Best MMORPG Studio of 2016, which was awarded to Square-Enix last year. We asked our writers to...

The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMORPG trend of 2016?

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Yesterday, we rolled out our award for the best new trend in the MMORPG industry this year. (Our writers picked content scaling, in case...

Massively OP’s 2016 Blooper Awards: Most Bizarre Item Added to an MMORPG

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Most Bizarre Item Added to an MMORPG in 2016. And the winner is... TERA's Mood Clouds This...

Leaderboard: What was the best MMO /popcorn drama of the year?

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Over the weekend, we doled out our award for the best popcorn MMO -- a jump-in, jump-out game that works as a snack. A...

ArcheAge kicks off Revelation launch compensation package

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Today we finally learned what's powering the ArcheAge fresh start servers. Oh, poor ArcheAge. I apologize for my cheap shot. Merry Christmas. Senior Community Manager Seraphina...

Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Best MMORPG Trend of 2016

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for Best MMORPG Trend of 2016, which was awarded to the staggering resurgence of MMORPG expansions...
Call and answer.

Fans start a Save Asheron’s Call campaign

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The writing is on the wall for Asheron's Call -- or is it? Some fans are hoping that it's not too late to change...

The Daily Grind: Have MMOs ever helped you through a dark time?

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Today's Daily Grind is inspired by two people: MySecretID, who sent along a link to an Extra Credits video about a gamer whose devastating...

Massively OP’s 2016 Blooper Awards: Developer With the Most MOP Comments

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Developer With the Most MOP Comments, as proposed by commenter BryanCo. And the winner is... Mark...

Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Best MMORPG Holiday Event of 2016

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for the MMORPG with the Best Holiday Event of 2016, which is yet another new award for...

One Shots: I make this look good

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Back in high school, I thought it was the epitome of cool to wear reflective aviator shades and a jean jacket. Alas, I could...

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