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Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: MMO Studio of the Year

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the best MMO studio of the year. Last year's award was won by SOE, you'll recall, a...
Power whelming. Power with just the right amount of whelm.

David Georgeson and Jeremy Soule are working together on a mystery project

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David Georgeson is best known, of late, for the work he did on both Landmark and EverQuest Next before departing Daybreak. Jeremy Soule is...
Getting carded.

The Daily Grind: Will you try Epic’s Paragon MOBA?

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I hadn't heard of Paragon before last weekend, but after watching the brief gameplay clip that Epic released to tease its upcoming MOBA, I'm...
I feel like this fundamentally misunderstands friendship.

Heroes of the Storm adds recruit-a-friend rewards

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Sometimes you put up with a lot from your friends, and sometimes they have to put up with something for you. After all, you...

Riot pulls League of Legends statue due to poor craftsmanship

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When I was a kid, it was generally accepted that action figures looked nothing like their cartoon counterpart besides being a vaguely human-shaped blob....

Realms of Fightinge makes an MMO reality show (really)

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If you could live in an MMO, would you? What would you do? One character in a new "reality show" web series is doing...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s 2015 report card

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I’ve never had a chance to do an annual "report card" like this for Elder Scrolls Online because I left the game by the time that...

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Most Improved MMO

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the most improved MMO of 2015. All MMOs, regardless of release date, were eligible for this award,...

EVE’s ‘ISIS’ ship browser gets a rename

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EVE Online's Operation Frostline patch yesterday brought to light an intriguing change: a new name for the game's ship browser, the Interbus Ship Identification System, otherwise...

Look overpowered (and support Massively OP) in our first Mo t-shirt

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You've been checking out our gift guides for the last few weeks, and now we have a special one just for our fans: Massively...
HELLO WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN LONG DIVISION

The Secret World players rally for the Malala Fund

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In the setting of The Secret World, learning is not really a great thing. There are multiple organizations devoted to making sure that people...

The Daily Grind: What MMOs would you recommend to others?

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One of the most common questions I see floated out on Reddit, forums, and Twitter in relation to MMOs is, "What should I play?"...
How do you survive?

Darkfall requests community feedback; F2P is off the table

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It's not exactly a secret that Darkfall Unholy Wars isn't a darling of the entire Darkfall fandom, considering that there are two separate attempts...
But robots.

WildStar developers will be joining you… IN SPACE!

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Very soon now, WildStar players will be scurrying about, collecting spaceship parts and enjoying everything that Expeditions have to offer. But why should the...

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Biggest MMO Story of the Year

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the MMO story of the year. This isn't an award based on popularity as measured by hits...
sword

Sword Coast Legends adds fire, death, and deception just in time for the holidays

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Most updates to a game around this time of year follow a rather predictable course, and we all know it. There's some snow, there's...

Sword and Bored: Rage quit

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Mo disconnects from his game in an epic rage quit for our 2015 comic finale.
'Problem' is not a synonym for 'thing I personally don't like.'

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s new kids on the block

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I haven't forgotten the fact that there were people on the first day of Heavensward early access sporting level 50 Machinist and Dark Knights....

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Most Underrated MMO

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Welcome to Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2015 awards series. Every year, we poll our writers about the best and worst MMOs, stories, studios, and trends and...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite voxel-based game?

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Every time I play Space Engineers, or even write a post about it, I'm blown away by the recent planetary update. The sheer size...