Massively Overthinking: The best MMORPG developer quotes of 2016
One of the fun things we implemented on the site this year is a database of quotes from developers (among other entries) that are...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2016
About a year and a half ago, my colleague, co-worker, and friend to man and beast alike Justin compiled a list of the healthiest...
Legendary Entertainment is making an e-sports film starring Will Ferrell
Well, it's official: No one gets to act as if e-sports or video games are anything less than mainstream at this point. Legendary Entertainment,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 94: Play this expansion, meatbag!
Justin, Bree, and Larry talk SWTOR KOTET, Elder Scrolls Online lockboxes, GW2, Black Desert, Daybreak, and Crowfall, with a mailbag question on the Nostalrius WoW emulator.
Jukebox Heroes: Massively OP’s guide to grabbing 120+ MMO soundtracks
One of the most common questions that I'm asked from my adoring throngs on the street is, "Justin, where oh where can I get...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG developer has the best communication with players?
MMORPG developers come in lots of flavors of communication, with PR and community teams that run the gamut from "oh, we still pay for...
The Daily Grind: Who was the best new character added in an MMORPG in 2016?
We're gearing up to kick off our annual awards later this month, but in the meantime, we thought it would be fun to incorporate...
MMO Week in Review: The changing of the Daybreak guard (December 4, 2016)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!
This...
Leaderboard: How judgmental are you about MMO chat grammar?
MOP reader Arsin Halfmoon recently wrote to us with an unexpected story. He's an English teacher in the real world, but far from being a...
One Shots: Night voyage
Hark! What is that over there, on the ocean? 'Tis nothing. Probably some local fisherman out for a pleasure cruise at night in eel-infested...
WRUP: The hills are alive with something edition
So I really had thought that the hills were alive with the sound of music up until a couple of days ago. I mean,...
The Daily Grind: Will players always trump NPCs as MMO PvP adversaries?
Prolific MOP commenter Sally Bowls posted a note last week that stood out to me as something we should all be seriously considering. Most...
Massively Overthinking: FOMO and time-limited events in MMORPGs
Earlier this week, Daybreak told players it wanted to get back to time-limited events in DC Universe Online. "Events make logging in every day...
The Exiled begins its closed alpha today, and we’ve got keys!
The closed alpha for The Exiled -- the game formerly known as Das Tal -- has begun!
From December 1st to December 21st, early backers...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 93: Free-to-EVE
Justin and Brendan discuss EVE Online's recent free-to-play transition, the Ascension patch, the need for the newbie experience overhaul, playing as a casual, surviving as an alpha clone, what's in it for vets - and what's next.
The Daily Grind: Is Twitch chat just MMO general chat writ large?
Last week, an Indiana University Bloomington team released its analysis of over a billion comments made on Twitch over a two-month period in 2014...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most bothersome part of MMORPG monetization?
A recent GIbiz interview on Ubisoft's monetization reveals that studios, at least the type making online shooters, have come full circle again to the...
MMO Week in Review: Winter has come to Guild Wars 2 (November 27, 2016)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!
Guild...
WRUP: Testament from the helmsman of a doomed ship edition
If you are reading this, then it is as an epigraph. Had I survived to shore, I would have destroyed it. Instead, you are...
Stack your deck with a free Chronicle: Runescape Legends card pack bundle from MOP and Jagex
What's better than getting a good deal over the holidays? How about getting stuff for free -- without having to even leave your house?...