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Massively Overthinking: The best MMORPG developer quotes of 2016

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One of the fun things we implemented on the site this year is a database of quotes from developers (among other entries) that are...
So many colors in the rainbow.

Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2016

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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...
Someone must have had fun with this at some point, right?

Legendary Entertainment is making an e-sports film starring Will Ferrell

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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!

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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

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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?

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MMORPG developers come in lots of flavors of communication, with PR and community teams that run the gamut from "oh, we still pay for...
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The Daily Grind: Who was the best new character added in an MMORPG in 2016?

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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)

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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?

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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

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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...
These are the bone woods.

WRUP: The hills are alive with something edition

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So I really had thought that the hills were alive with the sound of music up until a couple of days ago. I mean,...
Oh. Good.

The Daily Grind: Will players always trump NPCs as MMO PvP adversaries?

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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

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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!

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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

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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.
Go away.

The Daily Grind: Is Twitch chat just MMO general chat writ large?

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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?

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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)

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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...
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WRUP: Testament from the helmsman of a doomed ship edition

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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

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What's better than getting a good deal over the holidays? How about getting stuff for free -- without having to even leave your house?...

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