MMO Week in Review: Blizzard and NCsoft financials (February 14, 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!
Activision-Blizzard...
Leaderboard: Autorun in MMOs
I recently gave Trion's MMO-ARPG hybrid Devilian a try and was pleasantly surprised to see one particular Asian import included: autorun. Basically, you click on the...
WRUP: The costumer’s lament
With all of the antics that have gone on in my life over the last week alone, I somehow forgot that my random alliance...
Lord of the Rings Online immortalized on game show Jeopardy
MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online was the subject of a Jeopardy College Championships question last night.
https://twitter.com/lotro/status/698168523722350593
Apparently the first contestant to ring in has...
The Daily Grind: Does your age impact your MMO gameplay preferences?
We've been following gaming research firm Quantic Foundry the past few months as it's been hammering out its Gamer Motivation Model. This week, it...
Massively Overthinking: The best government for an MMO guild
This week's question comes to us from Das Tal developer Alexander Zacherl, who says his team is in the process of implementing a direct...
Sword and Bored special edition birthday comic: ‘Anniversary gifts’
Mo helps us celebrate the site's birthday by opening an anniversary gift inside his MMO.
Giveaway: Black Desert closed beta keys from Daum and MOP [All gone!]
Are you ready for Black Desert's next closed beta round, which kicks off next week? If you haven't already preordered, you're going to want a...
The Daily Grind: What makes an MMO old?
MMOs have a longer shelf life than other games do. We talked about this not so long ago, even, and you can see it...
Enter to win a Neverwinter Xbox One mount from PWE and Massively OP
In celebration of Neverwinter's Underdark update for Xbox One, PWE has granted Massively OP 40 mount codes to give away to our readers!
The codes are for a rare...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 50: Happy birthday MOP!
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and Bree discuss MOP's first birthday, DUST 514, H1Z1, DCUO, Hearthstone, Anarchy Online, Diablo III, and TSW, with a mailbag question on the return of MMO subs.
The Daily Grind: Which survival sandbox are you most likely to play?
Over the weekend, Justin wrote about the deluge of major online multiplayer survival sandboxes hitting us lately. First there was DayZ and its early...
Pocket Guild offers pocket-sized MMORPG action without the first three letters
If you're fond of MMORPGs and you have an Android device, Pocket Guild is hoping you'll give it a go. It's everything you could...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO monetization schemes don’t piss you off?
Gamasutra argued last week that there are three effective in-app purchase strategies that mobile gamers don't hate:
the classic demo, where players can try the...
MMO Week in Review: H1Z1’s split, DUST 514’s sunset, Black Desert’s launch date (February 7, 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!
It...
Today’s World of Warships Super Bowl XP promo begins at 6:30 p.m. EST
If you're more a warships person than a football person -- or maybe just a football-and-warships person -- then today's World of Warships promotion...
Leaderboard: MMO RvR versus FFA PvP
Last month, we did a little post on MMORPG PvP asking about two-faction PvP and whether it was really suited for all the MMO...
WRUP: Entropic triage edition
This week, I got some good news on Tuesday and Monday, but most of the week has been things breaking. My car has issues...
Ask Mo: Re-reviewing MMORPGs and birthday shenanigans
Mo's been collecting letters to the editor for me to address in Ask Mo for the past month or two, and this one from...
The Daily Grind: Does gender play a role in your MMORPG class selection?
We've been covering Nick Yee-founded Quantic Foundry's game analytics research as it's fleshing out the Gamer Motivation Model, which seeks to create a modernized...