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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...

Devilian formally launches today; here’s our coverage roundup

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One of the benefits of publishing games from across the Pacific is that a studio can get it to us quickly, and that's exactly...

Win a Blade & Soul ‘Master’ founder pack from NCsoft and Massively OP

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Blade & Soul begins its next-to-last beta test tomorrow, and if you're not in it, that could be because you haven't pre-ordered with a founder...
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...

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,...

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...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 41: Trove talk

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Justin and Bree discuss GW2 PvP, RIFT, Path of Exile, SWTOR, The Secret World, Marvel Heroes, and LOTRO, plus mailbag questions on Blade & Soul localization and a chat with Trove's lead dev.

Grab a TERA dragonette pet key from En Masse and MOP in honor of the Knockout update

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TERA's Knockout update arrives today, bringing with it the new Brawler class, new endgame armor (tier 8 and 9), and two new dungeons: “the pirate-infested...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for your guildmates

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"Hi, my name is Tina and I have very real, very cool internet friends that I met in online games." Say that sentence to...

Win a Devilian Obsidian founder pack from Trion and Massively OP

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Devilian's head-start begins today, and Trion has granted Massively OP two keys for Devilian Obsidian founder packs to give to our loyal readers. These founder...

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...

The Daily Grind: What do you buy in MMO cash shops?

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I'm excessively picky about what I buy in MMO cash shops. I'll buy necessities like backpack and bank slots, character slots and classes. Occasionally I'll...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the ‘Not So Massively’ gamer

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The holidays are approaching, and that means there's not much time left to get presents for your friends and lumps of coal for your...

Sword and Bored: Rage quit

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Mo disconnects from his game in an epic rage quit for our 2015 comic finale.

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...

MMO Week in Review: The Elder Scrolls Online’s million dollar prize (December 6, 2015)

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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! Bethsoft...
Test pattern.

The Daily Grind: What aspect of modern MMO testing bothers you?

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Beta testing doesn't bother me. Alpha-testing as a public thing doesn't bother me too much either. But pre-alpha? You're calling what you're doing a...
Just assume one of these people is Susan. I do not like Susan.

WRUP: Winning an argument with Susan five years after our divorce in a passive-aggressive fashion edition

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Not many of you know this because I had no intention of really making a thing out of it, but I have been divorced...

Snag a black owlbear mount code in our Neverwinter: Underdark giveaway [All gone!]

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Neverwinter's Underdark update launched just a few weeks ago on PC, and to celebrate, Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have granted Massively OP 50...

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