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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...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the MMO hipster

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I say this with nothing but love in my heart: Some of you guys are serious MMO hipsters. Heck, some of you guys were...

Grab a Warframe: The Second Dream booster key from Digital Extremes and Massively OP

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Warframe's The Second Dream update has launched, complete with a new cinematic quest, new PvP map, new endgame-oriented sortie missions, and a new Warframe, Ivara....

The Daily Grind: How can MMORPGs capitalize on the success of single-player sandboxes?

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Yesterday, Wired published an intriguing editorial that argued "open worlds are changing how we play videogames." Author Jake Muncy is talking about single-player games,...

Massively Overthinking: Counting the hits and misses of our 2015 predictions

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Every year, we lodge our predictions for the next. Funny, strange, and deadly serious, these predictions are a glance back on the naïvetés of 2014 and...

The Daily Grind: Do you buy max level MMO characters?

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The recent news about Lord of the Rings Online's insta-95 struck me as odd. Not only is LotRO's endgame pretty crap, but if ever...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the space sim fan

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Hello and welcome to Massively OP's latest holiday gift guide. Today I'll be talking about space sims and of course some of the peripherals...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 40: Gnome Huntarz

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Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, GW2, WoW, The Repopulation, Devilian, Marvel Heroes, and Dogma: Eternal Night, plus mailbag questions on finding time to play and whether EverQuest Next is vaporware.
LET'S HOLIDAY THIS UP

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the Final Fantasy XIV and Square-Enix fan

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Saying that someone is a fan of Final Fantasy doesn't necessarily say a whole lot. The series has been running for a long while,...
No one weekend should have all that power.

The Daily Grind: What makes a really great MMO community manager?

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When Funcom hired new community managers a few weeks ago, some readers questioned why we'd cover it. Big whoop, community managers are glorified retweeters,...

Sword and Bored: Dye job

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Mo demos his MMO's new dye combos for his most discerning buddy Amilya.

Grab a Wild Terra early access key from MOP and Juvty Worlds [All gone now!]

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If you missed out on our giveaway for survival sandbox Wild Terra back in September, then today marks a second chance. Juvty Worlds has granted...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for WildStar fans

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One of my most prized possessions in life is a WildStar rowsdower plushie that sits behind me at work, always giving me the eye. I...

The Daily Grind: Did you find any MMO deals over the weekend?

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So Black Friday has come and gone, and now I guess it's Cyber Monday, or something like that? I don't know; I don't pay...
GW2

MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2 is a study in contradictions (November 29, 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! Attention,...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for EverQuest franchise and Daybreak fans

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It's that time of year again: when you realize half-way through your indulgence of in-game festivals that you totally forgot to go out and...
BEARS BEARS BEARS

WRUP: Entirely too much about bears edition

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I am legitimately fascinated by bears in video games. Not just because I love bears, although that's true too. I'm fascinated because in the...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for Marvel Heroes & superhero MMO fans

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If you're a superhero fan or close to someone who is, you are certainly not lacking for options as to where to spend gobs...

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