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MMO Week in Review: Star Citizen’s one million (October 18, 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! The...
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WRUP: Non-interactive text adventure edition

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You are in a field. There are exits to the north, south, and west. The east doesn't count. East is the way that cowards...

The Daily Grind: How would you mix MMO features to create the best one ever?

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Today's Daily Grind question -- more like command! -- from Massively OP Kickstarter donor Tim is short and sweet: Mix features to create your perfect MMO. It...

Grab a Stronghold Kingdoms: Global Conflict gift pack from Massively OP (All gone now!)

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Stronghold Kingdoms is a rich castle-themed MMORTS with over six years of operation under its belt, and this week, it's patching in a new expansion. The...

Massively Opinionated: Which is the best open-world PvP, WvW or FFA?

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It's a real battle to the death when Larry Everett invites Tina Lauro and Brendan Drain to debate WvW and FFA PvP.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 33: Ascent’s James Hicks

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Justin and Bree fête Ascent's James Hicks discussing Star Citizen, Wurm Online, Ultima Online, WildStar, Daybreak's mystery game, Elite: Dangerous, RIFT, and Funcom.

ArenaNet isn’t ‘leafing’ us out of Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns hype

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A mystery box arrived on my porch today containing a cryptic message... ... and a tree. Unfortunately for this lovely tree, I don't have my Sylvari's green...

The Stream Team: 12 Days of TOR, Day 9

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Chapter 2 of Star Wars: The Old Republic has been completed. MJ's Imperial Agent is free from the brainwashing programming of Imperial Intelligence. But a...

Happy Halloween from TERA! Who wants a ‘Lost Isle’ promo key? [All gone, thanks!]

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TERA is one of those rare MMORPGs that seems to do better the longer it runs, and today, it's celebrating Halloween in a big...

Sword and Bored: Ready check

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Mo joins his first raid. The first boss fight has been explained and everyone is ready, right? Right?

The Daily Grind: Are you going to play Squadron 42?

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A whole bunch of Star Citizen-related stuff happened this past weekend, and I've got a lot of catching up to do since I missed...

The MOP Up: Skyforge’s new raid (October 11, 2015)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

MMO Week in Review: Star Citizen’s CitizenCon 2015 and Squadron 42 (October 11, 2015)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! Star Citizen's...
No one liked Warlords. ANd let's be clear, that's because it was bad.

The Daily Grind: What MMO characters have you stuck with for years?

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The header picture is of my Shaman in World of Warcraft. I made her with the launch of The Burning Crusade because of course...
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WRUP: Hard-hitting Transformers: Devastation review edition

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Because I am me, I bought and played through Transformers: Devastation this week. It's based pretty heavily on the G1 cartoon, which is largely...

Massively Overthinking: PvP MMOs without the PvE

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Back in April, we ran an Overthinking about a perceived lack of high-quality PvE-oriented MMO titles on the horizon, and that's a conversation that keeps...

Perfect Ten: Weird questions that I want answered before I play an MMO

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Jumping into a new-to-me MMO can be a heady, nerve-wracking event. I think there's a reason why we find our "comfort" games and feel...

The Daily Grind: So what mystery title is Daybreak working on?

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Tucked into Daybreak's announcement letter yesterday about the company's new digs and Jens Andersen's new role was the revelation that Daybreak is "currently working...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 32: WildStumble

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Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Project Gorgon, Ultima Online, WildStar, Dragon's Prophet, EQ franchise expansions, and Camelot Unchained, with mailbag questions on armchair game dev and catering to whales.

The Daily Grind: Does your MMO archetype reflect your personality?

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A few months ago, blogger Tipa on West Karana wrote a post wondering whether the roles we play in MMOs reflected on our roles...

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