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Massively Overthinking: Taking risks in MMORPGs

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Last weekend, Brendan wrote a great column on how to stay safe from gankers in EVE Online, noting that the newbies are commonly given...

The Daily Grind: Did Marvel Heroes just get the worst-managed MMORPG sunset of all time?

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If you happened to catch the Massively OP Podcast this week, you heard my positively livid rant about the whole Marvel Heroes situation. Now,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 146: World of Warcraft’s fun police

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Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes' death, Darkfall New Dawn, LOTRO 2018, Neverwinter Nights, WoW's fun police, DDO, Hearthstone, and Trove, with mailbag discussions on Disney the lockbox villain and the max we'd pay for MMO subscriptions.

The Daily Grind: Did EA do gamers a big favor with its monetization overreach?

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Over the last couple of weeks as players fought EA and Disney turned on its own in the Star Wars Battlefront II mess, I've...

The Daily Grind: Did you take advantage of any Black Friday sales in MMOs this weekend?

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I did a ton of shopping - all online, mind you, as I'm not so far gone as to actually put on pants or...
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WRUP: I’m cold and this place smells like farts edition

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Ugh. Why are we here? This is dumb. I'm cold and this place smells like farts. When can we leave? Why did we have...

The Daily Grind: When was the last time an MMO made you rethink your hobby?

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This past week, my husband has been obsessed with Succubox. It's a satirical clicker game where you start out by click-fighting monsters and buying...
If I recant this recommendation later, bury me with my money.

MassivelyOP’s 2017 PC hardware gift guide

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Since you're reading this, there's a good chance that you own a PC that you at least occasionally use for gaming, and there's an...

MassivelyOP’s 2017 gift guide for the Blizzard fanatic

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With the new expansion, official vanilla servers, and all of the other news from BlizzCon this year, it's a great time to be a...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 145: Farewell Marvel Heroes and Master X Master

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Justin and Bree discuss the sunsets of Marvel Heroes and Master X Master, NCsoft's and Funcom's quarterly financials, EA's Star Wars Battlefront 2 business model fiasco, and Path of Exile's upcoming expansion, with a mailbag question on slowing down for classic WoW.

Enter to win a trio of Star Trek Online console factional starter packs from PWE and MOP

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In honor of the launch of Star Trek Online Season 14: Emergence on console last week, PWE has granted Massively OP a bunch of goodies to raffle...
STUFF IT IN YOUR CONSUME HOLE

WRUP: Enjoy the smooth flavor of Mrs. Patter’s Bacon-Fried Cookies edition

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Guys, we could not be more excited to start getting in on the branded content game, and we're starting with endorsing Mrs. Patter's Bacon-Fried...

Grab a SMITE Harbinger Nike skin key from Hi-Rez and MOP

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Happy Friday! In honor of SMITE's latest Odyssey update and this weekend's Party Up event, Hi-Rez has granted Massively OP a bajillion keys for Harbinger Nike! Click...

Massively Overthinking: Are modern games too cheap?

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic is a submission from reader and commenter camelotcrusade, who takes the industry's current fight over monetization in a different...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 144: Harry Potter and the Deathly ARG

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Justin and Bree talk Guild Wars 2 mounts, the Harry Potter ARG, SWTOR's merge, WoW, LOTRO, Pocket Legends Adventures, Android games, and Bluehole's Ascent: Infinite Realm, with mailbag questions on GW2 marketing, visual effect shenanigans, and MMOs as escapism.

Grab a MU Legend starter pack key from Webzen and Massively OP!

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Have you checked out MU Legend's open beta yet? Apparently you're in a quickly dwindling group. Webzen announced today that it's had so many...
Tubes! In series!

WRUP: Helpful pointers about the inter-nets edition

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Hello, one and all, and welcome to the inter-nets! The inter-nets, or as they are sometimes known the "world wide tubes," are a fascinating...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst of BlizzCon 2017

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Last weekend, even Massively OP was obsessing over BlizzCon, and we thought it would be fun to poll the writers, including those who watched...

The Daily Grind: What’s the funniest MMORPG?

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During last weekend's BlizzCon opening ceremonies, nothing got me like Hearthstone's expansion presentation, and it's not the first time Blizzard's card game has done so....

Grab a Wild Buster weekend beta key from InselGames and Massively OP

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If you've had an eye on Wild Buster and wondered how the "gritty sci-fi hack'n'slash MMOARPG" is faring in the lead up to its...

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