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Boss of the road.

Check out the experience of fighting Bless Online’s world bosses

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You wouldn't think that you could have world bosses without instancing in this modern age of MMORPGs, but Bless Online manages to have exactly...
For free

Paragon’s latest video is basically MOBAs for dummies

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How I mine for MOBAs? In its latest Paragon video, Epic is going to assume you have no idea how a MOBA works, which...
Castle for sale, cheap.

Neverwinter plans to reduce Stronghold costs

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The prices on big projects in MMOs can be tricky things. Neverwinter originally priced Strongholds on the high end for two reasons: First, Strongholds...

Destiny Mega Bloks, event compensation, and leveling shenanigans

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Howsabout a Destiny news threesome this afternoon? First, Bungie is teaming up with Mega Bloks for a series of Destiny toy sets this year. Family Gamer...
Camelot Unpretty.

Camelot Unchained updates fans on the state of its testing

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It's sometimes unsettling when a game's developers go silent for a bit, just because fans don't have any way of knowing what's going on....
So long, farewell, again.

Return of Warrior, 9 Dragons, and Ragnarok Online China all shut down shortly

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Every game is someone's favorite game. They might slip your mind from time to time, but there's someone out there for whom 9 Dragons...

Tree of Savior gives international update, still no release date

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There's a special kind of agony for players who are waiting in limbo for a certain game to arrive in their region (makes you...

Elite Dangerous makes 2015 a very profitable year for Frontier

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Frontier's 2015 annual report is out, and there's nothing but good news for the company in it. Elite Dangerous and its 1.4 million copies...

EVE player uses $28,000 of skill injectors to create max character

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We recently brought you the story of EVE Online player Stromgren who had bought almost $7,000 worth of skill injectors to become the highest-skilled character...

Massively OP’s sneak peek of Atlas Reactor, Trion’s turn-based strategy MOBA

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I first experienced Atlas Reactor just before Trion made its big announcement at the PAX Prime party last summer. At the time, I didn’t...
World of Warplanes

The Daily Grind: What untapped survival sandbox theme needs love?

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Zombies. Dinosaurs. Other people. Pygmies, for some reason. They've been done. But plenty of themes haven't been tapped for survival sandboxes. Joking in the Massively...

MMO Week in Review: Blizzard and NCsoft financials (February 14, 2016)

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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! Activision-Blizzard...

Red rover, red rover, SMITE sends Grover on over to Paladins

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One advantage to owning multiple properties under one roof is the ability to do crossovers at your pleasure. Hi-Rez is certainly taking advantage of...

The MOP Up: Anarchy Online opens its Reck room (February 14, 2016)

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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...

Watch a run-through of WoW: Legion’s Maw of Souls dungeon

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When World of Warcraft: Legion arrives some time this summer, players will be able to jump into nine brand-new five-man dungeons. So what kind...

ArcheAge bans raiding guild for Leviathan exploit

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One raiding guild in ArcheAge is feeling the heavy hand of studio justice this weekend, as Trion Worlds has levied the boom against over...

Make My MMO: Inside The Repopulation & Hero’s Song (February 13, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, two studios spoke to Massively OP in-depth about their major crowdfunding decisions in 2016. Pixelmage Games' John Smedley told...

Heroes & Generals now has more players than Denmark has people

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WW2-themed online shooter Heroes & Generals has logged its 7 millionth player this week. Danish studio Reto-Moto called the milestone "a cool and magic milestone...
From this point it looks so easy.

Leaderboard: Autorun in MMOs

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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...

Massively OP’s guide to MMO podcasts

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Podcasts are certainly splendid means of feeding one's MMO interests and keeping in touch with the news and community. It's always great to hear...