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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...

Behind the scenes of Guild Wars 2’s monster squad

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Maybe you don't give a second thought to the mobs that you kill, but rest assured that there is a lot of thought and...

City of Titans gives a sneak peek at four iconic heroes

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As a framework for City of Titan's narrative, the team has created "The Twelve:" 12 NPC superheroes that exemplify each of the 12 positions...
A time to be so small.

Betawatch: Gigantic’s developer undergoes further layoffs (February 12th, 2016)

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This week has brought some pretty terrible news for fans of Gigantic, as developer Motiga has had to lay off a significant portion of...

Worlds Adrift opens player alliance creation

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This week, Bossa Studios announced a new feature for Worlds Adrift: alliances. Designer Luke Williams explains that alliances are the game's version of guilds. "Alliances...

Hanging with my Gnomies: A first look at DDO’s newest race

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Small races in MMOs always have their die-hard supporters (as well as haters), so it's not hard to imagine that there are those who...
Overpowered.

Lord of the Rings Online immortalized on game show Jeopardy

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MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online was the subject of a Jeopardy College Championships question last night. https://twitter.com/lotro/status/698168523722350593 Apparently the first contestant to ring in has...

Shards Online delays alpha, early access; adds new stretch goal

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Shards Online's latest newsletter has arrived, and in it, Project Lead Derek Brinkmann says the development team is hard at work on two features:...