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Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Studio of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Studio of 2017, which was awarded to ZeniMax last year. We asked our...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best level up and mission complete sounds?

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Indulge me for a few seconds and click on this link. And this one. And this, and this, and this, and this. Those tiny sound effects...

Massively OP’s 2017 Blooper Awards: Best MMO crosspromotion

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Best MMO crosspromotion. And the winner is... Final Fantasy XIV's Stormblood blood drive This is the...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Holiday of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Holiday Event, which was awarded to The Secret World last year. This award...

The Daily Grind: When did you last humanize an opponent in an MMORPG?

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It's that time of year, dear readers. As it says in the holy book of that one deity (probably Lawful Good), "Peace on earth...

Massively OP’s 2017 Blooper Awards: The best article joke that almost nobody got

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for The best article joke that almost nobody got. And the winner is... A broken payload...

Jukebox Heroes: MMO carols for your gaming joy

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If someone -- and we are not necessarily suggesting you -- were to create an MMO Christmas carol album, what songs would be included?...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Crafting of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Crafting, which was awarded to Landmark last year (and no, we didn't know...
I did not get a handle on my fixation with robots.

The Daily Grind: How did you do with your 2017 MMO goals?

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The year is slipping onward, and while there's still a few more days in the year, odds are good that your big goals are...

Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2017

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Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's regular recap of what's going on in crowdfunded MMOs, which we do specifically...

Massively OP’s 2017 Blooper Awards: Defunct MMORPG with the most coverage

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards begin today with our blooper award for Defunct MMORPG with the most coverage. And the winner is... City of Heroes You thought I...

The ultimate guide to The Game Archaeologist’s MMO archives

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When we moved over here to Massively Overpowered, some of us transplanted our long-running columns to the new space. I perhaps felt most devastated...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Most Likely to Flop in 2018 or Beyond

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Most Likely to Flop, which was awarded to Star Citizen and WildStar in a tie...

The Daily Grind: What MMO rewards are you chasing this holiday season?

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One thing is always for certain this time of year: MMO players have their hands full with Christmas events, so much so that they...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Holiday testing, ho ho ho (December 22, 2017)

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It's holiday time, and that means everyone is leaving the offices early now. Except for those of us who work from home, because we...
No, you don't get it, she has no eyes.

WoW Factor: Do World of Warcraft’s allied race requirements make sense?

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We still do not know exactly when World of Warcraft will make allied races playable. What we do know is that it sure as...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best Indie or Crowdfunded MMO of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best Indie or Crowdfunded MMO of 2017, a brand-new award for us this year....
Reed.

The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2017?

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Earlier this week, we posted our award celebrating what we thought was the best MMO-related trend of the year: a renewed focus on building...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2018

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With 2017 drawing to a close and 2018 rushing up to meet us, the Massively OP team has regrouped for another round of bold...
I don't choose spiders.

Choose My Adventure Year in Review: Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, WildStar, Black Desert, and Neverwinter

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So I've been writing this column for a year now. A little more than a year, as it happens, but last year there was...

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