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Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Most Improved MMO

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the most improved MMO of 2015. All MMOs, regardless of release date, were eligible for this award,...

The Daily Grind: What MMOs would you recommend to others?

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One of the most common questions I see floated out on Reddit, forums, and Twitter in relation to MMOs is, "What should I play?"...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 41: Trove talk

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Justin and Bree discuss GW2 PvP, RIFT, Path of Exile, SWTOR, The Secret World, Marvel Heroes, and LOTRO, plus mailbag questions on Blade & Soul localization and a chat with Trove's lead dev.

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for your guildmates

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"Hi, my name is Tina and I have very real, very cool internet friends that I met in online games." Say that sentence to...

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Biggest MMO Story of the Year

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the MMO story of the year. This isn't an award based on popularity as measured by hits...

The Daily Grind: What do you buy in MMO cash shops?

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I'm excessively picky about what I buy in MMO cash shops. I'll buy necessities like backpack and bank slots, character slots and classes. Occasionally I'll...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the ‘Not So Massively’ gamer

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The holidays are approaching, and that means there's not much time left to get presents for your friends and lumps of coal for your...

Sword and Bored: Rage quit

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Mo disconnects from his game in an epic rage quit for our 2015 comic finale.
'Problem' is not a synonym for 'thing I personally don't like.'

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s new kids on the block

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I haven't forgotten the fact that there were people on the first day of Heavensward early access sporting level 50 Machinist and Dark Knights....

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Most Underrated MMO

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Welcome to Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2015 awards series. Every year, we poll our writers about the best and worst MMOs, stories, studios, and trends and...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite voxel-based game?

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Every time I play Space Engineers, or even write a post about it, I'm blown away by the recent planetary update. The sheer size...

Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up my Guild Wars 2 adventure

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Hello again, friends, and welcome to the fourth and final installment of the Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns edition of Choose My Adventure....
Test pattern.

The Daily Grind: What aspect of modern MMO testing bothers you?

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Beta testing doesn't bother me. Alpha-testing as a public thing doesn't bother me too much either. But pre-alpha? You're calling what you're doing a...

Nexus Telegraph: How can WildStar be more alt-friendly?

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With rare exception, creating multiple characters in MMOs is and has always been a standard practice for me. I can't play any single class...

The Daily Grind: Will we ever see a smash hit mobile MMO?

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I acknowledge the fact that not every MMO fan is craving for a more portable online gaming experience. There's a lot of wariness out there,...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the MMO hipster

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I say this with nothing but love in my heart: Some of you guys are serious MMO hipsters. Heck, some of you guys were...

The Daily Grind: How can MMORPGs capitalize on the success of single-player sandboxes?

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Yesterday, Wired published an intriguing editorial that argued "open worlds are changing how we play videogames." Author Jake Muncy is talking about single-player games,...

Massively Overthinking: Counting the hits and misses of our 2015 predictions

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Every year, we lodge our predictions for the next. Funny, strange, and deadly serious, these predictions are a glance back on the naïvetés of 2014 and...

Perfect Ten: Where to get your MMO podcast fix

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We'll assume since you're a savvy gamer reading Massively OP that you're already well aware of the world's best MMO podcast. But what do...

The Daily Grind: Do you buy max level MMO characters?

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The recent news about Lord of the Rings Online's insta-95 struck me as odd. Not only is LotRO's endgame pretty crap, but if ever...

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