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If you zombie players can rip yourselves away from Pokémon Go for a few seconds, you might see that there are actually other mobile games in the world. One of them is Medal Masters, an action-RPG from Nexon, and while it might be short on Squirtles and Pikachus, it does have a large new update for you to enjoy. The Call...

Blade and Soul was one of the big western imports this year, but it's about to get some competition of its own making. NCsoft just announced that it is developing a prequel called Blade and Soul: Hongmoon Rising for a future release. So what do we know about Hongmoon Rising? The project is being co-developed by NCsoft and Tencent Games,...

It's been a good week for the alternate reality game genre: Aside from Ingress, most of the ARGs on mobile are teeny-tiny, and even writing about Ingress is met with confusion from most gamers. Pokemon Go is putting the ARG on the map in a much bigger way (pun intended), especially when it flirts with mainstream media (although not necessarily for reasons Nintendo or...

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! The Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities befell Turbine and its MMORPGs this week: The layoff monster struck hard. Though Warner Bros. told us Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons would "continue to operate...

Last week's EVE Online patch added the massive Shadow of the Serpent event, a game-wide storyline arc that pits players against the Serpentis and Angel Cartel pirate factions. The pirate factions of EVE are engaged in a dangerous arms race as each attempts to design and build its own custom capital ships, and player capsuleers are caught in the middle...

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 of it gets backlogged. That’s why there’s The MOP Up: a weekly compilation of smaller MMO stories and videos that you won’t want to miss. Seen any good MMO news? Hit us up through our tips...

"Dear Massively OP," we fully expect a fan to email us, "Today I was disturbed and perplexed at the sight of a jouster sitting on a Pokemon stabbing a giant raccoon in the back on your site. Could you explain this to me?" Why certainly, well-spoken reader! This is one of the many, many permutations of Tree of Savior's Swordsman...

Were you aware that Ragnarok Online was based off of pre-existing fiction? Because it totally was. You can read about it, if you're so inclined. Why is that relevant now? Well, Lee Myung-jin, the creator of the fiction, is now working with the nascent Bluestone Soft to build a completely new game, Soul Ark, which appears to be about......

My call out for favorite fantasy races a while back did spur a few of you to share screenshots depicting your beloved species. Kristina put her vote down for the shortest, spunkiest, and sassiest race in Guild Wars 2. "Asura are my favorite by far," she submitted. "In EverQuest 1 and 2 I was always a pretty high elf, but...

For a variety of reasons, I do not have the ability to remove people from the universe at a whim. I cannot simply make someone stop playing an MMO. But I can hit the Ignore button, which is the next best thing. I can't stop seeing, the player, but I can at least decide that I want to have...