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Progression is a nice thing. Everyone likes the feeling of being better in some small way after playing a game for two hours. When Blizzard brings Overwatch back from its holiday testing break, a progression system is going to be in place, but a new video explains its two predecessors and why they didn't work. The short version is that...

When Darkfall opened up its doors to community discussion, one of the major points mentioned by the developers was that free-to-play was completely off of the table. The developers are now discussing the possibility of a free-to-play shift. The difference, as the post explains, is that free-to-play means there are no optional subscription models, but an optional free playstyle...

For as long as Massively Overpowered exists, this will be one of the most memorable years in our site's history. It was the year that, after seven year of operation, old Massively got abruptly shuttered by AOL along with Joystiq and WoW Insider. It was also the year that the community rallied around us and Kickstarted the hell out...

Believe it or not, some players have actually gotten their hands on The Division, including those trying out the Xbox One alpha last week. Recently, Ubisoft invited 15 members of the community to fly out to Sweden, try the game, and then share their thoughts on camera as to what they experienced. These early "testers" talk about what they saw and...

Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for most anticipated MMO for 2016 and beyond. In 2013 and 2014, EverQuest Next and Landmark took home this award. In fact, it was a bit of an upset in 2013, as WildStar had won it several years running before that. This year, our future is filled with more well-funded indies than AAA-budget...

In honor of Star Trek Online's New Dawn release this past autumn, PWE and Cryptic have granted Massively OP 50 keys for the popular T6 Valiant ship to distribute to our Trekkie readers. Oh, yeah, it's sweet: The Tier 6 Valiant Class Tactical Escort is based upon the highly successful Defiant Class design. Unlike the Defiant, which was designed specifically...

League of Legends developer Riot Games has a new owner this week. Well, really it's the same ostensible owner as before, China's Tencent Holdings, only now Tencent has gobbled up the last 7.22% of the company. Riot announced the sale of its remaining equity in an oblique message on its website framed as a cash-based incentive program for Riot employees: As a result of our...

Last night, Blizzard posted a dev blog to explain just how World of Warcraft Legion plans to drive a wrecking ball into the game's existing PvP paradigm. For starters, honor and conquest currencies are being replaced with honor points akin to experience points and awards on the new honor track, all the way up to 50, at which point you...

The new Anima Weapon quests have me started on that process over in Final Fantasy XIV. It's a slow process toward the high end, and frankly that's fine with me - it's all based on time rather than upon lucky drops. But the initial portion is a bit luck-based, yet initial testing shows a low but reasonable drop rate...

The British are coming! The British are coming! And that is a good thing. War Thunder's newest patch, Update 1.55, has finally delivered armored vehicles to the British faction. British players can enjoy 30 tanks, self-propelled guns, and armored cars -- the latter of which is the first such type of vehicle in the game. It should be noted that...