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I realize that this is arguably a little early. We've still got a couple of weeks left in 2015, after all, and patch 3.15 is going to be dropping later this week so that we all have new stuff to undertake for weapons. But you know, I feel confident evaluating Final Fantasy XIV now. I feel as if it's in...

Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the best MMO trend of 2015. Last year, we chose sandbox and social gameplay as the awardee in this category. This year, all trends were back on the table. All of our writers were invited to cast a vote, but not all of them chose to do so for this category. Don't forget...

As many of you know, to get in on Star Wars: The Old Republic's recent expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, you at least have to subscribe for a month to unlock the first batch of chapters. However, there is another Skywalk... um, way to check it out: BioWare is now offering former subscribers a sneak peek into the expansion...

There's nothing quite like logging in over the weekend to play some Devilian, logging out after a little while, and then logging back in... to find all of your progress completely gone. A server restart on Saturday, December 12th resulted in several players on the Seadrift server losing progress with characters rolled back to an earlier state, with no...

Last week, when the Massively staff was debating internally which MMO company deserved our best MMO studio of 2015 award, I argued that overseas studios like Square-Enix have a much easier time impressing playerbases here in the West than home-grown studios. Square in particular has the benefit of being literally far away, delaying update info for the English-speaking audience, skimping...

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! Star Citizen dazzled gamers this weekend with its new alpha 2.0 version. It also crossed the $100,000,000 crowdfunding threshold, setting off a fresh wave of awe and drama. And don't forget Trion's MMOARPG Devilian, which looks...

Practically every MMO does some kind of event for the holidays, but how do you bring the holiday cheer to a dystopian sci-fi universe set in the far-future of a warring galaxy? EVE Online usually just gives us gifts and snowball launchers, but this year CCP Games has gone all-out with its new Operation Frostline holiday event that ties...

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...

After more than a decade of operation, Final Fantasy XI has finally added jumping. Sort of. You still can't use it to reach high platforms or actually move through the game, but you can use the /jump command to spring up while running, sitting, standing, walking, and so on. It's the sort of minor quality-of-life improvement that marks the...

Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our most likely to flop in 2016 and beyond award. Last year, Star Citizen took home this dishonor, leading to much discord in the comments. Star Citizen has yet to actually fully launch let alone flop, though, which is why we tack on the "and beyond." We also note that "flop" can mean lots of...