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Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Best Popcorn MMO of 2016
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for Best Popcorn MMO of 2016, which is a brand-new award on MOP this year and was...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new MMORPG zone added in 2016?
It's practically expected of a major MMORPG patch or expansion to add new zones -- the more, the better, setting aside their self-inflicted endgame...
MMO Year in Review: Blade & Soul reaches western shores (January 2016)
December's many article roundups and awards always remind us that it's hard to remember what happened last month, let alone what happened way back...
Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Biggest MMORPG Disappointment of 2016
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for the Biggest MMORPG Disappointment of 2016, which was awarded in 2015 to World of Warcraft's...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG boasts the best visual appeal as of 2016?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by two things: a longtime commenter, Agemyth, who proposed the topic, and the eastern version of Devilian, which raised eyebrows...
Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Best MMORPG Business Model of 2016
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for Best MMORPG Business Model of 2016, which is a new award we're doling out...
Global Chat: Knights of the Eternal Throne debate
With the arrival of SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne, the MMO blogosphere lit up in lively discussion about the expansion, its story, and...
Guild Wars counts down to Wintersday 2016
Not content to let younger sibling Guild Wars 2 have all of the Wintersday fun, the classic Guild Wars is getting ready to roll...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 PvP league changes explained
Guild Wars 2 fans had a strong inkling that some significant, much-needed changes would be a large part of the PvP League's season 5 launch, and...
Guild Wars 2’s Wintersday also features some hidden activities
Enjoying the Guild Wars 2 Wintersday festivities? Have you already seen all that's on offer? That's quite the accomplishment, seeing as how it's only...
Wintersday and PvP season 5 arrive in Guild Wars 2 today
Christmas rolls out across Tyria today as Guild Wars 2's Wintersday begins!
“It’s time for long winter nights, snowball fights, and exchanging gifts. Wintersday arrives...
One Shots: Shifty adorableness
I don't want any of us to be fooled by this picture. Shifty-eyed evil comes in many forms, the most deceptive of which is...
Ask Mo: Scoring last year’s Massively OP MMORPG predictions
As we do every year, today we're going to squint back a year, into the depths of a Massively Overthinking from the tail end...
More skill splits are coming to Guild Wars 2’s PvP scene
Guild Wars 2 players advocating skill segregation between the PvE and PvP spheres have another victory in the making for next week's Season 5:...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2016
About a year and a half ago, my colleague, co-worker, and friend to man and beast alike Justin compiled a list of the healthiest...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 94: Play this expansion, meatbag!
Justin, Bree, and Larry talk SWTOR KOTET, Elder Scrolls Online lockboxes, GW2, Black Desert, Daybreak, and Crowfall, with a mailbag question on the Nostalrius WoW emulator.
Guild Wars 2’s fifth season of PvP and Wintersday begin next week [Updated]
Guild Wars 2 PvP players, listen up: You're getting some of what you've been craving. Anet confirmed today that its PvP revamp is landing...
The Daily Grind: Who was the best new character added in an MMORPG in 2016?
We're gearing up to kick off our annual awards later this month, but in the meantime, we thought it would be fun to incorporate...
MMO Mechanics: 2016’s MMORPG mechanics in review
The holiday season is finally upon us: My decorations are resurrected from their dark corner of my storage closets once more, Jack Frost is...
One Shots: Night voyage
Hark! What is that over there, on the ocean? 'Tis nothing. Probably some local fisherman out for a pleasure cruise at night in eel-infested...