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WildStar’s changing its tutorial and character creation
WildStar lead designer Brianna Schneider has penned a lengthy dev blog examining the title's early game improvements. The impending free-to-play conversion will feature a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 27: SmedSoft
Justin and Bree discuss Smed's new company, EQII's prison server, Champions Online, FFXIV, Trove, and Revival's housing, plus mailbag questions on NCsoft and terrible graphics.
Guild Wars 2 hands out third anniversary gifts
If you created a character at the beginning of Guild Wars 2's head start, then you'll want to log in today to get your new...
Sword and Bored: Jumping puzzle
Mo and Amilya tackle a new jumping puzzle in the recent expansion to their MMO.
Guild Wars 2 teases Thief elite specialization
"This promises to be a distracting week..." Guild Wars 2 hinted on its Twitter account today, posting a piece of concept art with a figure...
One Shots: Quiet grace
When I take pictures of people in real life, I almost never ask them to pose. That feels so artificial to me; I'd rather...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO prison?
Fictional prisons can be pretty fascinating to explore in books and video games. I've noticed that pretty much every MMO has at least one...
WildStar dev hints at adding path options
Yesterday the WildStar team hosted a Reddit AMA about the new Cosmic Rewards system, and during that conversation one player asked about being able to...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs that need VR
Man, our Kickstarter backers are fixated on virtual reality. It's almost as if you guys are really tech-savvy and into gaming immersion or something!
Today's Massively Overthinking question...
Guild Wars 2 will demo ‘challenging group content’ at PAX
Guild Wars 2 fans heading to PAX Prime later this month will find a lot to do with their favorite MMO.
ArenaNet said that the...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs coming soon to a pocket near you
It may be true that interest in playing and developing mobile games has peaked, although personally I very much like mobile gaming. On the...
Aion offers a teaser trailer for an Immortal Saga
It is possible that the trailer down below is very illuminating if you are a fan of Aion. We'll give you the short version...
Guild Wars 2’s Warrior elite specialization is the Berserker
Warriors in Guild Wars 2 have always had a big focus on gathering and unleashing Adrenaline as a resource. It's part of their charm....
WildStar previews its free-to-play loyalty reward system
Free-to-play games have a rather predictable system in place - you spend money on things and then you have them. Simple and straightforward. WildStar...
Marvel Heroics: My Marvel Heroes wish list
If there's one constant in the gaming universe, it's that every MMO player has a wish list. It's almost impossible to spend any length...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 26: Failcom
Justin and Larry discuss WildStar's F2P, Funcom's troubles, Otherland's alpha, Darkfall's soft wipe, Neverwinter's strongholds, and the next iteration of Hellgate.
Blade & Soul founder packs are now available for planned Q1 2016 launch
I was very excited to sit down during Gamescom with Nicolas Coutant, producer at NCSOFT West, about the upcoming US and Europe release of...
WildStar beefs up world discoveries
WildStar is rethinking and renovating many of its systems for the upcoming free-to-play update, even small ones like discoveries.
Discoveries are cracked glowy patches in...
The MOP Up: Fishing Planet will rule all
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...
One Shots: They’ll swallow your soul
Sometimes you can't help but take a screenshot of what is otherwise nightmare fuel, because perhaps in freezing a scene in its tracks, you...
