a realm reborn

This seems like an absurd question on its face, right? MMO players are supposed to like MMO expansions. They're progress. They're content. They're fresh...

The year was 2004, and the month was May. My guild was growing increasingly frustrated with Star Wars Galaxies' slow development pace, so we...

First there was the initial release of Final Fantasy XIV. Everyone generally agreed that this was a bad idea, and so it was sent...

There are lots of people who know what it's like to work on a game that is not going to be very good. There...

Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...

Legacy, vanilla, classic, progression - call them what you like, but alternative server rulesets, particularly of the nostalgia-driven kind, are all the rage in...

We've certainly remarked several times on Massively OP how much like an MMO Master X Master is, even though it firmly checks the "MOBA"...

"This is how the world ends," T S Eliot wrote in his famous poem, "not with a bang, but with a whimper." That might well...

It used to be that hunting for a console MMORPG was one of the most fruitless endeavors known to gamers. The PC was where...

MMO veterans might be familiar with The Realm (also known as The Realm Online), which was one of the first class of graphical online...

Imagine you have a friend who wants to play an MMO but doesn't want to get involved in a game that's in decline or...

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...

In honor of the anniversary of the original release of FFXIV (before A Realm Reborn), MassivelyOP's MJ is delving back into the beautiful lands...

We used to do a column called Why I Play on Massively-that-was, and while I didn't originally plan on rezzing it here today, I did return...

In ranking MMO soundtracks, there are a lot of ways to do it. You can pull out individual tracks or praise a game for...

Wouldn't it be cool if every MMORPG that failed to reach its potential were granted some sort of do-over? We've seen it happen once, with...

I've long been an advocate of "playing alone together" in MMOs. While I enjoy grouping and teaming up to a degree, mostly I want...

One question that consistently pops up across the MMO gaming circuit is, "What are the most popular/healthy/active MMOs out there?" Every time I see...

If you love Blitzball, you just might get the chance to play it in Final Fantasy XIV someday. In an IGN interview, Game Director...

Did you catch that new Final Fantasy XIV trailer that Square Enix released today? It's called Dragonsong and it's the main theme song from...