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The Stream Team: An anniversary amble through Age of Conan
Massively OP's MJ created her Funcom account exactly nine years ago for the launch of Age of Conan. And for the anniversary, she's dusting...
DCUO preps WWII-era Age of Justice update for June
There's some positive word-of-mouth bubbling out about this summer's Wonder Woman feature film, which, if true, would be a boon to the bruised DC movie...
Boot up your Age of Conan account for a free level 80 toon on its ninth birthday
So, Age of Conan players. Let's talk. I know this year has been kinda rough on you. You found out, as we did, that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.
Funcom Q1 2017 financials: ‘Most profitable quarter ever,’ Secret World Legends delayed on Steam
Conan Exiles performed beautifully for Funcom, at least during the first part of this year, the company's investor report for the first quarter revealed...
TERA features bonus dungeon loot for the next week
What's the best part of dungeons? Is it the shared social experience of fighting incredible odds? The bizarre visuals? The unlikely and very lonely...
The MOP Up: Life is Feudal’s building sim (May 14, 2017)
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...
The Game Archaeologist: When Hellgate London got Flagshipped
It seems that it really wasn't too long ago that I was filling in the time between night classes by boning up on video...
NCsoft Q1 2017: Tumbles for Lineage, Guild Wars 2, plus new leadership for Lineage Eternal
NCsoft's first quarter financials for 2017 have released, and... well, let's get the bad news out of the way. While sales dropped only slightly...
TERA pushes Velik’s Fate live, highlights the challenges of Demokron Factory
Velik's Fate is live in TERA today, with tier 12 gear and the opening of four rebalanced dungeons (and the closing of a whole...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs would you include among the greatest RPGs of all time?
Massively OP reader Francois recently pointed us to IGN's Top 100 RPGs of All Time, which we thought was worth a nod since unlike...
Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
Kritika Online launches website, sells founder’s packs, and announces closed beta
Is Kritika Online on your radar yet for 2017? You may need to revise that answer after today, as the cel-shaded anime MMO just...
TERA’s fifth birthday celebration is finally underway, counts 6.6M registered players
Did you think TERAÂ had forgotten its birthday? We did too for a minute there, but nope! It's a few days belated, but En Masse...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up Black Desert and selecting our next destination
Back when I mentioned that I was learning to like Black Desert a while back, I got this tweet from the game's official account....
Champions Online’s new sale is a wink and a nod to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Marvel Heroes isn't the only MMO taking advantage of the launch of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 this weekend. Or maybe it's...
TERA cracks down on third-party programs, causing a community firestorm
TERA has put a hit out on third-party programs that access the MMO -- and players that might be using them for "malicious" purposes.
On...
Perfect Ten: Exploring MMORPGs from the far corners of the world
Have you ever noticed that while there's an entire world out there, most all of the MMORPGs we discuss and play tend to either...
The Stream Team: Happy 5th birthday TERA!
A half a decade: That's how old TERA is today. And the Honorbound patch recently launched as well. That makes two good reasons for...
DCUO update improves the loadout screen, spring event to start next week
Ask DC's Atom if being small means you're unimportant (he'll probably disagree and then kick your butt). So don't be that dismissive of DC...
