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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 TERA 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.
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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...
The MOP Up: Aion has spring fever (April 23, 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...
One Shots: Lights, camera, frogs!
Just because you happen to be a humanoid frog doesn't mean that you've lost at the lottery of life. On the contrary, you have...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 113: Avatar vs. toon
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, TERA, Elite, WoW, Star Citizen, and WildStar, with a mailbag question on MMORPG midcore accessibility.
TERA brings in some new dragons and banishes the old dragons
Were you excited when TERA first introduced its current crop of riding dragons? Maybe. But now those dragons are boring and dumb, and so...
Blade and Soul’s newest patch revamps class progression and adds new regions to explore
The latest big patch for Blade & Soul has arrived, and it brings with it some major changes. Class trees and skill points, for...
Jukebox Heroes: Your top six favorite MMO music themes
After over a month of voting and counting down, we've arrived at the final six picks for your favorite MMORPG theme songs of all...
TERA launches its Valkyrie patch Honorbound today [Update: It’s live now!]
At first it was called the Paragon. Then, players revolted, and it was renamed to the Valkyrie. But whatever you call the newest class...
The Stream Team: Seeking out DC Universe Online’s Starro
Have you ever met an evil demon starfish? Massively OP's MJ is about to hunt one in DCUO. Starro the Conqueror has invaded, and...
One Shots: Eight-bit vista
One of my favorite MMO April Fools of all time is Guild Wars 2's playable Super Adventure Box. It's so brilliantly designed and executed...
Massively Overthinking: It’s the end of The Secret World as we know it
I think I can speak for most of our staff in saying that in November when Funcom first promised a "major upgrade to both retention and...
