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NCsoft starts new mobile studio in Japan
Does NCsoft show any signs of stopping? Any hint whatsoever of slowing down? Or are we already seeing the birth of a future worldwide...
It’s server merge day for TERA players
Do you have TERA characters on the Highwatch, Valley of Titans, or Lake of Tears servers? The proper answer is "no." Even if you...
TERA’s next big update is all about guilds
Guilds are a pretty big deal in TERA, but let's be fair, they're a pretty big deal in most games. Of course, they're going...
Global Chat: How should studios sunset MMOs?
When it comes time for whatever reason to put an MMORPG to pasture, how should a studio do it? For Brian "Psychochild" Green, this...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 80: Enter the Legion
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Guild Wars 2, RIFT, Trove, EverQuest II, Wargaming, Funcom, Star Citizen, SOTA, and TERA, with mailbag questions on gaming/life balance and dungeon bookmarks.
One Shots: Ruins in the jungle
Could Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns' greatest achievement be in its architecture? Even though I haven't played it, I certainly have heard a...
TERA is offering players pigs who do in fact fly
You know all of those crazy things you said you'd do when pigs fly? Well, that's a thing that's happening. TERA has added a...
TERA plans server merges and sweeping guild changes
TERA is gearing up for a most unusual round of server merges.
"On Wednesday, September 7, we will be merging Highwatch, Lake of Tears, and...
Superdata’s July 2016 data show Guild Wars 2 surging, Pokemon Go on top
Superdata's July report on online gaming revenues is in, and there are some predictable bits and some surprises. On the P2P MMO front, the...
Funcom warns of system-wide forum data breach
A blaze of Twitter messages has just erupted to inform Funcom's community that all of its game forums have been breached by hackers and...
DC Universe Online’s GU63 brings new Suicide Squad content, tutorial skipping, and lockboxes
Game Update 63 has landed on the DC Universe Online servers this week, and it's a smallish one, but that won't surprise longtime players,...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO music for epic fights
This week I'll be hijacking a question sent into the podcast that I thought was particularly apt for Jukebox Heroes to tackle. It comes...
TERA kicks off three more summer events
What's missing from your summer? Fun? Freedom? The naive sense you had in school that time was functionally infinite and all things worked according...
Massively Overthinking: The best combat systems in MMORPGs
One of the big problems in the MMORPG genre as I see it is game studios' inclination to prioritize combat above all else, turning...
Blade & Soul’s Desolate Tomb update arrives next week
NCsoft is springing another content update on Blade & Soul players already gleefully splashing in a long stream of updates this year. It's called...
The MOP Up: The Dota 2 forum hack (August 14, 2016)
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...
Blade and Soul is making it easier to upgrade weapons
For those who are frustrated with Blade and Soul's sometimes-contentious weapon upgrade system, fret not: NCsoft has heard your wailing and gnashing of teeth....
Snail Games’ Dark and Light reboot is ‘technically classless’
After hearing that Snail Games is resurrecting the long-dormant sandbox MMO Dark and Light, we are sure that you have many questions. Heck, we...
NCsoft Q2 2016: WildStar up, Guild Wars 2 down
NCsoft's second quarter financials are in, and it's pretty good news for MMORPGs on the whole. Operating profit and net income are up quarter-over-quarter and...
TERA welcomes single players into its Castle Aranea dungeon
Not every dungeon in TERA will give you the comfort of traversing it with your fellow meat shields friends. Some are solo dungeons, which means...
