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The Daily Grind: How might your favorite MMO capitalize on nostalgia?
It would be an understatement for me to say that I'm stupidly excited to see Morrowind come to The Elder Scrolls Online this summer....
ZeniMax attempts to block Facebook’s use of Oculus Rift code
Not content with a partially (and lucrative) legal victory over Facebook and Oculus Rift, ZeniMax is now looking to block the use of specific...
Massively Overthinking: Is the MMORPG genre taking a much-needed breather?
Massively OP donor and commenter Tibi sent this epic question to our podcast and kindly allowed me to share it here instead for maximum...
The Stream Team: Answering your Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind questions
Massively OP's Larry spent time in the ZeniMax offices last weekend learning many things about Elder Scrolls Online's upcoming Morrowind expansion. He's already told...
Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind: Warden, story, PvP, & gameplay trailer
Last week, Massively OP's Larry Everett attended a press event for Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind chapter and brought back a veritable guar-load of information...
Elder Scrolls Online: Deep-diving Morrowind’s PvP battlegrounds
At last week's Elder Scrolls Online press event, I sat down in the ESO Live studio to talk to the PvP designer in person:...
Elder Scrolls Online: Deep-diving Morrowind’s new Warden class
Along with a new expansive 30-hour long story, Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind will introduce us to the game's first new class called the Warden,...
Elder Scrolls Online: Setting up the Morrowind story
Last week, I trekked out to Baltimore to visit ZeniMax Online Studios and get a first glimpse at Elder Scrolls Online's upcoming chapter/expansion, Morrowind. After all,...
Homestead descends on Elder Scrolls Online’s console versions today
Playing Elder Scrolls Online on console? Good news: The housing patch we PC folks have been raving about for the last two weeks arrives...
Elder Scrolls Online previews Morrowind’s environments
Fans who are knowledgeable about the original Morrowind might be wondering if Elder Scrolls Online's expansion version will also contain the same muddy brown...
The Daily Grind: Do you use plugins for your main MMORPG?
As one of Massively OP's resident modding nuts, I am drawn to MMORPGs that offer plugin support and modding APIs. World of Warcraft's modding...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone gets ready to banish dozens of cards (February 19, 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 Elder Scrolls Online is headed to PAX East
Good news, at least if you're headed to PAX East in Boston on March 10th: ZeniMax announced this afternoon that Bethsoft is bringing The...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?
Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers.
"I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...
The trouble with master writs in Elder Scrolls Online
Probably the loudest complaint about the otherwise-nifty Homestead housing in The Elder Scrolls Online comes from the players who argue that acquiring the necessary...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 104: WoW Token resistance
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, WoW tokens, Ashes of Creation, Guild Wars 2, and Revelation Online, plus financials on Blizzard, NCsoft, Nexon, Square, and Funcom, with a mailbag question on playing what you love vs. going with the crowd.
Elder Scrolls Online now boasts 8.5M players
At a press event today at ZeniMax Online Studios HQ, Elder Scrolls Online's Matt Firor announced something we rarely get out of any MMORPG...
Elder Scrolls Online’s furniture crafting guide will help you spiff up your Homestead house
If you watched Larry's and my stream on The Elder Scrolls Online's new Homestead patch last week, you probably heard us speculate on how...
The MOP Up: Free tanks for all! (February 12, 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...
Global Chat: Get over the lockbox debate already
One of the largest and most enduring arguments of the MMO genre is the purpose, legality, and profitability of so-called lockboxes in games. We've...