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Nexus Telegraph: Six little WildStar elements that I love
With the free-to-play launch calming down somewhat (look man, I can log onto the server!) and fall events kicking off in WildStar, I've been...
The Daily Grind: Can you ever forgive MMOs?
The other day I was watching through a YouTube channel of an MMO player who loves lists as much as I do. And while...
Overwatch’s beta starts on October 27
Blizzard has announced that Overwatch's beta will begin on October 27th. The company is dividing testers into two groups: a closed beta crew and...
World of Warcraft patch 6.2.3 is bringing Valor back
Between the Timewalking token system and Apexis Crystals, World of Warcraft has been providing players with a variety of currencies to purchase rewards after...
BlizzCon posts its two-day event schedule
BlizzCon 2015 is less than a month away, and fans of World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Hearthstone, StarCraft II, Overwatch, and Heroes of the...
Overwatch debuts on Twitch this week
Curious about Overwatch? If so, you'll probably want to watch Blizzard's Twitch channel on Thursday, October 15th. The studio will air 90 minutes of...
Not So Massively: Star Citizen’s map is amazing (October 12, 2015)
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
The MOP Up: Skyforge’s new raid (October 11, 2015)
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...
Asta plans public beta for November 3
Will Asta succeed in the west after it failed in the east? That's the question that we're inching toward answering, as Webzen announced that...
The Game Archaeologist: Dark Sun Online
Computer RPG players in the late '80s and early '90s were surely familiar with Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and its now-famous Gold Box series....
WoW Factor: Cataclysm was bad, but revamping the world isn’t
For about four years, Cataclysm handily defended its title of Worst World of Warcraft Expansion, coming in behind all of the actual expansions as...
Perfect Ten: Weird questions that I want answered before I play an MMO
Jumping into a new-to-me MMO can be a heady, nerve-wracking event. I think there's a reason why we find our "comfort" games and feel...
World of Warcraft and RuneScape make Twitch’s top games list for September
Don't put much stock in what people are playing on Raptr? What about what people are watching on Twitch?
The streaming giant recently released its September...
Overwatch designer Geoff Goodman on characters, balancing, and community maps
The experience of developing Overwatch is very different from that of other Blizzard games; it's a new IP for the company, and it's a...
Global Chat: Why is Blizzard so sluggish?
World of Warcraft: Legion and Blizzard's recent decisions were at the forefront of a couple of recent MMO blog posts as of late, their authors...
Not So Massively: Cloud Imperium threatens a lawsuit (October 5, 2015)
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
Sword and Bored: Costume designer
Mo gets to mess around with his MMO's cosmetic outfit system. Amilya "helps" him, of course.
The Game Archaeologist: The assassination of Lord British
At the end of August 2015, the fledgling Shroud of the Avatar community gathered together for a massive PvP fight. This wasn't to be...
Choose My MOBA: LoL vs. Dota 2 vs. SMITE
A while back I became a fledgling MOBA fan thanks to Infinite Crisis. Unfortunately for me, Turbine decided to kill its DC universe battler...
World of Warcraft prepares for its annual Halloween event
It's the most wonderful time of the year, everyone. No, not December; it's October and a month full of Halloween-related festivities. World of Warcraft...