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Blizzard is quietly fighting Overwatch toxicity
If you've started to notice that the community in Overwatch has started to turn vicious in the past few weeks, you're not alone.
In an...
The Daily Grind: What do you expect from MMORPG expansions in 2016?
I ran across an intriguing chunk of comments down below Justin's impressions piece on Star Trek Online's latest expansion. One reader said he was...
World of Warcraft preps Legion pre-patch for July 19, previews transmog 2.0
World of Warcraft's Legion pre-patch is on the way as promised: on July 19th, to be exact. The patch will include the new transmogrification system...
Feast your eyes upon another World of Warcraft: Legion comic book
How are your World of Warcraft: Legion preparations coming? Everyone in the community seems to have his or her own to-do list for the expansion, and...
WoW Factor: Titanforged items and content relevance
If you've missed discussion of it elsewhere (including on this here site, even), World of Warcraft is rolling out a new system for item...
Trion’s Scott Hartsman on Trove’s console launch, fighting lag, and whether RIFT is next
Following Trion's announcement earlier this week that its cutesy voxel sandbox MMORPG Trove had registered five million players in its first year and that...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMORPG trailers of all time
This week's Massively Overthinking should be a fun one -- and hopefully it'll contrast nicely with the Game Archaeologist column we ran last week, which...
Perfect Ten: The most exciting MMO developments yet to come in 2016
In the annals of MMORPG history, 2016 might well go down as a very odd duck of a year. While on the surface it...
Heroes of the Storm patches in Gul’dan
Gul'dan is the newest addition to Heroes of the Storm, albeit with a somewhat loose definition of the term "hero." Maybe if you lean...
World of Warcraft outlines the demonic invasion hitting Azeroth
The Burning Legion is coming to World of Warcraft, and players have to fight them off. Sure, we're not going to be able to...
Mmrllglglrrgllgrllgr: Hearthstone is getting another murloc, sorta
Hearthstone is handing out free Murlocs, but only if you help Blizzard swell its playerbase. Yes, the massive online TCG's latest patch introduces a...
World of Warcraft is introducing a silence penalty with the Legion prepatch
Hello, trade chat, my old friend; I'm turning you back on again. Because the team on World of Warcraft has addressed your issues at...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 73: AdventureQuest 3D
Justin interviews Artix, the creator of AdventureQuest 3D.
Overwatch’s next hero is revealed as Ana
If you've been waiting until San Diego Comic-Con to find out the identity of Overwatch's next hero, you're in luck, because the news has...
Leaderboard: Are you preparing for WoW Legion?
Legion is coming.
Last week, Blizzard began pushing out the pre-patch for pre-launch events for World of Warcraft's Legion expansion. That means Demon Hunters are...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile’s Q&A bonanza (July 10, 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...
The Game Archaeologist: Eight launch trailers from classic MMOs
When YouTube first became a thing, I dismissed it as a site that was mostly preoccupied with people talking into cameras in an attempt...
World of Warcraft thieves are using a new chat script to scam players out of gold
World of Warcraft players beware: There's a new scam going on that requires a little bit of gullibility and action on the part of the...
Diablo III’s season six is concluding on July 22, season seven coming in August
Diablo III -- on the PC at least -- is all about the seasonal fun these days, and players who have worked hard to...
World of Warcraft teases the Legion pre-patch
When will World of Warcraft players experience the Legion pre-patch? Despite the fact that the opening lines of the most recent development dispatch promise...