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Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Biggest MMORPG Story of 2016
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMORPG Story of 2016, which was awarded to the SOE/Daybreak formation drama last year. This isn't an...
Worlds Adrift takes on new team members as alpha 5 begins
Worlds Adrift's alpha 5 has kicked off today with new dev team members in high places. Bossa Studios announced on Friday that it's picked up...
Trove launches on the PlayStation 4 this week
While Trion Worlds announced earlier this year that its sandbox Trove would be coming to consoles by the end of 2016, the studio demurred...
Conan Exiles infographic details the thin barriers between you and death
Turns out yesterday's Conan Exiles survival video wasn't the only thing Funcom had in store on the topic. Today, the studio's put out a...
WildStar promises ‘exciting features’ and new content in 2017
WildStar is "rocketing" into 2017, declares a new dev blog from Carbine's clearly indefatigable Chad "Pappylicious" Moore today. After recapping last month's Redmoon Mutiny...
Conan Exiles’ new trailer features elephants, sandstorms, shelter, and dancing thralls
Funcom has a long video out today on Conan Exiles, and while it begins with a retread of the basics of starting out in...
Conan Exiles discusses character creation and your list of crimes
Conan Exiles' latest dev blog is all about first steps... yours. Specifically, it's about the character creation and earliest stages of the game, and...
That time when Riders of Icarus added a level 50 dungeon to a level 40 game
Here's a fun experiment that Riders of Icarus recently performed: Insert a level 50 dungeon with highly desirable rewards into a game with a...
Revelation Online teases world bosses and 11471-point achivement system
The latest Revelation Online PvE dev blog from My.com is live today, and this one wraps up the series by covering world bosses as...
Vets can now play through EVE Online’s new player experience
Following the Ascension expansion -- and the free-to-play conversion that seems to have been a success for getting warm bodies back into EVE Online...
Battle Bards Episode 87: Elves!
It’s high time that the Battle Bards lie prostrate at the feet of their social and intellectual superiors, the high and mighty Elves! Yes,...
Global Chat: Evaluating the latest MMORPG expansions
This week in our tour through MMO blog posts, we're going to witness a lot of evaluations of recent update and expansion launches that...
Mark Kern renames Ember to Em-8ER, picks up Nostalrius programmer
Earlier this month, Mark Kern's "massive planetary wargame" shooter Ember got a new name and logo: Em-8ER.
"While still pronounced 'Ember,' we changed the official...
Massively Overthinking: Gratitude for the people of the MMORPG genre
It's Thanksgiving here in the US, and we wish you all a happy one, whether you're celebrating locally or not. For this week's Massively Overthinking...
Grim Dawn previews December update
While a full-fledged expansion for Grim Dawn is in the works, that doesn't mean the team has abandoned updates for the core game in...
Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic
I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...
Darkfall: New Dawn kicks off free-play stress test through the holiday
Darkfall: New Dawn is currently in the middle of a free stress test, so if you're looking for a brutal sandbox to call home...
Shroud of the Avatar gets gifty with exchangeable present boxes
As with every one before it, Shroud of the Avatar’s Update of the Avatar #203 packs a sleigh full of news. This time, however,...
The MOP Up: Wurm Online cooks up a hearty Thanksgiving meal (November 20, 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...
Santa Truck and the PlayStation 4 are coming to APB Reloaded
You'd better not honk, you'd better not drive, you'd better not rage-quit, I'm telling you why: Santa Truck is coming to town. Well, to...