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Global Chat: The ‘We Don’t Play World of Warcraft’ Club
What do you do when you don't play World of Warcraft but everyone else all around you does and won't stop talking about it...
Elder Scrolls Legends’ new studio is ‘rebuilding Legends from the ground up’
Back in May, Bethsoft surprised Elder Scrolls Legends players with a big announcement: It was ending its partnership with Dire Wolf Digital, which was...
Dauntless previous expansion weaponry, plans to roll out expansion chunks as they’re ready
If you like the way Blizzard rolls out WoW expansions - in chunks - then you're going to appreciate Dauntless for much the same...
H1Z1 officially launches on PlayStation 4 next month
The hopes, dreams, and (most importantly) finances of Daybreak go with H1Z1 as it officially launches on PlayStation 4 this August 7th. The original...
Global Chat: Getting a handle on Legends of Aria
One of the great benefits of reading the wealth of MMO blogs out there is that you can touch base on a huge variety...
Massively Overthinking: Random acts of MMORPG kindness
Last week, down in the comments of an innocuous post about gamers being nice in Fortnite, a couple of MOP commenters requested a column...
Previewing Rend: Frostkeep studio visit, early access, PvP, factions, and more
If something goes wrong with Frostkeep's early access launch of Rend, blame me. While I was at the office, I distracted Co-Founders Jeremy Wood and...
Battle Bards Episode 125: Archlord
The Battle Bards are always on the prowl for overlooked soundtracks from overlooked MMORPGs, and this week, they might have found a new one...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 179: MMO parenting fails
Justin and Bree discuss Star Wars Galaxies Legends, World of Warcraft, Elite Dangerous, LOTRO's Weatherstock, Trion's layoffs, No Man's Sky's multiplayer, DDO, and Wizard 101 updates, with mailbag entries on how to start an MMO blog and spooky stuff in Guild Wars 2.
Time to go shopping and make friends in retro-sandbox Staxel’s latest update
Ah heck, as I started writing this post, I remembered I defied my "no early access" rule and bought this game on the Steam...
Dauntless previews the flaming exotics arriving with The Coming Storm expansion
Dauntless turned heads earlier this week by announcing two things: It's racked up 2M players in free-to-play open beta, and it's got a big...
Massively Overthinking: What important lessons are MMORPGs failing to impart?
MOP reader and Patron Brett has a burning question about the lessons we're learning (and not learning) from playing MMORPGs.
"In his book Theory of Fun,...
Warlords Awakening just sunset in Korea, and now it’s coming to Steam early access here
As we reported in June, Paywith's Warlords Awakening MMOARPG is coming westward, with a launch planned for October and an early access date now...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Wolfhunter boasts a hunting grounds dungeon that’s fantastically creepy
The Elder Scrolls Online is really upping its creepy factor in Wolfhunter, if its latest preview of Hircine's Hunting Grounds is any indication. (Seriously,...
MapleStory 2’s second closed beta begins today; here’s a look at the founder packages
Nexon's MapleStory 2Â is barreling toward its western closed beta launch today, complete with new dungeons, quests, the market, and plenty of network stress testing...
Sea of Thieves’ July 31 Cursed Sails update adds creepy skeleton ghost ships and a three-man vessel
Who doesn't love a good ghost ship story? I'm a sucker for them, so Sea of Thieves' Cursed Sails, the game's second major update,...
What made Fortnite so ridiculously popular? Anticipation is baked into both the loot and the gameplay, says one psychologist
Over the weekend, I was chatting with the mom of my son's friend and let slip that I'm a video game blogger. Her reaction?...
Colony simulation MMO Seed blasts you into space in its brand-new pre-alpha teaser
We've been keeping an eye on Klang Games' MMO Seed since at least last year, when the studio revealed its single-shard simulation mechanics and...
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s DS9 expansion gets a console release date (July 14, 2018)
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: Looking back at World of Warcraft’s Legion
Now that the next World of Warcraft expansion is almost upon us, it's time to say farewell to Legion and all that that entails....
