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The Daily Grind: What one thing should MMORPGs do to increase player retention?

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Zubon at Kill Ten Rats recently spied a lovely tidbit over on Dr Richard Bartle's blog. Bartle, I shouldn't need to type, is considered...
This guy, dudes.

Massively Overthinking: When social play in MMOs is predatory by design

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Blogger Tobold recently wrote a provocative piece on social play in MMOs, as pointed out to us by our dear tipster Sally. In a...

Global Chat: Fare thee well, Landmark

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Believe it or not, there were actually people who played and enjoyed Landmark -- and were saddened to see it taken offline. To kick...

Battle Bards Episode 94: Drakensang Online

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Do you find the German language to be inherently terrifying? Then you’re going to love the soundtrack to this German MMORPG! Actually, it’s quite lovely...
We won this one.

Sony is going to let you access PlayStation 4 games through your PC

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Don't let the lack of a PlayStation 4 in your house stop you from, y'know, playing the console's games. On Monday, Sony announced that...

The MOP Up: Wakfu hikes up a mountain (March 12, 2017)

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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...

Geek out with some Elder Scrolls Morrowind lore comparisons

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I consider TES III: Morrowind one of the greatest RPGs ever made, due in large part to its gloriously excessive backstory, a significant portion...

Massively Overthinking: That moment when your MMO looks like a ‘fire sale at an exotic pet store’

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Massively OP Podcast listener John recently sent us a really great question that saw Justin and me sharply divided in terms of our responses,...

The Elder Scrolls Online: Content for PvPers, content for decorators

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The Elder Scrolls Online has a new dev blog out this week all about the game's planned Morrowind PvP additions. Thanks to our discussion...

Massively Overthinking: Mainstream misconceptions about MMORPGs

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Massively OP reader Arsin Halfmoon pitched the team a great question this week, poached straight from the podcast list: "As someone deeply invested in the MMO...

Guild Wars 2 peeks behind-the-scenes at its ‘chess raid’

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How does chess factor into MMORPGs? When it comes to Guild Wars 2's newest raid, Bastion of the Penitent, the age-old tabletop game was...

Battle Bards Episode 93: It’s a madhouse!

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It’s taken this long, but the Battle Bards have gone completely and irreversibly insane in the membrane! Today the team cracks open the door...

OrbusVR is a sandbox MMORPG built for the Vive and Rift

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If you count yourself among gamers actively seeking out MMORPG virtual reality experiences, you should probably take a peek at OrbusVR, currently in production...

Global Chat: What powerful memories come from playing MMOs?

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Upon seeing how a friend was becoming disenchanted with MMOs, blogger Ravalation hypothesized it was because he was shying away from other players too...
I HAVE TO RENEW MY HOUSE COME ON

The Daily Grind: Is an MMO still an MMO if it lacks chat?

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In the comments of Andrew's last Soapbox on whether or not Pokemon Go properly constitutes an MMO, veteran MMORPG designer Raph Koster argued provocatively against...
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Mark Kern’s Em-8er lore combines Nazis, ghosts, and terraforming

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"Welcome to the world of Ember, or as star charts designate it, Em-8ER ('E-M-Eight-E-R')," says a new dev blog from Mark Kern's Em-8ER MMO...

The MOP Up: FFXIV’s triple world records (February 26, 2017)

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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...

Conan Exiles preps player modders, patches up modding fails

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Conan Exiles' big dev blog out today ought to be a big help for gamers looking to run their own survival sandbox servers and tricking...
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Massively Overthinking: Is the MMORPG genre taking a much-needed breather?

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Massively OP donor and commenter Tibi sent this epic question to our podcast and kindly allowed me to share it here instead for maximum...
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Chronicles of Elyria shores up PAX East demo, hires WoW cinematic artist

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The clock is ticking down to PAX East on March 10th, and the Chronicles of Elyria team is whipping itself up into a frenzy...

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