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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...
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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...

Mortal Online wants to move you into a brand-new house

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It's time to abandon those old Mortal Online digs and check in to an upgrade. The devs unveiled a player housing revamp this week...

Elder Scrolls Online previews Morrowind’s environments

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Fans who are knowledgeable about the original Morrowind might be wondering if Elder Scrolls Online's expansion version will also contain the same muddy brown...

Here’s what’s in Neverwinter’s Cloaked Ascendancy lockboxes

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One of the many content chunks and upgrades landing in Neverwinter when Cloaked Ascendancy launches next week is... lockboxes. In fact, PWE put out...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?

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Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers. "I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...

Smed’s new Amazon studio is basically Pixelmage Games

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Amazon Game Studios announced yesterday that it had picked up MMORPG genre veteran John Smedley to helm one of its up-and-coming online game studios....

Battle Bards Episode 92: Dragon’s Prophet

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Strap in for a fiery ride across the skies in today’s episode of Battle Bards! While Dragon’s Prophet was not fated to last long...

Elder Scrolls Online’s furniture crafting guide will help you spiff up your Homestead house

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If you watched Larry's and my stream on The Elder Scrolls Online's new Homestead patch last week, you probably heard us speculate on how...

Five reasons behind the failure of Hero’s Song

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In July of 2015, MMORPG fans were stunned to hear that John Smedley was stepping down from his post as president of Daybreak. After...

Neverwinter’s Spellplague Caverns gets a tune-up

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Do you like it when a developer goes back into a familiar dungeon to retune it? There's a case for familiarity and a case...

Neverwinter’s Cloaked Ascendancy introduces new randomized skirmish, weapon sets

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When Neverwinter's Cloaked Ascendancy expansion launches on February 21st, players are heading into the city itself to defend it from onslaught. And one of...

Global Chat: Get over the lockbox debate already

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One of the largest and most enduring arguments of the MMO genre is the purpose, legality, and profitability of so-called lockboxes in games. We've...

EVE Valkyrie’s upcoming patch introduces fresh mechanics and maps via Wormholes

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EVE Valkyrie is getting an enormous patch next week on February 15th. Dubbed Wormholes, it's got wormholes. Story over. Just kidding. Wormholes are familiar...

Here’s how you’ll advance in WildStar past level 50

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If you haven't heard yet, in the next big content update for WildStar, the team is introducing a new system to allow players at...

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