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Star Wars Galaxies creator Raph Koster to release postmortem book on MMORPGs

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Raph Koster is certainly a well-known name in the MMORPG industry who has spent his career working on titles such as Ultima Online, Star...

Get caught up on the Darkfall spinoffs as ex-Aventurine devs explain what happened to the original (and throw shade)

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Unless you're a hardcore Darkfall player from way back in the day as MOP's Andrew was, you probably look at the sequels and spinoffs...

Battle Bards Episode 121: Myst Online

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The world’s first, best, and only MMORPG music podcast is back to venture into a rather obscure title, Myst Online! The Battle Bards delve into...

The Daily Grind: When was the last time somebody recommended an MMO you actually wound up liking?

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Across the MMORPG universe, gamers are always asking, what should I play? It's in our comments, on Reddit, in every guild and global chat...

Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization

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Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...
Doooo not care

Overwatch’s second anniversary event, new FFA Deathmatch map, and new lootboxes are live

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As promised, Blizzard is dropping a big anniversary event for Overwatch starting today as the game turns two, complete with sales and new loot....

Global Chat: Dipping back into MMO underwater combat

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Guild Wars 2's recent renovation of underwater combat has brought back some interest to this oft-neglected sphere of gameplay. Inventory Full's Bhagpuss used this...

Conan Exiles defies the odds to regain most of its early access playerbase

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Launch has been kind to Funcom's survival sandbox Conan Exiles. According to GitHyp (via VG247), the game has defied the odds to rebound. "Most games...

The Game Archaeologist: Warhammer Online

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When it comes to notable years in the MMORPG genre's history, 2008 stands out as one of the most significant. World of Warcraft's debut...

Massively Overthinking: On slavery mechanics in MMOs

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Polygon recently had an interview with Conan Exiles creative director Joel Bylos focused on the game's slavery mechanics, a "feature" I had entirely forgotten...
Uh.

Revelation Online merges Western and Russian dev teams, unifies client build

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Change is coming to Revelation Online, even if it's largely under the hood for the moment. You folks might recall that the My.com MMO...

A quick look at all the non-main-quest stuff to do in Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset

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Much ink has already been spilled over the headline experience in The Elder Scrolls Online's upcoming chapter: Most folks will head to Summerset Isle...

Global Chat: The MMO expansion lifecycle

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With the ever-developing, ever-growing nature of MMORPGs, the expansion truly has a life of its own. By now we are well acquainted with the...

The MOP Up: Diablo levels up in Heroes of the Storm (May 13, 2018)

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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...

BioWare’s Anthem will let you be ‘the hero of your story’ even in multiplayer

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What began as a general vision statement for BioWare quickly turned into a treatise on how the studio is going to handle Anthem's multiplayer...

Lord of the Rings Online puts a fresh coat of paint on old zones

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The return of a former Lord of the Rings Online developer has put into motion a gradual revamp of one of the game's older...

Guild Wars 2’s underwater combat update and class balance pass are live today

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Some MMOs pump out an endless stream of previews for their big patches, especially the type that overhaul major game systems or balance combat,...

Global Chat: MMOs need to do ‘difficulty’ right

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A thinkpiece that we had back in April about the difficulty levels (or lack thereof) in MMORPGs sparked some interesting discussion among gaming bloggers...

Soulbound readies Chronicles of Elyria for pre-alpha

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Here is some exciting news for Chronicles of Elyria's fans: The project is nearing its first alpha phase as the dev team lays down...
Batty.

Project Gorgon lets players get more stabby, enlists them into the clergy

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If you've been missing meaty dev blogs from the Project Gorgon team, then turn that frown upside-down: There's a massive new article up about...

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