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RuneScape helps its players through the wilderness
RuneScape's Wilderness area is a dangerous and tantalizing area, full of hazards and lucrative opportunities to grow your character (and his or her coffers)....
Global Chat: When MMORPG raiding becomes a job
When does a game go from fun to obligation? Xenophics wrote a gut-wrenching confession about how raiding in World of Warcraft became his "office,"...
Guns of Icarus fires off a week of open alpha
Welcome to August, friends -- and welcome to the war as well. As of today, Guns of Icarus has opened the doors to all...
The Daily Grind: How important are MMORPG playerbase metrics to you?
While playing Overwatch with guildies the other night, my husband turned to me with a hypothetical. The guys were speculating on World of Warcraft's...
The Stream Team: Trying out Morvran in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends
As much as MassivelyOP’s MJ enjoys the vampiric Vanescula and the magic-using Ariane, she can't declare these are her favorites to play in Chronicle:...
RuneFest takes RuneScape players on a tour of the Eastern Isles
When October rolls around, RuneScape players will be heading off into the great unknown in the Eastern Isles. It's a distant continent full of...
Guns of Icarus opens Alliance PvE alpha for a week
If you like aspects of Guns of Icarus but want to play a version without the PvP, your wish will be granted for one...
Wizardry Online to sunset in Japan
Hardcore perma-death MMORPG Wizardry Online just can't catch a break: MMO Culture reports today that the game is shutting down in Japan, five years...
Pokemon Go Game of Thrones and other Pokemon news
As Pokemon Go continues its rollout across the world, you might be wondering why it's not in Japan yet. It's because Japan is even more...
The MOP Up: RuneScape Chronicles’ beach party (July 17, 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...
Jagex confirms sale to Chinese company
Back in March, we reported on the rumored sale of Jagex to Chinese company Shandong Hongda, a company known chiefly for its mining operations. The...
RuneScape reopens Port Sarim in time for a pirate invasion
Players who are rejoicing that RuneScape's Port Sarim has gotten a rework might want to temper their excitement with the dread knowledge that the...
Perfect Ten: MMO novel tie-ins
When I was a kid and only slightly more nerdy than I am today, I used to read movie novelizations like crazy. I don't...
RuneScape celebrates 15th birthday with cabbages and kings
In celebration of RuneScape's 15th birthday, Jagex is throwing a quest party for its original founders. The Gower brothers - Andrew, Paul and Ian...
Illyriad gives players the tools to make their own content
Browser kingdom sim Illyriad is putting more power in the hands of the players, as the devs have released an API that will allow...
EVE Online will discontinue its in-game browser in October
Do you enjoy the option to just read ridiculous stuff on the Internet during the blander periods of EVE Online play? It's hard not...
Global Chat: Which mobs do you love killing in MMOs?
Everyone has mobs that they particularly enjoy offing in MMORPGs -- sometimes so much so that we go out of our way to get...
Torn City is a gritty text MMO with loads of features
While it's pretty common to overlook text-based MMORPGs for their lack of 3-D visualization and sparkly particle effects, the truth is that these games...
The Soapbox: Sharing MMORPGs with my kids
"Dad, can I pilot your ship tonight?"
I turn around to see my seven-year-old son giving me Bambi eyes with his hands clasped because, somewhere...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with distinct visual styles
Given the choice, I am always going to pick a game with stylized graphics over realistic ones. This is for many reasons; it's partly...
