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Astellia confirms it’ll be buy-to-play in the west, won’t be a ‘smash-and-grab’

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At PAX South this weekend, Astellia reps did indeed sit for a panel on the game as promised - a panel hosted, apparently "at...
Now my stats are good!

Make My MMO: WoW’s esports crowdfunding, Legends of Aria’s spring delay

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Blizzard is making its debut in this column, as it officially announced that it will be partially crowdfunding World...

The Game Archaeologist: Fury

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Back in 1997, Australian game developer Auran arrived onto the scene with the real-time strategy title Dark Reign. While it wasn't exactly Command & Conquer...

Gamigo is expanding ArcheAge’s team, reducing lockboxes, and evaluating the Gazillion assets

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MMOBomb has an interview up with Gamigo's top brass today that has some interesting nuggets for MMO players wondering about the current state of...

Interview: Astellia’s western team on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early access and battle royale

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Yesterday we covered the news that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity classes, solid PvE and...

Shroud of the Avatar plans a hefty cash shop overhaul, includes $6999 package to support episode 2

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Shroud of the Avatar's business model is apparently getting a bit of an overhaul. As the game's latest newsletter explains, Portalarium is changing things...

LOTRO Legendarium: A requiem for trait lines

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Back in last October when Standing Stone Games announced that it would be launching the legendary server type, one of the most contentious points...

Grab a key for AVA Dog Tag’s second closed beta test, planned for January 18-31

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Back in September we covered the resurrection of Alliance of Valiant Arms as AVA Dog Tag by its original developer, South Korean studio Red...

Massively on the Go: Smash Bros Ultimate’s online scene, one month later

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I love Smash Bros. I love the mascot battles, the random items, the hazards. And in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, I love the new Ultimate meter...

The Daily Grind: Which game made the biggest contribution to killing the MMORPG genre in 2018?

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So here's a fun-slash-depressing annual Daily Grind we've been running for the past few years thanks to DK, who originally proposed it. The knee-jerk answer,...

Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2018

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Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's regular recap of what's going on in crowdfunded MMOs, which we do specifically...

The Game Archaeologist: Project Copernicus

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In the end, one of the biggest shames of the whole 38 Studios fiasco is that the MMORPG it was creating and the people...

Progress Bar: The bullet hell of Survived By

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of Progress Bar! This monthly column will be my personal look at early access MMO, MMO-like, and multiplayer games...
It's Lord of the Rings. There's your elevator pitch.

LOTRO Legendarium: Eight tips for leveling up in Lord of the Rings Online

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Typically around this time of the year, I'll offer up my wish list of features and changes that I'd like to see happen in...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s big investment, Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium ended the year with a bang, offsetting the reveal of its Squadron 42 roadmap...
laugh, then laugh again

Artifact patches in balance, skill rating, and account leveling… which, yes, means free tickets and packs

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When it first launched, Artifact promised that it would "reimagine" the online card game market in a game with cards only bought for real money,...
Hooray, the world is awful.

Entropia Universe allows players to purchase shares to invest in the Crystal Palace

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In the first half of 2019, you can get money for the loot other people earn in Entropia Universe. Yes, really. The game is going...

Interview: New World’s Rich Lawrence on solving PvP problems and defining the sandbox

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I think it's fair to say that New World is the biggest MMO currently under production in the west, at least among those games...
But we're evil.

Daybreak’s $300 all-in-one package is halfway sold out

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It looks like Daybreak has hit upon a winning formula to make a quick buck: sell everything at a high price and make it...
bye, felicia

Choose My Adventure: Summarizing our MMO adventures in 2018

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Sometimes I wonder how people think things work behind the scenes here at Massively Overpowered, so let me give a little peek behind the...

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