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The MOP Up: Grim Dawn spices up the endgame with a new mode
OARPG Grim Dawn's third expansion is on the way with a brand-new game mode that should inject some extended life for its playerbase:
"Ascendant Mode...
One Shots: Dawntrail, ho!
Memories of a brutal 48-hour downtime for Final Fantasy XIV are fading into distant memory as the playerbase basks on the shores of Dawntrail....
Camelot Unchained side game Final Stand Ragnarok adds a beta version of a new map in its latest update
Do you remember Final Stand: Ragnarok? It's been a bit since we got news from the game: Readers will remember this as the spinoff/prequel...
Vague Patch Notes: Why do so many MMOs fail?
We talk a lot about MMOs that fail here on Massively Overpowered. I wrote a whole column about how our standards of success are...
Overwatch 2 is once again crowdfunding its OWCS esports prize pool with a skin bundle
Blizzard appears to be making another attempt at crowdfunding an esports competition as it's selling a skin bundle to Overwatch 2 players in order...
The last remains of Perfect World Entertainment rebrand as Arc Games following Gearbox sale to Take-Two
Don't look now, but the chunk of Gearbox that MMORPG players cared about is changing its name.
Readers will recall that back in 2021, Embracer...
Final Stand Ragnarok releases 1.0 update with updated maps and hero models
Unchained Entertainment fka City State Entertainment launched Camelot Unchained prequel Final Stand Ragnarok into its third and final early access earlier this month, kicking...
Working As Intended: The top 10 hot tubs in MMORPGs
It's been a running joke for a few years that I always put hot tubs in my MMO houses whenever possible, and once that...
April Fools’ Day 2024 events and gags from around the MMORPG world
Welcome to weird MMORPG game mode day! I mean, April Fools' Day - not that we're sorry a lot of the "pranks" have become...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 463: WoW’s pirates storm the gangplank
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV Dawntrail, the Riot MMO, WoW Plunderstorm, the state of Cryptic and its MMOs (Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, Champions Online), ArcheAge 2's delay, Path of Exile 2's beta delay, and New World's next season, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, The Sims 4, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on rekindling the social magic of old MMORPGs.
Everything we learned about the future of Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, & Champions Online from Cryptic’s stream
The knowledge that Cryptic's MMOs have been shunted off to a tiny European corner of the Embracer empire is not news to the MMO...
Camelot Unchained prequel Final Stand Ragnarok launches into early access – again – today
As we noted earlier this week, the Camelot Unchained spinoff game Final Stand Ragnarok is launching today into its most formal early access yet....
Pantheon recaps updates since beginning season one ahead of this weekend’s test wave
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen studio Visionary Realms is clearly on an experimental path when it comes to getting development of the game paid...
Cryptic CEO says Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online are safe in a ‘steady state’ for content cadence
If you've been worried about the future of Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, or Champions Online recently... well, who can blame you? It's been a...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen officially begins its seasonal testing with the Into the Pass release
The time of standard pre-alpha testing is over and the age of seasons has begun in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. This past weekend...
Overwatch 2’s ninth season adds co-op mission and makes sweeping changes to heroes
You are the champions of the world... of Overwatch 2.
That's the message that Blizzard is sending out as Season 9: Champions kicks into effect....
Massively Overthinking: When the original MMO is better than the sequel
A few weeks ago, two lovely gamers I follow on Bluesky were discussing how let down they felt by Diablo IV, less because Diablo...
Overwatch 2’s Season 9 calls to Champions next week
The ninth season of Overwatch 2 is ticking down to launch next week on February 13th with an array of "eldritch horrors" waiting on...
Blizzard revives Overwatch 2 esports with the newly announced Overwatch Champions Series
Remember back before Christmas when it became clear that Overwatch League, the bajillion-dollar esports league that embroiled global investors and players and then was...
Riot Games laid off over 500 people last night, and no we don’t know what it means for the Riot MMO
Riot Games is joining the seemingly endless list of game studios continuing to dump workers overboard: Last night, the company announced it is shedding...
