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The Daily Grind: Do you prefer having your own solo adventuring party?
One of my secret gaming delights is when I can finagle it in an MMORPG to effectively have a small party of adventurers all...
Ship of Heroes bumps beta to spring, reveals City of Heroes- and SWTOR-inspired base building system
Well, you probably noticed that our indie MMO of 2021, Ship of Heroes, did not make it to its December beta as planned, seeing...
The Daily Grind: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2021?
Usually at the end of the year, Justin will ask me on the MOP Podcast what my top-played MMOs of the year turned out...
One Shots: Dutch angle knockout
Despite how movies and TV make it look, knocking someone clean out with a punch isn't actually that easy (although attempting it is a...
Perfect Ten: The best value MMOs at the start of 2022
One of the reasons that I have been a huge fan of MMORPGs for nearly two decades now is that they offer a terrific...
One Shots: Sailing into the port of 2022
Twenty Twenty-Two ho! As we sail into unexplored territories, Rees Racer is kicking off a new year of One Shots with a farewell to...
Massively Overthinking: Our 2022 MMO resolutions
Even if you're the kind of person who is deeply opposed to the idea of resolutions - or your typical resolution fizzles out by...
Into the Super-verse: A look back at superhero MMOs in 2021
Superhero fans were not lacking in news, games, and events this past year, and there's always the promise of much more to come in...
Battle Bards Episode 207: Seeing Red
Have you ever gotten so mad that you literally saw red? Better yet, have you ever heard the color red when you’ve listened to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best player community as of 2021?
I'm a partisan on this one: I have never been in an MMORPG with a better community than Lord of the Rings Online's.
A couple...
City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server kicks off the Fright Before Christmas event, adds ice power changes and new customizations
While the Rebirth rogue servers for City of Heroes might not garner all of the attention, they're still no less busy in terms of...
End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMOs to watch in 2022
If 2021 had a problem, it was that we got simply too many MMO releases between new launches, early access, and expansions. This breathtaking...
One Shots: The weather never cooperates with photography
Do you ever experience that frustrating feeling of knowing that your game is all sorts of beautiful -- yet it never cooperates when you...
Massively OP’s 2021 Awards: Best MMO Rogue Server
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Best MMO Rogue Server of 2021, which is actually one of our...
City of Heroes Homecoming kicks off its holiday event and gives player characters new donuts to eat
Sometimes, you just have a craving for some junk food. Chips, pizza, tacos, donuts; it happens to the best of us. As of last...
City of Heroes Homecoming adds new Task Force, new stone powers, and new IOs with Issue 27 Page 3
The time has come for the players of the City of Heroes Homecoming rogue server to rock out - quite literally - as the...
One Shots: After darkness, light
Lord of the Rings Online is a game of great contrasts -- between evil and good, between darkness and light, and between ugliness and...
Massively Overthinking: The MMORPG class archetypes we never play
A few weeks ago, we did a fun Massively Overthinking on our most on-brand MMORPG classes and archetypes, the character concepts and playstyles we...
Massively Overthinking: How hard should MMOs be?
This past summer, MMO dev Damion Schubert posted an epic tweet-thread about MMOs; in fact, we've already dipped into the part on "load-bearing" playerbases,...
Perfect Ten: How MMOs explain away our infinite resurrections
Why? Why do we die in MMOs and keep coming back to life? Are we in a type of hell defined by endless combat...
