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Players plan a 12th anniversary celebration for City of Heroes

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City of Heroes is gone, but the dedicated fans of the game aren't about to let a little thing like the title's shutdown prevent...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG classes

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Nostalgia has me this week: I've been thinking a lot about some of my all-time favorite MMORPG characters, some of whom I can't physically play anymore...

Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Are MMO communities real or fake?

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We've come a long way in our discussion of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological...

Massively OP’s guide to MMORPG death penalties

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In real life, when you die the penalty is... death. You just get that one go at things. But in MMOs, player characters are...
It's not particularly cruel.

Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content

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The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: Awesome (and unique) MMORPG classes

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Class-based systems are one of those holdovers from tabletop RPGs that work surprisingly well in MMOs. I basically put up with class systems in...
Guess who's back. Back again.

Perfect Ten: What you need to know before you play an older MMORPG

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I cut my teeth on MMOs with the launch of Final Fantasy XI in America. My roommate in college was interested in the game,...
Heroic?

Valiance Online’s pre-alpha is available for testing

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Do you feel a burning desire to get in and try out one of the intended spiritual successors to City of Heroes? Because you...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO dev brains we’d like to pick

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This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger. "If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...
What do I do?

The Daily Grind: What’s the best pet class in an MMORPG?

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I hated pets when I first got started in MMORPGs. Pets in early MMOs had such terrible AI and were such a nuisance to...
I TRUSTED YOU

Perfect Ten: Our favorite MMORPG articles from 2015

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The first year of Massively Overpowered had its ups and downs, like anything does, but I think we had some pretty great content in...

Hyperspace Beacon: A roleplayer’s SWTOR wishlist

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The dawn of a new year is a great time for many people to hit a tiny reset button on life. I’m doing that personally....

City of Titans gives a glimpse of its character creator, hints at 2016 testing

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City of Titans doesn't seem to mind that some of its demo videos came to light over the past month, although the studio said that...
All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

Global Chat: Wrapping up 2015 across the MMORPG blogosphere

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As the final pages turn on 2015, MMO bloggers engage in a favorite pastime of recalling their best and most notable gaming experiences of...
Never over.

Perfect Ten: The 10 best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2015

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There is no way we can list all of the great updates in a given year. It's not possible. We are always going to...

Valiance Online roots for City of Titans

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Valiance Online doesn't see itself in direct competition with City of Titans for the throne of City of Heroes spiritual succession. How do we...

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Most Likely to Flop

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our most likely to flop in 2016 and beyond award. Last year, Star Citizen took home this dishonor, leading to...

The Daily Grind: What do you buy in MMO cash shops?

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I'm excessively picky about what I buy in MMO cash shops. I'll buy necessities like backpack and bank slots, character slots and classes. Occasionally I'll...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for Marvel Heroes & superhero MMO fans

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If you're a superhero fan or close to someone who is, you are certainly not lacking for options as to where to spend gobs...
What can I say except ''you're welcome''

Perfect Ten: Ten MMOs to be thankful for by type

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It's been a while since I wrote a column that comes out on Thursdays, which means that it's also been a while since I've...

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