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Flameseeker Chronicles: Cautiously optimistic about Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire expansion
ArenaNet chose to very cleverly stave off the post-season blues by teasing a long-awaited, much-anticipated, and very-spoiled Guild Wars 2Â expansion announcement as a close...
EVE Evolved: A massive war for revenge is brewing in EVE Online
Just over a year ago, the largest PvP conflict in gaming history kicked off in EVE Online as war erupted between the game's most prominent...
Wisdom of Nym: The losers we see in Final Fantasy XIV’s jobs
The biggest problem with jobs in Final Fantasy XIV isn't always mechanics. Sometimes it's a matter of perception. With 15 jobs to play in...
Chaos Theory: Guide to Secret World Legends’ Whispering Tide event
Have you met Flappy? If you haven't yet, you might want to do so very soon else you'll miss your chance. That dirty bird...
LOTRO Legendarium: First steps into Mordor
Victory.
It's a fascinating place to begin an expansion, really. Most games like to set up a new threat, pit players against impossible odds, and...
Chaos Theory: To Steam or not to Steam your Secret World Legends account
To Steam or not to Steam, that is the Secret World Legends question -- now that the horror game has relaunched on that platform,...
Tamriel Infinium: Impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Falkreath’s Hold dungeon, part of the Horns of the Reach DLC
Although the vast majority of my time in Elder Scrolls Online is spent solo, running through the single-player storylines, I raid and have done...
Perfect Ten: The circles of MMORPG combat hell
And so it was as I traveled across the many spheres and realms of MMOs, I came to realize one simple truth: War is...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV issues that don’t exist yet… but will
One of the bright sides of having so many alts (specifically, six of them) in Final Fantasy XIV is that I'm getting a picture...
Guild Chat: Damage control after MMO guildmate poaching
Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, the column through which I gather the Massively Overpowered readers together to help me tackle a...
Whatever happened to PlanetSide 2, A Tale in the Desert, and Istaria?
Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, "What ever happened to that game?" With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it's surprisingly...
EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s Tinkerfest 2017
After a few years, it can be difficult for long-time EverQuest II players to get excited over the return of a festival; not only...
The Soapbox: Getting to the heart of toxicity in MMOs
So we've gotten another post from a developer saying that they're going to really 100% be better about rooting out toxic players from their...
Tamriel Infinium: The problem with Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind plot is the twist
I played the Morrowind expansion for Elder Scrolls Online to death when it was sitting on the test server. But oddly, it was a bit...
Perfect Ten: Observations on Secret World Legends’ relaunch
Everyone has those sacred video game cows that are dearly special to them, carry personal meaning, and trigger fear and anxiety when messed with....
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 One Path Ends is live, plus first impressions of Siren’s Landing
I realise that you were probably expecting some rather excited ramblings that contained my first impressions of the Guild Wars 2 season 3 finale, One...
Wisdom of Nym: What happens next in Final Fantasy XIV?
It's pretty clear that the Final Fantasy XIV team (and the localization team specifically) are pretty huge fans of Hamilton, to the point that I'm...
The Soapbox: The disastrous Pokemon Go Fest was just Niantic being Niantic, and that has to stop
I know I complain a lot about Pokemon Go in my articles here, but there's a reason for this. I'm a huge fan not just of the...
EVE Evolved: The Agency could become a great daily reward system in EVE Online
A new event named The Agency kicked off this week in EVE Online, and it looks a bit like the daily quest systems you...
The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest II East
Publishing a video game globally is a monumental task, more so if it is a live online game such as what you'd find with...
