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Chronicles of Elyria emphasizes technology, identity, and cartography
Chronicles of Elyria has it its funding goal and is aiming at its first stretch goal, which is good news for fans of the...
Old School RuneScape bans players for racism, harassment
Old School RuneScape has had a brush with the banhammer. Jagex told players on Reddit today that an unspecified number of players have been banned...
Hyperspace Beacon: Four fantastic SWTOR YouTubers you should follow
With Star Wars: The Old Republic approaching its fifth anniversary, the players creating fresh content have shifted. Even the column you’re reading right now...
The Daily Grind: Why do you buy from MMO cash shops?
If you still aren't convinced that a great deal of MMORPG monetization is just gambling in disguise, consider that an acclaimed academic on the...
Players have already built nearly 1000 islands in Worlds Adrift’s creator tool
Surprising no one who's ever spent 30 seconds in a video game modding community, players have been busy little bees in Worlds Adrift's Island...
Nostalrius heads to Blizzard in June
Blizzard's promise to meet with the team behind vanilla World of Warcraft emulator Nostalrius was more than just lip service; the amateur devs reported...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best tank class in an MMORPG?
I've teased the late Warhammer Online plenty over the years for its disaster-dungeons, but it had something I've never seen topped in an MMORPG,...
The MOP Up: Blizzard’s mobile prospects (May 15, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
One Shots: You put a spell on me
One of the very few MMORPGs that my wife and I ever played together was Wizard101, and I think most of that time involved...
WRUP: Talk to your children about the X-Files edition
The world moves ever onward, and pretty soon you're going to need to think about how you're going to discuss The X-Files with your...
The Daily Grind: How bad is your MMO altoholism?
Recently, Larry and I were talking about how much of an altoholic he is in Star Wars: The Old Republic. I think he admitted...
Fight for your side in Marvel Heroes’ Civil War tournament
Marvel Heroes' "most unique tournament to date" has started up, offering teams of players the chance to prove which one is one the right...
The Daily Grind: What’s been your biggest MMORPG mistake or regret?
I don't like listing off my mistakes and regrets in MMORPGs, but I do have them. I made a giant fool out of myself...
Massively Overthinking: The minority playerbases inside MMORPGs
Earlier this week, World of Warcraft Lead Game Designer Ion "Watcher" Hazzikostas weighed in on a player thread about Legion's in-game prices in a...
Neverwinter weathers a new siege from the Cult of the Dragon
One can only speculate about why anyone lives in the city of Neverwinter. However multicultural the place might be, you would think that the...
The Black Death launches PTS, community site, and new early access patch
When we checked out survival sandbox The Black Death in early access last month, it was as rough as you might expect for a...
Chaos Theory: Making your (cosmetic) mark in The Secret World
When talking about The Secret World, one topic that can't help but come up is the contemporary setting. As far as MMOs go, TSW...
Crowfall delays features for more polish, looks at a ‘soft launch’
ArtCraft came out yesterday and admitted that it will not be able to make its projected dates on certain Crowfall features without sacrificing quality,...
Global Chat: Which MMOs have the best quests?
For some players, quests are either those things that serve to annoy with reading (in a game!) or merely provide gussied-up reward packages. But...
Perfect World will publish Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic
Perfect World has just announced that it will be publishing Gigantic, Motiga's upcoming MOBA. "This partnership with Perfect World Entertainment expands the game’s reach, allowing...
