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The Daily Grind: What do you think are Revival’s chances of… revival?
Last week's news that Revival's development has been indefinitely suspended was a pretty big downer for MMO players already bummed over EverQuest Next's cancellation....
Diablo III begins testing season 6
Have you finished all of your Diablo III season 5 goals and achievements yet? You best get a move on it, little doggy, because...
BioWare is fixing the SWTOR sub cartel coin allotment bug
Observant Star Wars: The Old Republic players have been noticing that cartel coins granted to subscribers haven't been accruing properly over part of the past year,...
Guest Interview: Lusternia, MUDs, and the evolution of MMOs
This guest interview was commissioned through Massively Overpowered's 2015 Kickstarter campaign by donor Brett Richards, who interviewed Lusternia Producer Robb French in lieu of a Soapbox. Any opinions here...
Atlas Reactor’s open alpha kicks off on March 31
Trion announced today that the open alpha for its turn-based sci-fi PvP action game Atlas Reactor will begin later this week.
"Everyone’s invited to play in...
Guild Wars 2’s Mike O’Brien elaborates on legendary weapon cancellation
The fallout from the cancellation of further legendary weapon development has been one for the history books within the Guild Wars 2 community. Players...
Trion overturns ArcheAge scam, scammers flip tables
Another day, another mess in ArcheAge. Here's the scenario: Player A, known for his Doctors Without Borders charity work, and Player B trade on...
H1Z1 vows to test builds better in the future
H1Z1: King of the Kill issued a mea culpa to the community in a letter this past week, admitting that Daybreak has been rushing patches...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MOBA for an MMORPG player?
Every few months, my husband will be reading over my shoulder while I'm writing up news about a MOBA for Massively OP, and he'll...
Leaderboard: The age range of Massively OP’s core audience
Massively OP reader Nordavind inspired this week's Leaderboard in the comments of our Daily Grind about the age range of the people in the...
MMO Mechanics: MMORPG expansions vs. sequels
The recent news about EverQuest Next's cancellation has renewed the debate about whether or not MMOs should get sequels, which have given me plenty...
One Shots: Tokyo sunrise
"I've been playing The Secret World for about three years now, but even after all this time, I'm still regularly stopped in my tracks...
The Game Archaeologist: The Wish that wasn’t
First of all, "wish" is one of those words that ends up looking dang strange the more you focus on it. Wish, wish, wish,...
The Stream Team: A look at Chronicle: RuneScape Legends’ beta
Tabletop meets CCG in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, and now you can finally see just exactly what that means! MassivelyOP's MJ has been eager to show...
WRUP: Facts about the Luna Moth edition
The luna moth (Actias luna) is a moth with a wingspan of up to 4.5 inches, making it one of the largest moths found...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel more epic fighting big mobs in MMOs?
I can't say I feel particularly heroic in MMOs when I’m slaughtering 10 rats, in the case of Lord of the Rings Online, adorable...
EverQuest II kicks off Bristlebane Day, prepares to unlock next TLE expansion
Judging by the propensity of some of our commenters to seed mischief and merriment (often in the form of image memes), there's a prankster...
Star Citizen’s latest Around the Verse covers the parts of the game and the availability of ships
If you're eagerly awaiting Star Citizen's next major version update, you can take heart that it's on its way. The latest issue of Around...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG could use a good reboot?
MMORPG reboots might be impractical and inadvisable, but games from Darkfall and DUST 514 to MapleStory and Linkrealms are all giving (or have given)...
Massively Overthinking: The best newbie systems in MMORPGs
One thing I've realized from my time in Black Desert so far is than even for a die-hard sandbox fan, the introduction is pretty...
