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The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s charity drive (November 29, 2015)
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: The rowsdower abides
One of my most prized physical MMO possessions is my WildStar rowsdower plushie. It always sits there, looking at me as though it's accusing...
The Game Archaeologist: Ultima X Odyssey
I think any MMO veteran has a private list of prematurely canceled games that he or she deeply wishes had been completed and launched....
Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for EVE Online players
Most of my friends know that I'm into EVE Online and yet they still tell me I'm notoriously difficult to buy gifts for. EVE...
WRUP: Entirely too much about bears edition
I am legitimately fascinated by bears in video games. Not just because I love bears, although that's true too. I'm fascinated because in the...
The Daily Grind: What upcoming MMOs are on your to-play list?
The other day I got into a conversation with friends about which upcoming MMOs were catching our eye. While I have more than enough...
The Daily Grind: So what’s SWTOR’s big announcement?
Wednesday, BioWare hinted that something is brewing in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
http://twitter.com/SWTOR/status/669561993339265024
BioWare was asking for feedback about subscriber rewards just a few weeks...
Chaos Theory: Seven reasons I am thankful for The Secret World
It is definitely no secret that I like The Secret World. I mean, I really like it. OK, so I adore it in a...
Choose My Adventure: Rising through the ranks in Guild Wars 2
Hello, friends, and welcome yet again to another installment of Choose My Adventure. Over the course of last weekend, I've continued my journeys in...
The Stream Team: Choose more SWTOR Agent adventures
It's been a while since MassivelyOP's Larry and MJ did the 12 Days of TOR, where they put their Star Wars: The Old Republic...
Black Desert answers questions on localization and release
There is no way in the world to know when the second closed beta for a localized Black Desert will take place, although the...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite World of Warcraft memory?
Eleven years is a long time to cast one's recollection lines back into the memory pool, but several moments from the initial launch of...
Interview: Pantheon devs on funding, Unity, and the launch window
Brad McQuaid's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is an MMO that's suffered more than its fair share of drama and setbacks, but even detractors will agree...
The Repopulation: ‘The risk of downtime is very real’
Throughout November, we've been covering The Repopulation's troubles with Idea Fabrik, the company that runs Hero Engine, on which The Repopulation was built. Idea...
The Daily Grind: What are the basic rules of conduct for an MMO community?
If there's one thing I've learned from 18 years of playing MMOs, it's that games train us to abide by some pretty weird codes...
Star Trek Online previews the community-designed Jupiter carrier
The first community-designed starship is coming to Star Trek Online with the Jupiter-class carrier. While it's got sleek lines, the Jupiter's biggest selling point...
Brad McQuaid advises Pantheon community on how to deal with skeptics
Every up-and-coming game is going to have both its defenders and its critics, with hyperbole and questionable prognostication often spinning out of control. Pantheon's...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite Camelot Unchained class?
Camelot Unchained has been revealing its classes for a few weeks now, and the fantasy RvR sandbox has no shortage or interesting archetypes. So...
One Shots: Transformations
Guild Wars 2 and One Shots is a pairing as old as time immemorial. Thus, it's great to bring this good-looking MMO back into...
The Daily Grind: What do you do while you’re waiting in MMOs?
Let's face it, MMOs are not always filled with new stuff happening every minute. You wait for queues, you wait for enemies to spawn,...