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DC Universe’s Episode 16 gets a quick trailer
Daybreak has released a short teaser for DC Universe Online's Episode 16 DLC. And when we say short, we do mean short, as the clip...
Destiny sold 6.3 million copies its first month
How successful was Destiny's September 2014 launch? Pretty successful, by most measuring sticks. Bungie moved 6.3 million copies of its sci-fantasy shooter in the first...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 raiding factsheet
If you're anything like me, you'll have been bursting at the seams to find out what shape the promised "challenging group content" will take...
Blade and Soul beta begins October 30th, still launching Q1 2016
You can stop holding your breath now: The beautifully rendered action MMORPG Blade and Soul arrives on western shores very soon. NCSoft officially announced today that...
Yoshida celebrates one year of Final Fantasy XIV in China
Final Fantasy XIV guru Naoki Yoshida headlined a one-year anniversary celebration for the game in China this week. He revealed that FFXIV version 3.0...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 29: Pathfinder fading
Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, Ultima Online, Little Healer, Pathfinder, WildStar F2P, ESO's Imperial City, EQ Next's playtest, and the people in the magic box.
Neverwinter: Elemental Evil goes live on Xbox One
If you've been playing Neverwinter on the Xbox One, you've had to deal with a bit of update lag. There's no way around it,...
Destiny 2 would have come out this month; instead, we get update 2.0
Here's an interesting peek into an alternate history: Destiny 2 was originally slated to come out in September 2015.
This harkens back to Bungie's original plan...
Bungie loses lawsuit to ex-Destiny composer
Ex-Destiny composer Martin O'Donnell has prevailed in a lengthy legal battle with developer Bungie. The company must restore O'Donnell's stock holdings and pay what...
Elite: Dangerous has sold 825,000 copies
The good news for Elite: Dangerous fans is that the latest financial report for Frontier Developments is available, and the game appears to have...
Anime MMO Onigiri coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 ‘soon’
The anime-saturated Onigiri is about to make the leap from Japan to the west on consoles as a free-to-play MMO.
What we have here is an...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s crafting and gathering endgame in Heavensward
Crafting and gathering has never been a primary goal of mine in Final Fantasy XIV so much as a secondary one. It's something extra...
The MOP Up: Blizzard belongs in a museum!
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...
The Daily Grind: Do you subscribe to F2P or B2P MMOs?
The other day when I was writing up a post on Elder Scrolls Online's new DLC, I noted that while the content cost a...
Destiny is hosting a Crucible preview event next week
Destiny's 2.0 update is heading our way next week on September 8th, and Bungie is busy getting players ready for the major changes to...
Elite: Dangerous names planet after soldier’s late mother
One of Elite: Dangerous' community is grieving this summer after losing his mother in June. Citing his love for the game and his missed...
Perfect Ten: The 10 MMO memories we all have
I have been playing MMOs with varying degrees of intensity for the past 12Â years. That is really weird to me. It also means that...
Trion Worlds shies away from sub-only games, praises Defiance’s console success
RIFT fans with long memories will recall how the game first launched in 2011 as a subscription-only title, staying that way for about a...
Elite: Dangerous welcomes pilots to close quarters combat
Players have a new way to experience Elite: Dangerous with the advent of the close quarters combat (CQC) mode. The beta test for the...
Jukebox Heroes: My top six favorite MMO soundtracks of all time
In ranking MMO soundtracks, there are a lot of ways to do it. You can pull out individual tracks or praise a game for...