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Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
Darkfall Rise of Agon is live today
Hardcore sandbox Darkfall: Rise of Agon officially launches this afternoon. The story of the game is a victorious one, as it's one of two...
Elder Scrolls Online previews Morrowind’s dwemer ruins
Remember Naryu Virian? She's the snarky assassin fronting Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind tour videos, and she's back again today with a disdainful travelogue on...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online PC 26th Century Heavy Dreadnought or Mirror Universe Danube-Class Runabout!
Star Trek Online's Season 13: Escalation launched for PC last week, and that means we have goodies for PC players! PWE has granted Massively OP...
City of Heroes fans party hard for the game’s 13th birthday
Last Friday evening, the torch was raised once again for City of Heroes. Despite the game being offline for a half-decade now, fans from...
Enter to win a copy of Guardians of Ember courtesy of InselGames and Massively OP
In honor of upgraded US servers for Guardians of Ember as well as the launch of Act V, InselGames has granted us 50 Steam keys for copies...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most fun you ever had in an MMO tavern?
Ah, the RPG tavern! To me, it's the cornerstone of what role-playing games are about: The chance meetings, the preparation for adventure, the gallery...
The Stream Team: Celebrating City of Heroes with Paragon Chat costume contests
Never say die! If City of Heroes fans had a motto, this would likely be it. Although they don't have the original game to...
Enter to win a Marvel Heroes Omega founder pack with beta access from Gazillion and MOP
If you were curious about the Marvel Heroes Omega edition out on PlayStation 4 but didn't want to shell out for a founder pack...
Join MOP in Paragon Chat for Friday’s City of Heroes anniversary bash
Beloved superhero MMORPG City of Heroes turns 13 years old tomorrow, and what better way to celebrate than in Paragon City? That's exactly what...
Team Obey wins $180,000 in H1Z1’s TV tournament
This week, one H1Z1 team is sitting pretty on a pile of $180,000 and fame, thanks to winning the televised H1Z1: Fight for the...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online Tal Shiar Adapted Battlecruiser for Xbox One
In honor of the launch of Star Trek Online's season 12 Reckoning for console, PWE has granted Massively OP five Tier 6 Tal Shiar Adapted Battlecruisers...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse deep-dives the Banu, begins referral contest starring Star Kitten
Still reeling over the last Star Citizen infodump? You're getting a breather with this week's Around the Verse as the bulk of it is centered...
Black Desert’s Striker kickpunches his way onto Korean servers
The newest Black Desert class is no slouch in bringing meaty beatdowns to foes, as some players are discovering this week. The kick-punching martial...
Enter to win a Neverwinter unicorn mount on Xbox One and PS4 from PWE and MOP
To celebrate last week's arrival of the Cloaked Ascendancy expansion for Neverwinter on console, PWE has granted Massively OP 50 unicorn mount keys to give away to our readers-- 25 apiece for PlayStation...
Blizzard awarded $8.5M in Bossland WoW and Overwatch bot lawsuit
German bot company Bossland has lost another battle in its war with Blizzard, though that's to be expected since it didn't even show up...
The Game Archaeologist: Rubies of Eventide
I can't say that Rubies of Eventide has been on my radar, like, ever. And yet practically every time I've asked for suggestions of...
The Soapbox: Why is Pokemon GO still a tech demo?
I've been a bit frustrated with Niantic lately. I love some of its ideas, but I watched someone else play Ingress prior to Pokemon GO's...
Massively Overthinking: Competition vs. community in MMOs
Quantic Foundry, the games research group we've been tracking ever since it posted its original Gamer Motivation Model, has a new piece out this...
Enter to win a copy of Guardians of Ember courtesy of InselGames and Massively OP
Guardians of Ember has today updated its early access with a brand-new class: the wicked poisoner known as The Dark Knight.
"The Dark Knight represents...