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Elysium gears up for Nostalrius emu character transfers and relaunch
Back before BlizzCon, the admins of the sunsetted illegal World of Warcraft emulator Nostalrius issued a threat, demanding that the game studio create official vanilla...
Mech_Con 2016: MWO skill trees, game modes, and MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
As one might hope for from a convention, Mech_Con 2016 was a time to not only hang out with other fans and meet the...
The Stream Team: Post-con MechWarrior Online matches
Massively OP's MJ just got back from MechCon in Vancouver, so she still has MechWarrior Online on the brain. That's plenty of reason to...
Nostalrius is resurrecting next week. Your move, Blizzard.
After a yearlong saga that involved the shutdown of an illegal World of Warcraft emulator, fan outcry, Blizzard's high-profile meet-and-greet with the emulator's devs,...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 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...
WoW Factor: Looking forward to World of Warcraft 7.2
It's been a little while, friends, but that happens. Last time I was making bets about what we'd see for World of Warcraft at...
The Daily Grind: Will players always trump NPCs as MMO PvP adversaries?
Prolific MOP commenter Sally Bowls posted a note last week that stood out to me as something we should all be seriously considering. Most...
Final Fantasy XIV opens up free trials for December
If you've been away from Final Fantasy XIV, perhaps December is the month when you'd like to give it another try. Really, what else...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG stories of 2016
As we start to come to grips with the fact that we will be turning over the calendar into 2017 in one short month,...
Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic
I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...
Chronicles of Elyria overhauls its influence point system (again)
Chronicles of Elyria's most recent Kickstarter update is a bit of a screenshot dump, not that we're complaining. In addition to images of a...
World of Warcraft datamining points to new WoW Token use in patch 7.1.5
Do you remember BlizzCon 2016? It was just a couple of weeks ago, surely you do. One of the topics on discussion was letting...
World of Warcraft’s post-BlizzCon debrief
It's safe to say that Ion Hazzikostas has emerged as the face of World of Warcraft's development team, particularly following his rundown of all...
Leaderboard: How would you rate BlizzCon 2016?
During this past week's podcast, Justin, Eliot, and I debated the overall tenor of BlizzCon 2016 -- and found it more or less lacking....
Blizzard discusses the failings of the Sombra ARG for Overwatch
The ARG surrounding Sombra's reveal in Overwatch was a bit dicey, even if you overlook stuff like players hacking other player accounts out of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 90: BlizzConcerns
Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss BlizzCon 2016, WoW's new cadence, Diablo III's content plans, the Nostalrius legacy server standoff, Funcom's financials, and Revelation Online.
Nexon is bringing a truckload of MMORPGs to G-Star this year
Nexon's MMORPG catalogue is about to get a whole lot bigger. In a press release issued today, the studio has announced 35 new games,...
Blizzard co-founder returns to the company after a 12-year absence
Over the past weekend of BlizzCon news, you might have heard someone exclaim, "Oh my goodness, Allen Adham has come back to Blizzard!" This...
The Daily Grind: Can WoW really keep up a rapid content cadence?
At this weekend's BlizzCon, Blizzard reps reiterated to fans and journalists alike that while the company is already working on the next World of...
Nostalrius releases WoW emu source code to community, Elysium plans Nostalrius shards
Back before BlizzCon, the admins of the now-sunsetted illegal World of Warcraft emulator Nostalrius issued a vague threat. "If Blizzard doesn’t make an announcement...
