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Pantheon recaps 2016, explores vertical grouping dungeon Amberfaet
"2016 was a formidable year for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen and its fans," Visionary Realms declares in its latest newsletter, which includes two...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: SMITE Rivals devs address copycat concerns and monetization
By now, it might be apparent that I am a bit enamored with the upcoming cross-platform SMITE Rivals. (Hey, it's the only game I...
The Game Archaeologist: Hero’s Journey
Fiction writers know well of Joseph Campbell's identification and outline of the monomyth, or "hero's journey," in many stories. The 12-step process starts with...
Diablo III’s Darkening of Tristram ‘retrovision’ anniversary event is live
Classic ARPGÂ Diablo has made its presence known across Blizzard's many franchises this week as it celebrates its 20th birthday, from a new cow level...
Choose My Adventure: Preparing to re-enter Lord of the Rings Online
The votes are in, and the next four weeks will be spent in Lord of the Rings Online! This one quite genuinely surprised me,...
SMITE and Paladins star at Atlanta’s Hi-Rez Expo convention this week
Hi-Rez Expo (which I fully plan to keep thinking of as SMITECON in my head) officially kicks off tomorrow morning at the Cobb Energy...
MMO Year in Review: New Eden free-for-all (November 2016)
This year, we’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we...
Chronicles of Elyria has raised $2 million to date
In case you forgot or weren't aware, this time last year, Chronicles of Elyria was basically four devs in a basement who were being...
Perfect Ten: Biggest MMORPG surprises of 2016
Back at the beginning of December, I posted a list of what I considered to be the biggest MMORPG stories of 2016. However, there...
EVE Evolved: 2016 EVE Online year in review
It's been another busy year for sci-fi MMO EVE Online, and an absolute roller coaster ride for both players and developer CCP Games. On the...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Tokyo 2016: Red Mage, swimming, and Stormblood’s June 20 launch date
It's the holiday season here in the US, but in Japan it's just another weekend. Only it's not just another weekend; it's the weekend...
The most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2016
One of my favorite things to do every year is break down the top articles on the site for our readers. You might think you...
The new Nostalrius emulator suffered six DDOS attacks on launch day
Apparently some folks are taking the relaunch of the Nostalrius servers very badly: Team Elysium, the group behind the newest World of Warcraft emulator,...
25000 people have signed up for the new Nostalrius server so far
According to a tweet by the original folks behind Nostalrius, the new version of the World of Warcraft classic emulator has already (or only,...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2016 in review
If you care about awards - and let's be real, we all do, even if they don't inform our emotional states - you'll notice...
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...
