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E3 2016: Elder Scrolls Online accumulates 7M players, announces game-wide auto-scaling

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Elder Scrolls Online took to its studio stage pre-E3 late last night to make a major announcement: The MMO will soon feature universal level-scaling for all players...

EVE Evolved: Four PvE improvements EVE needs

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EVE Online is typically thought of as being a heavily PvP-oriented game, and for good reason. Players can attack each other anywhere in the...
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Final Fantasy XIV reveals its E3 plans

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Are you already tired of Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch? If so, well, what the heck do you want? You got a whole...
The Olympic committee looks really different now.

Analyst argues game devs are abandoning free-to-play in some genres

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Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has another piece on Gamasutra this week, this one arguing that video game developers are "backing away from...
Perhaps the bank should be re-evaluated.

Overwatch’s launch day has arrived; here’s our giant roundup

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Blizzard's Overwatch, the shooty remains of what was once destined to be MMORPG Project Titan, formally launches tonight at midnight -- if you're in...

TennoCon 2016 brings Warframe players together this July

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As we mention in the Massively OP offices from time to time, Warframe is one of those games that seems to be doing ridiculously...

The Daily Grind: What MMOs do you admire from afar?

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Ain't nobody got time to play every interesting-looking MMORPG out there (unless, of course, you are of the persuasion that none of them is worth...

EVE Evolved: CCP Games on the future of EVE Online’s PvE

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It's no secret that EVE Online has always been a primarily PvP-focused game, with thousands of players smashing fleets of ships together on a daily basis....

The MOP Up: Blizzard’s mobile prospects (May 15, 2016)

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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...

Mars-themed survival sandbox ROKH launches Kickstarter campaign

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Darewise Entertainment has officially launched the Kickstarter for survival sandbox ROKH today. The game allows players a freeform sandbox experience surviving on an eerily...

EVE Evolved: Fixing EVE’s New Player Experience (again)

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It's become almost a running joke in the comments of articles that EVE Online is a great game to read about but not nearly...

DCUO launches on Xbox One, previews the next three episodes

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Surprise! After announcing at PAX East that DC Universe Online was coming to the Xbox One, Daybreak is launching the title on the console...
Work it over.

Massively Overthinking: Trinities and quaternities in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic was inspired from Jake, who wrote in to us wondering about roles in MMORPG classes and group content: "What happened to roles?...

EVE Fanfest 2016: Andie Nordgren on EVE Online’s Citadel expansion launch and beyond

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EVE Online's highly anticipated Citadel expansion has now launched, adding a whole new class of player-built structures to the game for corporations to build...
Ah, because you're awesome. That's your selling point.

Chronicles of Elyria demos character physique and aging

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Wanna spend your morning watching a dude walking around? OK, I'm only half teasing. Chronicles of Elyria has released a tech demo video showing...

Massively OP’s guide to understanding video game research

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I noticed two strange things in the comments section of our lengthy Exploring the Video Game Debate series: People were angry at research that...

EVE Fanfest 2016: CCP Falcon on Fanfest, the EVE community, and harassment

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Over its almost 13 years of operation, sci-ci MMO EVE Online has gained a largely undeserved reputation for antisocial behaviour. EVE is built on...

Shroud of the Avatar devs vow to drink, dance, and sing during next week’s telethon

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Shroud of the Avatar is planning a 10-hour streaming event it's calling the Spring Festival of the Avatar Telethon next week. On May 2nd starting...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 62: EVE Fanfest and PAX East

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Justin and Bree are joined by Brendan and Eliot for a full hour of EVE Fanfest and PAX East debriefing.
The first dozen of cuts are all equally deep, really.

PAX East 2016: Hands-on with NCsoft’s Master x Master

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Master x Master might very well be the MOBA that I learn to love in spite of any and all preconceptions. I am not, categorically,...

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