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Perfect Ten: Ten really great races from MMOs
Here I go, here I go, here I go again. Girls, what's my weakness? Non-human races. But oh, so many MMOs let me down...
Neverwinter’s Throne of the Dwarven Gods skirmish adds variation
Throne of the Dwarven Gods is a new five-player Neverwinter skirmish that allows you to defend Gauntlgrym's throne room.
Why would you want to defend...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 35: Expansions galore
Justin and Larry deep-dive into SWTOR's Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion, with news on Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, Halloween, EVE Vegas, ArcheAge, WildStar, and Star Trek Online.
Star Trek Online sees a New Dawn
The mirror universe is colliding with our own in Star Trek Online's Season 11, and it's going to get a whole lot worse before...
Log in to Star Trek Online today for a free ship upgrade token
Star Trek Online is hyping its upcoming Season 11: New Dawn update by giving away item mall stuff. Today's freebie is a ship upgrade token,...
The Blood Moon returns to Champions Online
Halloween madness has risen all over Champions Online, and only courageous heroes can help save the day. As a plus, they'll blend right in...
The MOP Up: The secret history of Destiny (October 25, 2015)
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...
Star Trek Online gives away free hoverboards
WildStar and The Secret World aren't the only MMOs getting into the Back to the Future spirit this month. Star Trek Online has its...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 34: Rollbacks and breakups
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, WildStar, GW2, RuneScape, Marvel Heroes, Black Desert, Nexon/NCsoft, WoW, and Wakfu, with mailbag questions on expansion pricing and horizontal gameplay.
Star Trek Online enters the final round of ship design votes
So what do you want for your next Federation ship in Star Trek Online? If your answer was something about red and blue nacelles...
EVE Evolved: Does skillpoint trading make EVE pay-to-win?
EVE Online's realtime skill training system has been a major point of contention throughout the game's lifetime, being a boon for those with little...
Star Trek Online outlines plans for Season 11 content
It's going to be hard to top the challenges faced by players in Star Trek Online at the end of the Iconian War storyline....
Perfect Ten: MMO systems that could be great (but I haven’t seen it yet)
Before I start this column, I want to say two important things. First, my experiences do not extend outward to the limits of the...
ArenaNet isn’t ‘leafing’ us out of Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns hype
A mystery box arrived on my porch today containing a cryptic message...
... and a tree.
Unfortunately for this lovely tree, I don't have my Sylvari's green...
The MOP Up: Skyforge’s new raid (October 11, 2015)
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...
One Shots: Skyscraping
Look up on that building! It's a bird! It's a gargoyle! It's... MOP reader Epelesker showing off his hero in Champions Online!
"Unlike a grand...
The Game Archaeologist: Dark Sun Online
Computer RPG players in the late '80s and early '90s were surely familiar with Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and its now-famous Gold Box series....
PSA: PWE MMOs are going dark (temporarily!) on October 13
Heads up if you play any Perfect World Entertainment or Cryptic games: Your MMOs will be going dark for a 12-hour maintenance period (9:00...
Neverwinter: Strongholds arrives on Xbox One next month
If I were a serious business console gamer, I think I'd be going crazy at the delay between PC launches and console launches for...
Global Chat: Why is Blizzard so sluggish?
World of Warcraft: Legion and Blizzard's recent decisions were at the forefront of a couple of recent MMO blog posts as of late, their authors...
