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One Shots: Transformations
Guild Wars 2 and One Shots is a pairing as old as time immemorial. Thus, it's great to bring this good-looking MMO back into...
The Game Archaeologist: Shadowbane
Way back when I used to haunt the corridors of Gamestop and had yet to shun the place due to its stinky evil, I remember...
The Stream Team: Get a gift for PlanetSide 2’s anniversary
Careful now, that's not candlelight on a cake you see for PlanetSide 2's birthday -- that's the glow of gunfire! But that won't deter...
Smedley’s new game won’t have microtransactions
John Smedley's Twitter account continues to provide interesting food for thought related to his next project as well as the industry in general. The...
EverQuesting: First impressions of EQII’s Terrors of Thalumbra
Since EverQuest II's newest expansion just launched on Tuesday, there is no way I could have explored and experienced all the content completely before today....
Perfect Ten: MMOs you forgot existed (but are still running)
No MMO can be in the spotlight eternally. Even some of the biggest names out there -- your World of Warcrafts, your Guild Wars...
Here’s what John Smedley’s been up to lately
What has former SOE and Daybreak head honcho John Smedley been doing since his departure from the latter? Well, putting together a development team,...
Dragon’s Prophet has shut down
It's always sad when a game shuts down. Dragon's Prophet never managed to quite find its audience in the American marketplace, and it has...
The Stream Team: An EverQuest II XP extravaganza
EQII's Terrors of Thalumbra launched today, but not everyone is a high enough level to participate in much of the content. That's the predicament...
EverQuest II’s underrealm opens as Terrors of Thalumbra launches
Terrors of Thalumbra joins the pantheon of EverQuest II expansions today; the fantasy game's 12th expansion is now live and enticing the denizens of...
The Stream Team: Get your EverQuest and EverQuest II beta keys!
Have you wanted to get into EverQuest and/or EverQuest II's expansion betas but haven't preordered the necessary expansion to do so? Then today is...
The Daily Grind: Is an MMORPG still an MMORPG without gear progression?
A Massively OP commenter recently opined that "without gear progression, is a MOBA not an MMORPG," and I would really love to talk...
Team up with Black Canary to rescue Green Arrow in DCUO’s Ep. 19
Daybreak has just announced that Episode 19 of DC Universe Online is coming later this Fall. It's a major content update that adds new...
Ask Mo: The absurd advantages of MMO guilds
A Massively OP reader named Ohnix recently sent us a question just perfect for Ask Mo. Let's debate guilds!
I play EverQuest II quite a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 38: BlizzCon strikes back
Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon -- WoW, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and the rest -- as well as NCsoft's Q3 and Funcom's reprieve, plus a mailbag question on cosmetic mounts.
The Stream Team: Looking for levels in EverQuest II places
With EQII's Terrors of Thalumbra coming out in just one week, MassivelyOP's MJ needs to get on the ball and level! After spending the...
The MOP Up: KingsIsle’s new game (November 8th, 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...
New H1Z1 game mode sends community into an uproar
The announcement of a new type of Battle Royale mode for H1Z1 called Green Dawn has the title's early access community in a tizzy...
EverQuesting: Remembering EverQuest II’s bumpy 11th year
In the 11th year of EverQuest II, what did SOE/Daybreak give to me? An emotional rollercoaster ride! This Sunday marks 11 years of Norrathian...
DC Universe Online is launching Episode 18 for its members and Update 54 for everyone today
Don't you love running content in hopes of getting a rare drop that never, ever shows up? If you love that, you will hate...
