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The Daily Grind: Which multiplayer survival sandbox is the most like an MMORPG?
A week or so ago, I took an ARK: Survival Evolved post out of our newsroom to write up, expecting something mundane. I'm an...
The Stream Team: ARK’s bees, glorious bees
OK, so maybe ARK's bees aren't exactly glorious. In fact, they are downright pesky and dangerous -- especially as a swarm. But they do...
ARK: Survival Evolved rolls out bees, sharks with frickin laser beams, and an auction house mod
Why I took this post, I have no idea: I'm firmly in the "NOT THE BEES" camp over here, and yet bees are exactly...
One Shots: Lonely hearts
Are gamers really lonely? Do we flock to MMORPGs as a response to that? I'm pondering these thoughts today following the response of a...
One Shots: Through the portal?
The other day, Bree was complaining about how so many screenshots from modern MMORPGs suffer from a bland and monochrome palette. Coming to the...
The Stream Team: Preparing for ARK’s active volcano
Another big change is coming to ARK: a live volcano! Devs have recently added special markers to show what will be changing. Unfortunately for...
ARK: Survival Evolved brings underwater doom to consoles
Remember the big ol' underwater-themed ARK: Survival Evolved earlier this month that sent PC players into a tizzy over the big bird nerf? (Not the...
The Survivalist: Is gaming’s early access the new launch?
Previously, while discussing ARK: Survival Evolved’s big bird nerf, I touched on the subject of the early access model. My focus then was on...
One Shots: Screenshots big enough to wallpaper your house
Obviously due to column width limitations, we have a fixed pixel size for screenshots here at Massively OP. But that doesn't stop some of...
The Stream Team: A hippity hoppity Easter in ARK
If there are unicorns in ARK, why can't there be Easter Bunnies? Even if Studio WildCard doesn't roll out a holiday event this weekend...
Trove’s 2017 patches will catch console up to PC, add sub-classes for everyone
Trove is in the midst of a changing of the guard at Trion, as Producer Andrew "Avarem" Krausnick hands over the reins to his...
The Stream Team: New raft-destroying danger in ARK’s deep
If you thought life was safe out in the middle of ARK's water on your raft, think again! Now, there's a raft-munching monstrosity that...
The Survivalist: ARK’s big bird nerf
I know I said part two of the survival guide, containing a host of single-player survival games, would be the next entry in this...
Hearthstone is about ready to go on a Journey to Un’Goro
Get out your dino detectors, because Hearthstone's latest expansion is just about ready to go live. Yesterday, Blizzard patched in an update that made...
ARK: Survival Evolved adds in underwater housing and laser-equipped mosasaurs
Would you like to be under the sea in a technological garden in the shade? ARK: Survival Evolved has you covered with its latest...
The Stream Team: April Fools in ARK! With unicorns!
Dinosaurs are taking over! April Fools! Oh wait, no, actually they really are taking over -- in ARK. And Massively OP's MJ is going...
Gather ’round for a peek at ARK’s retooled inventory UI
ARK: Survival Evolved has a number of cool features that players like, but the UI isn't necessarily one of them. Take heart, survivors: A...
SuperData February 2017: World of Tanks perks up, Hearthstone is sinking
Happy SuperData day! That's the monthly holiday when we pore over the market analysis report, freak out over something doing well, freak over something...
The MOP Up: ARK’s console editions get a hair-do (March 26, 2017)
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...
The Stream Team: Adventuring in ARK’s redwoods
After many weeks of raiding and raid prepping, Massively OP's MJ is eager to just relax and explore the ARK once again -- relax...