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The Daily Grind: Will players always trump NPCs as MMO PvP adversaries?

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Prolific MOP commenter Sally Bowls posted a note last week that stood out to me as something we should all be seriously considering. Most...
Go away.

The Daily Grind: Is Twitch chat just MMO general chat writ large?

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Last week, an Indiana University Bloomington team released its analysis of over a billion comments made on Twitch over a two-month period in 2014...
Thaaaaaaanks.

Massively OP’s 2016 gift guide for the Blizzard fanatic

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The holidays are almost here! Seriously, they're rushing forward at a rate of two seconds per second, or something. Which means that it's time...

SMITE adds Fafnir-flavored PvE holiday challenge

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If SMITE were in charge of the reindeer games, they'd probably look something like the new PvE arena, Fafnir's Winter Wonderland. There, players will pit...
Are we doing the time warp?

Leaderboard: How would you rate BlizzCon 2016?

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During this past week's podcast, Justin, Eliot, and I debated the overall tenor of BlizzCon 2016 -- and found it more or less lacking....

Atlas Reactor enters the e-sports scene

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Did you honestly think that strategy MOBA Atlas Reactor was going to sit on the sidelines of the whole e-sports scene and not dive...
THIS IS ALL YOU GET

Massively OP Podcast Episode 90: BlizzConcerns

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Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss BlizzCon 2016, WoW's new cadence, Diablo III's content plans, the Nostalrius legacy server standoff, Funcom's financials, and Revelation Online.

Guild Wars 2 preps fourth Tournament of Legends this weekend

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In case you're bored by the multiple cameras BlizzCon is aiming at e-sports this weekend, maybe Guild Wars 2's e-sports during the same timeframe...

Heroes of the Storm teases next week’s collegiate e-sports documentary

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This past April, a team of college students from Arizona State University won full tuition from Heroes of the Storm's Heroes of the Dorm...
Murlocs, naturally.

Here’s everything you can expect from BlizzCon 2016 next week

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Every year, BlizzCon arrives. And every year, Bree and I sit down and liveblog about the most pertinent event for our readers to follow...

Valve ordered to ‘stop facilitating gambling’ by regulatory body; CS:GO gambling class action dismissed

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The Washington State Gambling Commission is cracking down on CS:GO skin gambling and ordering Valve to "stop facilitating gambling" and "immediately stop allowing the transfer...
Hello again.

So one of Amazon’s new games is an MMORPG sandbox, and it’s called New World

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Those ex-ArenaNet folks won't be going to waste at Amazon Game Studios after all: One of the three games the company is working on...
Just behind.

RuneScape dev Jagex helps form new Chinese company, saw ‘record profits in 2015’

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Back in June, we were finally able to confirm the rumored $300M March sale of British MMORPG studio Jagex to China's Shandong Hongda, a...

Paladins expands e-sport tourney after early access ‘Steam success’

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Hi-Rez is touting Paladins' successful early access open beta launch in a press release out earlier this morning. The studio says that "within the first...
It lurks.

League of Legends promises more revenue sharing and stability for pro teams

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There's no question that League of Legends is making serious bank with its dominance of the esports scene and its staggering monthly user base....

The MOP Up: Batman invites you to his gala (September 18, 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...
Murlocs, naturally.

Here are the virtual goodies BlizzCon attendees will take home in November

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If you're headed to BlizzCon this year -- virtually or in the flesh -- you're surely anticipating the swag, much of which comes in...

Paladins hits open beta on Steam today – pick up a Cassie key from Hi-Rez and MOP

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It's official: Hi-Rez's shooter hybrid Paladins is leaping into open beta on Steam today, complete with Steam achievements! "Some of the newest features of the Paladins...
You either didn't like the last answer or you didn't care then or now.

League of Legends community clashes with Riot over e-sports, patches, and money

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It's no surprise when drama crops up in a gaming community of millions, especially when professional e-sports and money are involved. So it goes...
This is the way the world ends.

International eGames Committee discusses e-sports championships and the Olympics

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If you're looking for e-sports at the Summer Olympics, you have your wish... sort of. The International eGames Committee is hosting the 2016 eGames...

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