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Here’s how some online game developers justify lockboxes
Yes, it's apparently the Month of the Lockbox across the internet, as the level of discussion and controversy over how these items manipulate your mind...
Ultima Online patches in Halloween, 20-year vet rewards, and Christmas
Publish 98.2 is live in Ultima Online this week with... Christmas?
Yep! Halloween is already live in the game, but the latest patch set up...
Hyperspace Beacon: 10 things you need to know about SWTOR’s Chiss
Star Wars: The Old Republic will launch its sixth major update since Knights of the Eternal Throne at the end of November. It will...
The Stream Team: SWTOR’s return of the Star Fortresses
Because Massively OP's Larry and MJ killed things too fast last time and bugged the final boss out, they had to redo the first...
The Daily Grind: Do you think EA is pivoting into a Star Wars pseudo-MMO?
Yesterday's surprise revelation that EA was canning Visceral Games and "pivoting" the design of its in-progress Star Wars linear adventure RPG clearly struck a...
MMO Halloween: Dark Age of Camelot, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm
Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to... play?
Halloween 2017 continues unabated in online games, so let's see what goodies and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends' Orochi Tower patch, Lord of the Rings' weird patch week, FFXIV's housing mess, SWTOR's balance patch, Warframe's open-world patch, and H1Z1's name-change patch, with a mailbag question about older gamers in MMORPGs.
Battle Bards Episode 107: Blade and Soul expansions
After 50 episodes, the Battle Bards have made the brave decision to revisit the hallowed lands of Blade and Soul to look at two...
Halloween events in Path of Exile, Master X Master, RIFT, EverQuest, Ultima Online, and AQ3D
It's almost a full-time job to stay on top of all of the MMO and MOBA Halloween events popping up all over the place!...
Skyforge’s new equipment system puts the power of stats in your hands
Here's a think piece: Why do so many MMORPGs make gear stats needlessly complex and obtuse? What might make sense to a developer who...
Massively Overthinking: Three-way RvR and ‘fair’ PvP in modern MMOs
MOP reader Sally Bowls is on a roll with the good questions lately! She lobbed us one this past weekend that seems a good...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s 5.5 adds cringeworthy changes in the name of balance
Today, when I talk about the balance of a class, I hope you'll understand that I come from the perspective of a PvEer and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 139: Catching up with Legends of Aria
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann to chat about alpha; then they discuss Guild Wars 2's waypoint sales, SWTOR's merges, the WoW expansion, and Shroud of the Avatar's delay, with a mailbag question on lockbox gambling.
Star Wars: The Old Republic GU 5.5 ‘United Forces Foundation’ is live
Hey, Star Wars fans. I know you're kinda busy with that trailer for Episode VIII and all, but if you actually want to play...
The Daily Grind: Why does EVE survive where other PvP sandboxes stumble?
MOP reader Tobasco da Gama pointed us to a recent Reddit thread about why EVE Online persists, even in a weakened state, where other...
The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Taiwan meet-and-greet (October 8, 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 Game Archaeologist: Ultima Worlds Online Origin
While the heady days of Ultima Online's dominant position over the industry are long gone, the MMORPG continues to operate and expand, and many...
From New York Comic Con, SWTOR and Timothy Zahn welcome you to Copero
The developers for Star Wars: The Old Republic held their Cantina Tour event just outside New York Comic Con last night. To help promote the SWTOR content...
The Daily Grind: Do you have a hard time connecting with isometric MMOs?
Let's talk perspective today. No, not your general outlook on life -- which I'm sure is cheery and as non-cynical as can be --...
The Daily Grind: Do MMORPGs still need traditional guilds?
In the game's design docs and our interviews, Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs is positively adamant that multiguilding (that is, being able to join more than...
