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EVE Evolved: The Agency could revolutionise casual PvE in EVE Online
Though EVE Online has a reputation as a cut-throat PvP sandbox where anything goes, the fuel that fires its conflict engine has always been...
Albion Online outlines content plans, will give more love to the solo player
With Albion Online now in a launch state and rocking a "stable economy," Game Director Robin Henkys says that it's high time to take...
Destiny 2 passes the baton to the live team, outlines future updates
"Right now at Bungie, we’ve passed the development torch from the people that made Destiny 2 to the people who will sustain it."
With both...
Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s cash shop is finally on the right track
Many of you will immediately turn to the free-to-play model of Star Wars: The Old Republic and reject my even thinking about the cash...
EVE Online gives miners the tools to do the job right
Mining might not be the most visually impressive or glorious activity in EVE Online, but it helps to form the backbone of the game's...
Uncharted Waters Online relaunches today
Uncharted Waters Online is dead, long live Uncharted Waters Online!
For the past few weeks, the old version of UWO has been offline following the...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Immortal Thrones, Identity, and Lordmancer II
Welcome back to our intermittent series on MMOs and other multiplayer games you you’ve never heard of! Let's run down three of them.
Immortal Thrones
First up...
ArcheAge merges fresh start and legacy auction houses
The economy for ArcheAge servers is getting a little more unified. During the game's next weekly maintenance window, the auction houses for the game's...
Prosperous Universe is an indie sci-fi sandbox MMORPG focused on player economy
So here's an MMO we've never heard of before: It's called Prosperous Universe. It's super duper indie alpha browser-based massively online game, with single-shard...
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...
Massively Overthinking: Epic Tavern-style player-generated content in MMORPGs
Ever played Epic Tavern? Massively OP reader Uli though it would make an interesting point of comparison for MMO content. "Epic Tavern is a...
Raph Koster on how Ultima Online pushed the MMO industry forward
Game Designer Raph Koster continues to ponder the significance of Ultima Online on this, the 20th anniversary of the MMORPG's historic release. In a...
Wild West Online ends tech alpha early, adjusts bounty system for early access
It shouldn't surprise anyone after those rough couple of Wild West Online tech alpha weekends, but alpha 3 has been "postponed" - actually, it...
Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG
Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...
Elder Scrolls Legends nerfs its Twitch ‘drops’
Earlier this year, popular streaming platform Twitch - with whom we are a partner - introduced what probably ought to have been a controversial...
MMO Mechanics: Material storage and the Guild Wars 2 economy
Guild Wars 2 launched its second expansion, Path of Fire, a few days ago, and as you might expect, a new expansion means some immediate...
Whatever happened to Black Gold, Order and Chaos Online, and Eden Eternal?
Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, "Whatever happened to that game?" With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...
PAX West 2017: Chronicles of Elyria’s monetization philosophy, tribe evolution, and the PvP sandbox stigma
What is Chronicles of Elyria? We first learned about the game and its goal to redefine the MMORPG genre back in 2015. Since then,...
Pantheon’s newsletter covers custom lighting, the perception system, and the state of the game
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's latest newsletter heralds a state-of-the-game missive spread out over four pages of content. Visionary Realms notes that its Series...
PAX West 2017: Ship of Heroes on exploration, community, and recapturing the magic of City of Heroes
Sometimes MMORPG players might get the feeling that game companies will let just about anything slide in order to keep the most revenue streaming...
