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Global Chat: Why roleplaying in MMOs matters
If you haven't visited Psychochild's Blog -- the brainchild of former Meridian 59 and Storybricks dev Brian Green -- lately, you are missing out...
Path of Exile outlines balance changes for Delve League
The Delve League for Path of Exile should be out on Friday, but players who love examining patch notes will have to wait a...
Destiny 2’s Forsaken launch trailer has arrived to frame your expansion goals
Destiny 2 is still technically a week out from the September 4th launch of the Forsaken expansion, but that just means another week of...
Guild Wars 2 turns six with a new video and infographic – and a huge nostalgic tease
It's birthday day for Guild Wars 2, which means a recappy infographic and trailer, but don't think it's just about looking back: In fact,...
Rumor: The next Final Fantasy XIV expansion is named Shadowbringers
Take this with a grain of salt, but it does appear that we've uncovered the title of the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion. A...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV hits the big five-year mark
Game anniversaries are a little weird. The anniversary we're celebrating now for Final Fantasy XIV is from its relaunch, not its original launch. For...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World soars past 10 million copies (August 26, 2018)
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...
Global Chat: What MMO bloggers think about Battle for Azeroth
There certainly is no shortage of opinions concerning World of Warcraft's latest expansion out there lately. The blogosphere by and large turned its full...
The Game Archaeologist: City of Villains, enhancement diversification, and Going Rogue
It's always easy to look back at the making of City of Heroes and its first year with a memory tinted toward the good...
Gamescom 2018: World of Warcraft dives into Azshara’s backstory and hosts a concert
It turns out that Blizzard was saving something special for Gamescom 2018 after all. At the show, the World of Warcraft studio unveiled the...
Vague Patch Notes: On scaling and meaningful advancement in WoW and other MMORPGs
It seems like pretty much nobody is happy with how scaling is working in World of Warcraft at the moment. The game's scaling means...
Elite: Dangerous moves into the third chapter of its Beyond cycle next week
You've got to appreciate a game like Elite: Dangerous that downplays an update as "smaller" when it contains more new stuff than some other...
Villagers and Heroes: Wrath of the Black Thrush strikes next month
For those always seeking quality MMORPGs that seem to fly under the radar of public interest, may we present to you Villagers and Heroes?...
World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth sells ‘more than 3.4 million’ copies for a ‘day-one sales record’ for WoW
We were just grumbling on this week's MOP Podcast about not having any idea how well World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth had sold...
World of Warcraft buffs Feral Druids, uncovers secret demon goat pet
Feral Druids are enjoying a round of hearty buffs this week in World of Warcraft.
A hotfix yesterday increased the damage of several skills for fuzzy...
RIFT’s fans speculate over the Storm Legion expansion on Prime
You may have heard the news that RIFT's Prime server is poised to finally leave the bounds of vanilla content and jump into the...
World of Warcraft players are noticing major issues with item scaling and gold inflation
The Heart of Azeroth in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is meant to be a powerful relic containing the very essence of the...
Grab a MU Online, MU Legend, C9, Flyff, or Rappelz in Webzen’s summer giveaway
Webzen is winding down the summer with a bang: a massive round of bonus events across its whole catalogue of MMOs, including including MU...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 183: Battle for Battle for Azeroth
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss WoW Battle for Azeroth, Fallout 76, WildStar, NCsoft, Ashes of Creation, MMO Kickstarters, FFXIV, and SWG, with more haiku and mailbag entry on rating WoW for kids.
Guild Wars 2: New systems team, outfit vouchers, PvP updates, Revenant overhaul, and anniversary sales
One of my big grumps with Guild Wars 2 and plenty of other MMORPG cash shops is the time-limited items. The stuff I want...
