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World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth pre-patch arrives on July 17
Say goodbye to your artifacts and hello to War Mode, because World of Warcraft's expansion pre-patch is almost here. When July 17th rolls around,...
Interview and excerpt: The ‘Braving Britannia’ book preserves Ultima Online’s oral history
Earlier this week, we wrote about the launch of a new book that's right up MMORPG fans' alley. Dubbed Braving Britannia: Tales of Life,...
Hyperspace Beacon: Take your SWTOR PvP to Rishi!
OK, I'll come right out and say it: I love the Rishi stronghold. The Star Wars: The Old Republic developers have outdone themselves. I...
World of Warcraft’s communities will bring players closer together than ever before (unless they’re in different factions)
The common consensus in the World of Warcraft community is that Patch 8.0 -- the Battle for Azeroth pre-patch -- is due to arrive...
TennoCon 2018: Deep-diving Warframe’s Fortuna and Railjack
Many fans, including me, are talking about still riding high after Warframe's amazing TennoCon 2018 announcements this past weekend. That was some pretty epic...
The Daily Grind: Has flying hurt or helped MMORPGs?
Not every MMO has flying, and those that do tend to add it post-launch as a major selling point for an expansion or patch....
Hearthstone unleashes mad science with The Boomsday Project expansion
Anyone notice how Hearthstone seems to have the best art team and the biggest sense of humor of the entire Blizzard studio? It certainly...
TennoCon 2018: Why Warframe will never launch (and why that doesn’t matter)
There's a question that floats around our Massively OP office discussions occasionally, especially when updating which game is labeled what: Will Warframe ever launch?...
Guild Wars 2 pushes out underwater balance patch while players cross over 119,431 years /played
Just a heads up that Guild Wars 2 is putting out a small patch today to balance a few issues in the game: "Since...
Wisdom of Nym: Taking a spin in Final Fantasy XIV’s Heaven-on-High
Heaven-on-High is not quite the same as the Palace of the Dead. That is not surprising; they're different places with different lore and slightly...
EVE Evolved: Improving EVE Online’s organisational tools
Throughout most of EVE Online's lifetime, players have developed their own third-party applications (and yes, spreadsheets) to help organise and enhance their gameplay. We've...
One Shots: My name is Captain Vanity
As I'm off on vacation this week, I knew that I wasn't going to be able to cull through the previous One Shots comment...
TennoCon 2018: Warframe expands into open-world Venus plus space
Eidolon expanded the scope of Warframe immensely, but that doesn't hold a candle to the content coming. The playable universe is growing by open-world...
LOTRO Legendarium: Are the new seasonal instances a win or a whimper?
Let us travel back to 2009, when Lord of the Rings Online released its second expansion pack, Siege of Mirkwood. This pint-sized expansion seemed...
Blizzard wants you to crush your enemies for a Battle for Azeroth beta key
Can't wait until August 14th to get your hands on World of Warcraft's upcoming Battle for Azeroth expansion? Then you might be in luck:...
The Daily Grind: How early should an MMORPG’s hype cycle begin?
GIbiz put out an interesting piece this week looking 10 years into the past to see where the buzz was in the game industry...
Stay Awhile And Listen II is on Kickstarter covering the development of Diablo II
Would it be wrong to call Diablo II the most influential sequel ever? Maybe. But it undoubtedly had a huge impact on the game...
Star Trek Online previews the rebuilt Deep Space Nine for the console launch of Victory is Life
If you were going to ask someone to identify the most iconic starbases in Star Trek Online, there's really not much contest. Sure, Earth...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s beast tribes ranked, the middle rankings
We're continuing our tour through the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV, and as I move through these rankings I can't help but notice...
The MOP Up: EverQuest II’s scorched sky policy (July 1, 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...