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Massively on the Go’s guide to returning to Pokemon Go: Focus on community
I've noticed a bit of a renewal for Pokemon Go thanks to large improvements by Niantic starting with Generation 3. With raids, quests, real-world weather affecting...
Tabloid muckracking, moral panic, and the mainstream media’s fuss over Fortnite coaching
With every huge online game, there's an accompanying rush of mainstream fuss over it - it's in the rules.
For example, Polygon has a piece...
Global Chat: The ‘We Don’t Play World of Warcraft’ Club
What do you do when you don't play World of Warcraft but everyone else all around you does and won't stop talking about it...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about themed MMORPG guilds?
Kotaku did a recent piece on "girls only" Overwatch groups that got me thinking about themed guilds. (As it turned out, the writer found...
Black Desert finally answers the eternal MMORPG question: Who does laundry in this gameworld?
So who washes all the clothes your toons wear in MMORPGs? This is a topic that needs to be explored... in some other article....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 179: MMO parenting fails
Justin and Bree discuss Star Wars Galaxies Legends, World of Warcraft, Elite Dangerous, LOTRO's Weatherstock, Trion's layoffs, No Man's Sky's multiplayer, DDO, and Wizard 101 updates, with mailbag entries on how to start an MMO blog and spooky stuff in Guild Wars 2.
Wizard101’s main city gets a magical makeover
When you've got magic on your side, renovation on a grand scale should be a snap, right? It was probably a little more difficult...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s beast tribes ranked, the top ranks
The fun thing about ranking the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV is that before I started in on this, I actually had no...
Exploring Pokemon Go’s real-life communities: MOP staffers revisit the game from opposite corners of the world
It's year two of Pokemon Go. While there's always room for improvement, enough has changed that I feel comfortable recommending the game to at...
Battle Bards Episode 124: Old MMOs, new music
It’s a catch-all, catch-up episode for the Battle Bards as they dig through new soundtrack releases from MMORPGs that they’ve covered in the past!...
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...
Interview: ArtCraft’s J. Todd Coleman on prepping Crowfall’s Artisan Engine for the broader industry
Yesterday, Crowfall studio ArtCraft announced it was spinning off a brand-new company dubbed ArtCraft Technologies that would basically turn Crowfall's engine into a marketable...
Pokemon Go’s second anniversary report card sees high marks for content and innovation
Today is Pokemon Go's second-year anniversary. Last year's report card had to grapple with things like the game's rapid rise and fall as a fad,...
The Stream Team: Friday is giveaway day with Wizard101!
Friday is giveaway day with MOP and Wizard101! Massively OP's MJ has come in possession of some nifty new Accursed Play Gauntlet packs, and...
Hyperspace Beacon: Memorable moments in Star Wars Galaxies, the original Star Wars MMORPG
Yesterday, the game that solidified my place in the MMO space would have turned 15 years old, and MJ, Bree, and I took a...
More MMOs pledge to fully remove Red Shell spyware, including Secret World Legends
At the beginning of June, we covered The Elder Scrolls Online's implementation of spyware program Red Shell, which is designed to track specific information...
Two teens who allegedly contributed to Call of Duty swatting murder plead not guilty
Reuters has an update on the ongoing criminal cases against the some of the defendants in the Call of Duty swatting incident from last...
The MOP Up: The Black Death improves its profession system (June 10, 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...
Wild Mage successfully funds on Kickstarter and confirms multiplayer
Congratulations are in order for Luna Orion, which just saw its Wild Mage successfully fund earlier this week! The open-world fantasy game, which the...
World of Warcraft gives us a comic-based tour of the Windrunner family reunion
Sometimes it's debatable whether or not World of Warcraft needs more of its lore in-game. Obviously, the newest Battle for Azeroth lead-up comic focused...
