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Autumn transforms Life is Feudal’s landscape
We will admit that "Fall is coming" does not contain the chilling foreboding found in other seasonal mantras. However, there is a certain terror...
EVE Online players take action to prevent a suicide
When they heard a cry for help go out in their game, these players took action right away.
A few days ago on November 5th,...
Wizard101 sends players to adventure at the heart of the Spiral with part one of Empyrea
At the center of the Spiral in Wizard101 sits Empyrea, which was made to keep the Chaos Heart safe. It accomplishes that goal by,...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s CCP Games is gambling with the livelihoods of employees
Last week we broke the story that EVE Online developer CCP Games is backing out of the virtual reality games market, closing its Altanta...
The Game Archaeologist: Disney’s Toontown Online
The use of the word "toon" to describe MMORPG characters is a contentious one, with fans divided over its annoyance or acceptance. But when...
BlizzCon 2017: World of Warcraft art panel liveblog
Remember how last year, we got an enormous amount of art discussion during a panel that really should have been about systems? Or was...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for BlizzCon 2017
Tomorrowday, BlizzCon will be upon us, and this year we're expecting a full reveal of the new expansion for World of Warcraft, still the...
The Daily Grind: How can individual MMO players combat toxicity?
MOP reader Tyler sent us a tip over the weekend that keeps bothering me. According to a post made on Facebook this weekend, a...
The Stream Team: Giving away creepy clown Halloween bundles in Wizard101
Halloween is all about collecting goodies, and Massively OP's MJ has some Wizard101 goodies to give away! Special for the season, she has a...
Guild Chat: Should MMO guilds use trigger warnings?
Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, the column through which Massively Overpowered readers can air their guild issues and get help solving...
The Soapbox: NCsoft’s bizarre silence on Aion’s server merges says everything you need to know
NCsoft done messed up. Again. Yes, I know the studio has already had a few black eyes for other things throughout the years, but...
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...
Guild Wars 2’s Halloween event heralds new mount skins and new content
Guild Wars 2's Halloween festivities have officially begun! The Mad King's gala has a few new additions this year, including new themed guild decor, new...
Smart Social Gaming: Why people play social games and other topics non-gamers don’t get
While those of us who write for MassivelyOPÂ do try give you all the scientific resources we can to help you fight back against your...
Boat mounts, Halloween, and Billy the Kid blast into Wizard101 and Pirate101
As Pirate101 celebrates its fifth birthday this month, there is no shortage of things to keep budding buccaneers occupied in this strategy MMO. New...
Free Realms ‘Sunrise’ emulator prepares for second alpha test
Last year, almost three years after SOE shut down Free Realms for good, a group of players announced that it was resurrecting the title...
League of Legends dev who insulted streamer is no longer with Riot Games
Two days ago, we reported that a League of Legends developer had landed himself in hot water after he went grossly overboard in insulting...
Star Trek Online lets you work miracles with Season 14
The next major patch for Star Trek Online is here today, and as the game frequently does, it kicks off with a new featured...
Choose My Adventure: Into the desert of Guild Wars 2
My first week of playing Guild Wars 2 again was interesting, in no small part because it's rare for my playtime to be so...
Armored Warfare deep-dives the role of Armored Fighting Vehicles
The latest development diary on the Armored Warfare site is trying to answer a remarkably unclear question: What are Armored Fighting Vehicles? It sounds...