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Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Online games and internet addiction
Massively OP's overview of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate last month was just the beginning of our coverage of the...
Chaos Theory: Sneaking into The Park with Joel Bylos
Decisions, decisions. When you are invited to a special sneak peek of The Park, the upcoming single-player game based on The Secret World's own...
Get your first look at Wizard101’s Polaris
Polaris has been officially confirmed to be the next world that Wizard101 players will visit, and eager fans were able to get a sneak...
The MOP Up: Heart of Thorns countdown (October 18, 2015)
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...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Pirate101’s birthday with free gifts
What's better than a birthday? A pirate birthday, arrrrrrrrg! Pirate101 is celebrating another year, and MassivelyOP's MJ is headed back in to party. And...
Chaos Theory: The Secret World’s Carter and Issue 12.5
It's pretty common knowledge by now that Lead Designer Romain Amiel really likes to give teasers and spoilers for The Secret World. Unlike Twitter,...
Global Chat: Why is Blizzard so sluggish?
World of Warcraft: Legion and Blizzard's recent decisions were at the forefront of a couple of recent MMO blog posts as of late, their authors...
The MOP Up: How long would you last in your MMO? (October 4, 2015)
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...
The Daily Grind: How closely do you follow MMOs prior to launch?
MOP commenter Tandor Shadewalker recently made me think about what the game industry was like prior to widespread use of the internet. If you'll...
Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Character aging in MMORPGs
Announced earlier this year, Chronicles of Elyria is a startup sandbox in a sea of such sandboxes, but some of its features are rare even...
Perfect Ten: Ten well-known voice actors behind SWTOR’s characters
When it launched, Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of the biggest video game voice-over projects that BioWare or any studio had ever...
Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Aging, offline leveling, and the business model
Announced earlier this year, Chronicles of Elyria is a startup sandbox in a sea of such sandboxes, but some of its features are rare even...
LEGO Minifigures Online now available on Android devices
Owning an Android device is sometimes a frustrating experience when it seems that every app has to come out for iOS first and Android...
The Stream Team: An anniversary romp in Wizard101 with devs (plus free gifts!)
What better way to spend Wizard101's birthday than with devs giving away free stuff? There is none! MassivelyOP's MJ will be wishing the game...
Wizard101 turns seven while Pirate101 prepares new PvP season
Happy birthday, Wizard101!
The kid-friendly fantasy title will celebrate its seventh anniversary tomorrow. KingsIsle has a few surprises up its sleeve for the momentous occasion:...
LEGO Minifigures Online adds in monstrous minifigures and trials
Another series of minifigures is available in LEGO Minifigures Online, and the lineup is monstrous. As it should be; the minifigures in Series 14...
Guild Chat: Finding MMO fun without your guildmates
Good news, everyone: I'm back with an unexpected edition of Guild Chat for you! Observant Massively Overpowered readers might have noticed that I rotate...
PAX Prime 2015: Trion tries turn-based strategy with Atlas Reactor
Trion, the creator of Trove and RIFT, has turned its attention to the online PvP market with its new game Atlas Rector. At its core, Atlas...
Perfect Ten: Amazing MMO cosplay
I have nothing but deep respect for cosplayers because on two levels they are performing activities that I cannot. First of all, they put...
Funcom releases second quarter financials and announces The Park
We could quote a lot of numbers from Funcom's second quarter financial report, but let's be honest here: They're just confirming what we already...
