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Final Fantasy XI prepares for another round of the Celestial Nights celebration
The bright side of Final Fantasy XI having been around for a while is that the lack of new seasonal events is easier to...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the improved search function arriving with patch 4.35
There's a real dearth of vendor trash in Final Fantasy XIV. Almost everything is useful for something, somewhere. This encourages players to hoard a...
SpatialOS MMORPG sandbox Fractured has just gone live with its $116K Kickstarter
If you've been following Fractured and SpatialOS as long as we have, then you're probably right on top of the game's Kickstarter launch today....
RIFT datamining uncovers the gear and pets of Summerfest
It's summertime, and that means seasonal events will flow like wine in MMOs. Why go out into the heat and sun when you can...
Citadel of Sorcery shuts down after 14 years of development
Chances are that you have never heard of Citadel of Sorcery. MJ, our resident "has played every MMO in the universe" expert, only vaguely...
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV beast tribes, bottom ranks
I have mentioned before that I'm a big fan of the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV. Final Fantasy XI, too; there's a charmingly...
Trion just bought up Gazillion’s assets to beef up its MMO publishing arm
Did you see this one coming? VentureBeat has a piece out this morning interviewing Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman, who's apparently just revealed that...
Dark Age of Camelot delays its free-to-play shift to 2019
While we reported in December 2017 that Broadsword was aiming for a free-to-play option for Dark Age of Camelot, we haven't seen a lot...
World of Warcraft spins down WoW Mobile Armory app for expansion
It's time to clear out another one of the World of Warcraft apps that have been dwelling on your phone.
Following the retirement of the...
The Daily Grind: Are you an impulse buyer in MMO cash shops?
During last week's podcast, Justin and I were discussing MMOs that seem to make it hard for us to give them money, which led...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter’s five-year anniversary and Ravenloft campaign (June 24, 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...
E3 2018: Hands-on with Mavericks, the MMO battle royale hybrid
Automaton Games CEO James Thompson came along with Improbable, Bill Roper, and Mavericks to this year's E3, where I got a second chance to...
Pearl Abyss offers a maddening glimpse at its top-secret Project K
While Project K is still under wraps over at Pearl Abyss, the studio did sneak a very brief teaser about the game into a...
One Shots: I have had just about enough of you!
There are certain locales and cutscenes in MMORPGs that I've noticed get screenshotted more than most, and none seem to be quite as popular...
The Stream Team: A Bless Online first look, take two
Earlier this week, Massively OP's MJ tried to do a first look in Bless Online. Unfortunately, Bless wasn't cooperating. She has now managed to...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida re-asserts his commitment to the game in a recent interview
If you are currently enjoying Final Fantasy XIV, you probably don't want the game to massively change and rewrite the systems that you are...
‘The pressure is on’ for Camelot Unchained’s beta test
"The pressure is on, but in the best of ways. The energy in the studio is incredible, we are all excited about how close...
Project Gorgon brings out catalog golems to help search player shops
One of Project Gorgon's old-school-made-new-again features is the incorporation of player vendors. And while that's all well and good to let players sell their...
The Daily Grind: What are your summer MMO goals?
Now that most schools are out and the heat has begun in earnest in the northern hemisphere, it's the perfect time to retreat into...
Bless Online plans a big server merge for the end of July
Bless Online hasn't quite yet dug out of the hole it made for itself during its early access launch, but at least Neowiz has...
