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Project Gorgon patches alpha while holding an Indiegogo contest
A smaller build went live in Project Gorgon's alpha this past week, bringing revisions to the hammer and ice magic skill sets. The hammer...
Massively OP’s 2016 gift guide for the Guild Wars 2 fanatic
The best holiday of the year is almost here! I'm talking about Black Friday, of course, that magical day when everything is on sale! I'm...
Black Desert gives a sneak peek at Dark Elves, new areas, and more
Black Desert is on a hot streak of activity is month. The title merged servers in its "New World" update earlier this month while also...
Blade and Soul announces the Gunslinger and Korean F2P
It seems so very long ago, but the beginning of 2016 was dominated with excitement and expectations for Blade and Soul. For a good...
Astellia Online proves that MMOs and TCGs can coexist in harmony
One of the games that's emerging from G-Star 2016 is Nexon's Astellia Online, an MMO that heavily incorporates digital card game-like features into its...
The MOP Up: Wurm Online cooks up a hearty Thanksgiving meal (November 20, 2016)
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...
Ultima Online’s publish 95 introduces December crafting festival and holiday rewards
Ultima Online's publish 95 is live this week in the 19-year-old MMORPG. The headline features are the Artisan Festival and holiday rewards, which aren't...
One Shots: A home away from home
If you were to move into an MMO for real, where would you live? I posed this question last week to the One Shots...
The Daily Grind: Do you make use of your MMORPG’s public test realms?
The patch server. The PTR. The PTS. Whatever your MMORPG calls it, it's probably got one: some sort of publicly accessible server that gets the...
Skyforge nerfs squad adventures and steels itself for a Reaper invasion
Love it, hate it, or ambivalent toward it, it's hard to deny that Skyforge is pretty on the ball with its production of updates....
Black Desert guild heraldry sparks questions over offensive symbols
This past week, an interesting guild situation arose in Black Desert. A Massively OP tipster was surprised by an unusual symbol above the entrance to a...
The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 2
We're back with our second part of an interview retrospective of Mythic Entertainment's early online games with CSE's Mark Jacobs. Last week, we talked...
Ghostcrawler reveals the design origins of World of Warcraft’s Death Knights
Just because Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street is over with the League of Legends team these days doesn't mean that he has stopped talking about World...
Enter the Breach in Path of Exiles’ next league, launching December 2
If you've ever wanted to call out "Once more unto the Breach!" as a battle cry, Path of Exile offers you just that chance...
Guild Wars 2 addresses raiding tiers and accessibility
In response to players agitating for improving raiding in Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet Game Designer Crystal Reid has addressed both tiers and accessibility for...
Wanna play Cloud Pirates over Thanksgiving? There’s a key for that
If you've been thinking that flying your dirigible around and blowing up the enemy might sound like a fun way to spend Thanksgiving, Cloud...
Jukebox Heroes: Six pretty great MMO tunes from games you’ve never played
In my years of coverage of MMO soundtrack music in this column and on Battle Bards, I've clearly observed that there are games that...
How Project Titan and Overwatch prompted Chris Metzen to leave Blizzard
Months later, the World of Warcraft community is still coming to grips with the absence of Chris Metzen, who decided to retire from Blizzard...
Moonlight Blade will let you play as a tween girl
Perhaps you were on the fence with Moonlight Blade, thinking to yourself, "Well, this upcoming eastern MMORPG looks nice and all, but it's forcing...
The Daily Grind: Are you going back to RIFT for Starfall Prophecy?
After a briefly delayed beta event last month, RIFT's Starfall Prophecy expansion launched this week. RIFT is Trion Worlds' crown jewel, and this third expansion...
