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LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s prettiest and ugliest places

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Depending on how you count it, at the present Lord of the Rings Online boasts somewhere around 45 zones -- a vast improvement on...
Doom approaches.

Vague Patch Notes: How time distorted what ‘hardcore’ means for WoW Classic

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There's a contingent of players looking forward to the launch of World of Warcraft: Classic next week that is vocally thrilled about one specific...
This took some work.

Perfect Ten: MMOs that flirted with permadeath

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This month, Dungeons and Dragons Online will be venturing where many MMORPGs have feared to tread: into the realm of officially supported permadeath. The...

Path of Exile announces Blight league for September 6 – here’s our preview interview with Grinding Gear!

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Fall is creeping up on us, and that means back to school is almost -- if not already -- here. That also means it...

Choose My Adventure: Rediscovering the simple joy of flight in No Man’s Sky

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Boy is it good to be back here. I'll be honest, not much of what I did while flying around in No Man's Sky was...

Flameseeker Chronicles: What would a mobile Guild Wars 2 look like?

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Ever wished Tyria could fit in your pocket? That dream could one day become a reality. A couple of weeks ago, we heard rumblings...

Hands-on: Neverwinter post-Uprising is a mixed bag for newbies and vets

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A long time ago, for a few months after it launched, I was an avid Neverwinter player. I loved its visceral combat, and to...
Up.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s moving violations

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Here's a bit of full disclosure: I still cannot reach the top of Kugane's tower to this day. It's the one jumping puzzle that...
The vestibule.

Not So Massively: Comparing looter shooters, from Destiny 2 and Division 2 to Anthem and Warframe

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Looter shooters -- online games with shooter gameplay and loot-based progression -- are all the rage these days. But maybe this trend has passed...

MMO Cartographer: Welcome to the Aura Kingdom

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For this week's edition of the MMO Cartographer, I have pulled Aura Kingdom out of my magical bag of maps. It is a bright,...

The Game Archaeologist: Dungeons & Dragons

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Part of the holy mission of the Game Archaeologist is to ferret out the roots of history that ultimately led to MMORPGs as we...
WHAT THE NOW

Lawful Neutral: The long fall of Project Copernicus’ 38 Studios

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There are some MMO stories that are just unbelievable. They are so warped convoluted and confusing that we think there's no possible way it...
My expectations weren't that I would be jumping into this right away, but...

The Soapbox: No, the MMO genre is not dead – but it could use a little positivity

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One of my favorite idioms is "dead as a doornail." It always reminds me of the time I got sent out of my 10th...

Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s best PvP mode isn’t what you think it is – it’s minigames

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One could certainly argue that Guild Wars 2’s primary focus is that of a PvE, story driven game. Hell, I’d make that argument. Yet,...
Also, kind of Blue Mage, but that's not happening so stop asking.

Vague Patch Notes: Lazy MMO developers don’t exist (at least not the way you’re thinking)

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The other night, I was reading the Final Fantasy XIV subreddit and came across that gem of all gems for people who love badly...

Desert Oasis: The sad saga of enchanting in Black Desert Online

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One of the hallmarks of our genre is the inherent heartbreak it's capable of creating within us. Whether we're doing a corpse run in...

Wandering Wraeclast: A guide to gear at a glance in Path of Exile

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In Path of Exile, don't despair if you feel like a beginner for a while -- the more you play, the deeper it gets....
Pay to lose.

Perfect Ten: Creating the worst MMO ever

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Here at Massively Overpowered, we learn about some games, folks. We learn a whole lot about a whole lot of games! We know MMOs....

Choose My Adventure: A reminder of why I haven’t played Monster Hunter: World in a while

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You ever uninstall a game after a while, forget that you did so, then see it on your Steam library, wonder why it’s not...

First impressions of DC Universe Online – on the Nintendo Switch

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Last week, DC Universe Online became one of the only MMOs on the Nintendo Switch, prompting many gamers to give it a look or...

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