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Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Biggest MMO Industry Blunder of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Industry Blunder of 2017, which we awarded to the industry's VR obsession...

Chaos Theory: Guide to Secret World Legends’ first Krampusnacht

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While many games go festive for the holiday season, no one does it quite like Secret World Legends. Cutesy doesn't quite fit here, but...
Ideas face challenges when born.

Wisdom of Nym: Taking a peek at Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch

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Gosh, I feel sort of bad for the person whose job it was to make the next Final Fantasy XIV fan festival reveal seem...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best Not-So-Massively Game of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best Not-So-Massively Game, which was awarded to Overwatch last year. As you might surmise, the...

MMO Mechanics: 2017’s MMO Mechanics in review

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I cannot quite believe that we're saying goodbye to 2017 and ringing in 2018 so quickly: It certainly doesn't feel as though an entire...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Housing of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Housing, which was awarded to WildStar last year. MMORPGs eligible for this award can...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMORPG PvP of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMORPG PvP, which was awarded to Black Desert and EVE Online in a tie...

The Game Archaeologist: Revisiting the first three months of World of Warcraft

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Were you there? Many of us were. Many weren't. Either way, November 23rd, 2004 was a watershed date for the MMORPG industry and one watched...
Whoops.

WoW Factor: The fate of WoW’s class orders post-Legion, part 1

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In the lull between expansions, I've been hard at work bringing my alts up to the level cap, unlocking all of the class mounts,...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Worst MMO Business Model of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Worst MMO Business Model, a dishonor bestowed upon Star Wars The Old Republic last year in...
So secretive!

Choose My Adventure: Secret World Legends in review

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Earlier this year, when we had yet to actually get much information about Secret World Legends, I posted a piece in which I discussed...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Business Model of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Business Model, which was awarded to Guild Wars 2 last year, the first...

Tamriel Infinium: Our 2017 report card for Elder Scrolls Online

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All in all, 2017 has been a fabulous year for the Elder Scrolls Online, and although I have been light on talking about the...

Perfect Ten: 20 upcoming MMOs to watch in 2018

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It has become a long-standing tradition as Massively OP and our former site that we like to end the year by creating a list...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Most Improved MMO of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Most Improved MMO, which was awarded to The Elder Scrolls Online last year. All live...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s Hall of Chains raid wing first impressions

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I promised you at the end of last week's rundown of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living World season's launch episode that I'd return this week...

Hands-on with Monster Hunter World’s weekend beta – and how it compares to Dauntless

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I won't lie: The Monster Hunter World beta on console last weekend isn't going to give you the best sense of the full monster hunting experience. It...

Interview: ArcheAge’s 4.0 Maelstrom launches December 13 with changes to lunagems, raid finder, and more

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Batten down the hatches because a big storm hits tomorrow! ArcheAge's Maelstrom, with its cross-server navel arena, launches on December 13th. We got to...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Biggest MMO Story of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Story, which was awarded to the death of EverQuest Next last year. This isn't...
And now, the next chapter.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2017 in review

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It's hard to say whether 2017 was a good year for Final Fantasy XIV. Sure, on one level it seems obvious. The game launched its...

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