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EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s Frostfell 2015
Ahh, 'tis the season: When goodies galore are hidden inside a magical closet and gigglegibber goblins give out gifts. Yes, it's Frostfell time! And...
MMO Year in Review: WoW’s nosedive (May 2015)
This year, we're taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head...
Perfect Ten: The 10 best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2015
There is no way we can list all of the great updates in a given year. It's not possible. We are always going to...
MMO Year in Review: A Star Wars Galaxies postmortem (April 2015)
This year, we're taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head...
MMO Year in Review: Crowfall’s Kickstarter (March 2015)
This year, we're taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR developers reflect on 2016
We all have those things in our lives that continue to pull at us, drive us, to learn more or do more. Sometimes it...
Not So Massively: Winter game update edition (December 21, 2015)
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
Wisdom of Nym: Why Final Fantasy XIV’s Anima Weapons don’t bother me
Everyone who has listened to my rantings for an extended period of time knows that I did not like the Zodiac Weapon quests in...
MMO Mechanics: 2015’s MMORPG mechanics in review
It's my favourite time of the year once again: The mulled wine is flowing, the festive lights are all aglow, the weather outside is...
The Game Archaeologist: Asheron’s Call
It's hard being the youngest child -- you get the hand-me-downs, suffer through swirlies by older siblings, and eventually develop such a neurosis that...
Hands-on: Blade & Soul’s early beta has solid mechanics, but not much else
I've had some time to think about Blade & Soul, and I'm still not sure exactly what I want to say about it. I...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: MMO of the Year
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards conclude today with our award for MMO of the Year.
In 2014, we couldn't reach consensus on an MMO of the year. In fact, enough...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Recapping Guild Wars 2 in 2015
The holiday season is well and truly upon us, so it's that most wonderful time of the year during which the Massively OP reporters...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG news stories of 2015
For as long as Massively Overpowered exists, this will be one of the most memorable years in our site's history. It was the year...
Chaos Theory: Inside The Secret World’s Issue #13 before launch
It never fails. I am too weak to resist a Secret World dev tour! Even knowing that spoilers will abound, I cannot help myself...
MechWarrior Online’s 2016 world championship, steam launch, and more
The MechWarrior Online content train is charging full steam ahead, and that's not just because the game is now on Steam! Back when MWO...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online predictions for 2016
Speculation can be dangerous because I tend to be too hopeful for the MMOs that I play. I've been critical of The Elder Scrolls Online in...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder of the Year
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for biggest MMO blunder of the year.
Last year, we called developer hubris and obstinance the biggest blunder...
Not So Massively: Counter-Strike nerfs all the guns (December 14, 2015)
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking back at Final Fantasy XIV’s 2015
I realize that this is arguably a little early. We've still got a couple of weeks left in 2015, after all, and patch 3.15...
