Disambiguation:
– Final Fantasy XI, an MMORPG released in 2002
– Final Fantasy XIV, an MMORPG released in 2010 and re-released in 2013
– Final Fantasy series, a series of video games that began in 1987
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The MOP Up: TERA’s Valkyrie goes to console while Vainglory comes to PC
No matter what platform you're on, there's good stuff coming your way! TERA's Valkyrie update is finally making the jump to Xbox One and...
The Game Archaeologist: Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2
At the end of June 2014, dozens of online worlds flickered and vanished with the flip of a switch. It was a online apocalypse...
Final Fantasy XIV brings UI transparency and random favorite mounts in patch 4.5
The second part of the previews for Final Fantasy XIV's next major patch (and last one before its third expansion) will be taking place on...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions
As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later?
So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.
Monster Hunter World gets its Final Fantasy XIV crossover on Steam on December 21
Have you too long been denied the ability to hunt the Behemoth because you'd rather play Monster Hunter World on PC? Don't worry, that's ending...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO emulation as a paean for the dead vs. a mockery of the living
If you ever need to know why we'll happily cover Star Wars Galaxies emulators and not Ultima Online emulators here on Massively Overpowered, the reason is...
Final Fantasy XI is giving a lot of jobs a patch of power for the holidays
The Starlight Celebration is heading to Final Fantasy XI as it does every year, but players are getting a different sort of present with the...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2018
Another year is coming to a close! That means we're doing all of our usual end-of-year recaps, and that also means that we're once...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV will let you pet the rabbits
The first Final Fantasy XIVÂ fan festival this year seem to have been an exercise in subverting player expectations, albeit with subtlety. Six prior festivals...
Final Fantasy XIV details the sculpting of Yiazmat
The Return to Ivalice raid series is ending in patch 4.5, but Final Fantasy XIV players still have more time to catch up on all...
Global Chat: Saying farewell to a fellow MMO blogger
The MMO blogging community is a pretty tight-knit one. Most of us know each other (or of each other) and read each other's blogs...
Wisdom of Nym: Making proper predictions about Final Fantasy XIV’s next jobs
Now that we're done poking holes in bad logic, it's time to actually get down to brass tacks of predicting the next jobs for...
One Shots: Snow joke
I ask for "weather" in a screenshot challenge and you all give me lots and lots and lots of MMO snow. I guess we're...
Vague Patch Notes: Accessibility vs. relevance in MMORPGs
You know that old chestnut about how the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist? The greatest trick...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Blue Mage is balanced right, even if you don’t like that
This extra this week entirely comes from me doing the intellectual equivalent of pouring a mixture of lemon juice and salt directly into an...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2018
Unlike with Halloween and Christmas, it seems like MMORPG developers never quite know what to do with the Thanksgiving holiday. Vastly fewer games celebrate...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 197: Crawl out through the fallout
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's Fanfest, Fallout 76, Hellgate, WildStar, plus patches for Black Desert, EVE, Secret World Legends, ArcheAge, TERA, and EverQuest II, with mail on MMO difficulty settings.
Don’t miss our Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest 2018 and Shadowbringers coverage
Massively OP's complete coverage of Final Fantasy XIV's 2018 Fan Festival.
Wisdom of Nym: The first reactions to Final Fantasy XIV’s fan festival
Well, gosh. That was sure a lot of news for Final Fantasy XIV over a weekend, huh? Expected news, sure, but therein lie some of my...
The Stream Team: Healing and leveling in Final Fantasy XIV
With the Final Fantasy Fan Festival's reveals fresh on his mind, Massively OP's Chris is ready to play a whole lot of catch-up on...
