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The Daily Grind: Have you ever fallen for an in-game MMO prank?
Stop me if you've heard this one: If you fly to the remote Hutton orbital space station in Elite Dangerous, there's a free Anaconda in...
Slay-to-win: Massively OP’s hands-on with the Dauntless closed beta
The end of September marked a major milestone for Dauntless, the upcoming monster-slaying action-MMORPG from indie developer Phoenix Labs, as it officially concluded its...
Elite: Dangerous player is reaching out to speak with the game’s inscrutable aliens
Remember that Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where the crew spent the entire episode tracking down and struggling to communicate with a destructive...
Elite Dangerous patches in preparation for Xbox One X support
The Elder Scrolls Online isn't the only MMO getting love with the Xbox One X launch tomorrow: Frontier posted today that Elite Dangerous is...
The MOP Up: Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet announced (October 29, 2017)
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...
The MOP Up: Warface celebrates its birthday in Chernobyl (October 22, 2017)
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...
Legends of Aria wraps up final alpha test
It's time for Legends of Aria to say farewell to alpha once and for good.
The fantasy MMO wrapped up its so-called final alpha test...
The MOP Up: Speedrunning World of Warcraft (October 15, 2017)
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...
Frontier Expo 2017: Science, history, and gaming make for a great first con
This past weekend was not the first time I have attended a developer's convention, but Frontier Expo 2017 was one of only a very few...
Frontier Expo 2017: First sighting of Jurassic World Evolution
No, it's not an MMO. Boy oh boy do I wish it were! You know that little old movie franchise, Jurassic Park? If you've...
Frontier Expo 2017: Elite Dangerous goes ‘Beyond’ with big plans for 2018
When I spoke to Elite Dangerous' devs at this year's Frontier Expo 2017, the company's first fan expo, they admitted that communication went dark...
Frontier Expo 2017: Planet Coaster adds scenarios, picnic tables, and lets vendors loose
Visitors can sit while vendors run wild! That's the news that Planet Coaster devs shared on stage at the inaugural Frontier Expo 2017. The...
The Thargoids are adapting to player tactics in Elite: Dangerous
First, the player debate in Elite: Dangerous was whether or not players would have to fight the Thargoids. Then, it was over how to...
Global Chat: The MMO community’s Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire impressions
It is kind of impossible to stroll around the MMO blogging community as of late and not trip and fall into a pool of...
Elite: Dangerous players are at war with one another over war with the Thargoids
Players of Elite: Dangerous have spent quite a while anticipating the arrival of the Thargoids. There were hopeful skirmishes against the aliens soon after...
Elite: Dangerous players are putting together fragmented accounts of fighting the Thargoids
One of the first players to encounter the Thargoids in Elite: Dangerous provided a video of the encounter, and the bad news is that...
Elite Dangerous’ 2.4 update today heralds ‘The Return’ of the Thargoids
When Frontier's servers return to service today, Elite Dangerous will have a shiny new update. Patch 2.4 The Return promises "more mysterious and exciting...
Massively Overthinking: How will Star Citizen make money after launch?
During this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I attempted to tackle a question sent in by commenter and listener Sally Bowls - specifically,...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel crowdfunded MMOs ‘owe’ you something?
My husband and I were chatting about the whole Chris-Roberts-is-fed-up-with-trolls-and-date-estimates-that-everyone-knows-aren't-going-to-stick thing from last week when he said something that struck me. "It reminds me...
Elite: Dangerous brings the Thargoids with patch 2.4 on September 26
There are dangerous things in deep space when you play Elite: Dangerous. More dangerous than system failures, or pirates, or interstellar phenomena. The Thargoids...