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Hey game devs, stop namedropping Star Wars Galaxies and make a spiritual successor

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If you're an MMORPG gamer who watches the mainstream gaming space, you probably know that most gaming sites take any opportunity they can get...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online proves the worth of a small story arc

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It was the other day in Elder Scrolls Online's Northern Elsweyr that I stumbled upon a disgraced rogue that used to run a pit...
There were problems.

Perfect Ten: 10 problems that really hurt The Secret World

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For whatever reason, The Secret World is one of those games that people keep going back over mentally, an MMO that still collectively has...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG’s graphics hold up long past their due?

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When Dark Age of Camelot first hit beta a million years ago, I remember being super impressed with its graphics. Up until that point,...

Multiplayer space sandbox Empyrion’s Dark Faction expansion earns player ire over borked co-op

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Last week saw the co-op space survival sandbox Empyrion put out its first-ever expansion, Dark Faction, thanks in part to a surprise publishing partnership...

Dune Awakening’s latest video snippet is all about playing both solo and with friends

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Who here would like another vertically oriented video snippet out of Dune: Awakening? If you raised your hand, then you're probably reading this on...

The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too

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In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...

Massively Overthinking: Open world difficulty and puzzles in MMOs

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During last week's press event ahead of the Gold Road announcement, Elder Scrolls Online's Rich Lambert said something I thought would turn out to...

Conan Exiles recaps 2023’s updates and mods, promises next Age of War chapter in Q1 2024

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Conan Exiles has produced multiple new videos here at the top of the year, as Funcom has decided to use the medium to look...

Massively Overthinking: The slowest and fastest combat in MMORPGs

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During a recent podcast discussion about City of Heroes' official revival, the MOP writers were talking about its combat, which - let's be honest...

Massively Overthinking: The 2023 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed

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This might be one of the most important Massively Overthinkings we do all year, and it's a pretty salty one. We always come away...

Funcom partners to publish multiplayer space sandbox Empyrion and its first expansion

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Co-op space adventure sim Empyrion got an unexpected ally this week as its developer, Eleon Game Studios, announced a new partnership with Funcom to...

The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2023

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This traditional roundup of the best Daily Grinds of the year is actually one of my favorites because it demonstrates just how long we've...

Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2023, from Guild Wars to Gorgon

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Well here we are, my friends. It's always such a pleasure. Remember when your votes killed me twice? OK, maybe that's being overdramatic, but...

Funcom’s Dune Awakening is readying another closed beta test for early 2024

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Funcom is continuing to inch along with playtests for the Dune Awakening survival MMO - in fact, the one it opened sign-ups for a...

Conan Exiles promises PvE players ‘the joy of reducing structures to rubble’ with Age of War’s siege feature

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Have you ever wanted to destroy an entire city to dust in Conan Exiles but didn't really follow through because you're not a PvP...
I'm purely decorative!

The Daily Grind: Do you ever log into an MMO for an injection of nostalgia?

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I love me a good strong dose of nostalgia. Sometimes this happens unexpectedly, such as when I smell something that triggers a long-buried memory....

Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2023 MMO predictions

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We've been offering up an MMO predictions list for Massively Overthinking for years upon years now as our writers and readers prognosticate on the...
Un secret.

Vague Patch Notes: MMO gameplay by enhancement

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A while back, I was talking in the comments of an article about how bad The Secret World's combat was. It was the game's...

Ashes of Creation offers an hour-long look at its current gathering and crafting gameplay

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Ashes of Creation isn't only an FFA PvP sandbox; it also has some crafting and gathering to do (likely designed to create sheep for...

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