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Steam lists Elder Scrolls Online, Black Desert, and Warframe among 2018’s best sellers
While not technically an awards show, Steam's "Best of 2018" page effectively serves as one as it looks at the best-selling and most-played titles...
Gambling addict successfully petitions Path of Exile to disable lockboxes
In a year full of Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad news concerning lockboxes in online games, here may be the very first positive story...
Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: MMO Studio of the Year
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for MMO Studio of the Year, which was awarded jointly to ZeniMax Online Studios and Square-Enix...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value going into 2019
Here we go, here we go, here we go again. This one is always an interesting column to write because there's a certain amount...
The Stream Team: Investigating more in Path of Exile’s Betrayal
It wasn't long into Path of Exile's new Betrayal league before Massively OP's MJ had Immortal Syndicate members making deals and betraying one another....
Wargaming’s new OARPG Pagan Online launches next year
Grumpy over Diablo Immortal and Diablo III? Path of Exile not your cup of tea? Maybe give Pagan Online a peek for your clicking...
Midweek Mop Up: GTAO, Ubisoft, Path of Exile, Heroes & Generals, Foxhole, Vindictus, Crew 2, War of Rights, and more
It would not be unfair to say that this week has been one of the most news-heavy weeks of the year, to the point...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 200: Daybreak strikes back
Justin and Bree celebrate 200 episodes with discussion on site memories, plus Daybreak, Wildcard's Atlas, Ashes of Creation, Warframe, LOTRO and DDO, and Path of Exile, with mailbag topics on finding time to game and how studios should manage hype.
Path of Exile calls its Betrayal launch its smoothest launch ever
It feels like the vast majority of the expansion launches for Path of Exile are the smoothest launch ever for the game, which makes sense...
The Stream Team: Beginning Betrayal in Path of Exile
It's here, and Massively OP's MJ is very excited to dive in! The conglomerate of some her favorite Path of Exile expansions are brought...
Path of Exile’s biggest expansion ever, Betrayal, is live this afternoon
Get ready to be betrayed, folks: Path of Exile's Betrayal expansion is livesies today. The official site anticipates the servers coming up at 2...
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...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 199: Delay after delay
Justin and Bree discuss delays and do-overs for Project Nova, Path of Exile, Fractured, and Blades, plus WildStar's sunset, Red Dead Online, and Fallout 76's many messes, with mailbag questions on keeping up with new MMOs and combat-free titles.
Path of Exile’s manifesto update outlines nerfs for slows and stat sticks, rebalancing for uniques
When Betrayal lands for Path of Exile players at the end of the week, it's bringing with it a number of core changes that...
Path of Exile delays PS4 launch from December 2018 to February 2019
Ah heck. If you were hoping to be roaming around Path of Exile on your PS4 by Christmas, best stick a pin in those...
Path of Exile previews the boss of Betrayal’s new Primordial Blocks map
Ready for a new map in Path of Exile? Because the upcoming Betrayal update features not one new map but four. At least one...
Path of Exile outlines its new Atlas Objective mechanics for Betrayal
Daily missions will be gone forever with Path of Exile: Betrayal. Daily missions are for people living in worlds with loyalty, apparently. But really,...
Even Blizzard was amused by the URL prankster who forwarded Diablo fans to Path of Exile
One of the fun sideshows going on during the whole BlizzCon Diablo Immortal center-ring fiasco was the dude who bought the playdiablo4.com domain and...
Path of Exile elaborates on the changes coming to Hideouts with its next major update
The next big update for Path of Exile will shake things up for hideouts. No longer will you be deprived of your carefully crafted...
The Stream Team: Discussing Path of Exile’s upcoming Betrayal
With Path of Exile's next league coming soon, Massively OP's MJ is sure to ignore her poor fire witch and lose herself in Betrayal,...
