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Guild Wars 2 game director talks about the free market and lootboxes
Convenience and cosmetics. These are the foundational pillars of Guild Wars 2's microtransactions, and back at GDC earlier this year, Game Director Crystin Cox...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 170: Mild West Online
Justin and Bree discuss Conan Exiles, Wild West Online, LOTRO, NCsoft's financials, Gamersfirst's acquisition, H1Z1, the Guild Wars franchise, WoW, DDO, and Trove, with mailbag topics on offensive in-game titles and too-fast MMO combat.
TERA’s third anniversary week features more doubled rewards and new employees with scarves
The only way to prove to future generations that you were present for TERA's sixth anniversary is by acquiring an anniversary scarf. Never mind...
The MOP Up: Diablo levels up in Heroes of the Storm (May 13, 2018)
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...
One Shots: First MMO loves
What was your first? Not necessarily the first MMORPG you ever played, but the first that made you fall in love with that game...
Hands-on with Bless Reborn at Neowiz’s San Francisco media reveal
As you probably have heard, there was a Bless influencer event this week, with a couple of media and a smattering of MMO streamers...
The Daily Grind: Do your MMORPG characters primarily wear in-game armor or cash-shop cosmetics?
Take a look at your main character in your main MMORPG right now. What is he or she wearing? And did you get it...
Ultima Online preps a bug push, gives a voice to town cryers
Bugs, you better live it up, because your days are numbered. Ultima Online is preparing a big bug push (squash?) with June's Publish 100....
Villagers and Heroes AMA makes a case for why it’s the best mobile MMO on the market
With Villagers and Heroes handing over unprecedented control of its village design and decoration to players with next week's Wellspring expansion, there's a lot...
NCsoft Q2 2018: Revenues for all NCsoft MMORPGs are down in Q1 2018 except… Aion?
NCsoft's first quarter 2018 financial results are in, and it's... kinda OK? Guild Wars 2 saw a big drop-off, though that's to be expected...
Classic Guild Wars 1 just got a huge graphics update
This week, classic Guild Wars 1 has gotten its first real update in the years since going into maintenance mode. As we noted on...
Project Genom’s massive new patch adds new territory, proper character customization, a UI revamp, and new quests
Project Genom has been heavily updated this week, and according to developer NeuronHaze, that's all thanks to the players who've supported the title since...
EverQuest boss bug bottlenecks progression servers
A nasty bug on EverQuest's progression servers has kept players from completing an expansion boss for over a year now, with bug reports and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 169: Farscape and RuneScape
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Trove, Secret World Legends, RuneScape and Jagex, Amazon's New World, PWE MMO sunsets, Star Trek Online's new business model, SWTOR, and ESO, plus mailbag topics on the Guild Wars 1 graphics update and crafting MMOs. And yes, we talk Farscape too!
Guild Wars 2’s underwater combat update and class balance pass are live today
Some MMOs pump out an endless stream of previews for their big patches, especially the type that overhaul major game systems or balance combat,...
By Crom! Age of Conan’s Saga of Zath server shuts down next week
There is only one thing more terrifying to barbarians than the monster up above, and that's the end of the world. Both the weak...
Artsy MMO Occupy White Walls patches in new assets, including a bar
Back in April, we first covered in-development MMORPGÂ Occupy White Walls, a "PC sandbox-building, AI-driven MMO where people play with Art" rather than wander around...
The MOP Up: Battlerite royale (May 6, 2018)
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...
Guild Chat: When sibling rivalry is ruining MMO guild relations
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which I attempt to resolve all of your guild-related issues with the help of the Massively...
Massively Overthinking: The state of modern MMORPG raiding
Massively OP reader Sorrior recently sent in a question about raiding, a topic we haven't discussed in a while.
"I have noticed raiding tends to...