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Star Wars Galaxies creator Raph Koster to release postmortem book on MMORPGs
Raph Koster is certainly a well-known name in the MMORPG industry who has spent his career working on titles such as Ultima Online, Star...
The MOP Up: Fractured Lands has fun in the apocalypse (June 3, 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...
Happy birthday to WildStar, Crossout, and World War 2 Online
The beginning of informal summer is a favorite time for MMO launches, which also means it's prime time for birthdays and anniversaries. WildStar, for...
‘Hipster MineCraft’ Occupy White Walls patches in a new launcher and UI update
Ready to delve into the weird world of Occupy White Walls, which one outlet labeled as "hipster MineCraft?" The public alpha of the art-centric...
Wargaming Seattle shuts down while Digital Extremes gets an American sister studio
Corporate shuffling is rarely great news, but for the employees at Wargaming Seattle, it looks like it's worse news than normal. The American wing...
The Game Archaeologist: Warhammer Online
When it comes to notable years in the MMORPG genre's history, 2008 stands out as one of the most significant. World of Warcraft's debut...
Massively Overthinking: On slavery mechanics in MMOs
Polygon recently had an interview with Conan Exiles creative director Joel Bylos focused on the game's slavery mechanics, a "feature" I had entirely forgotten...
The Flower of Knighthood plucks a medieval hardcore MMO
When you hear the word "hardcore MMO," immediately your mind must go to floral arrangements, no? Well it will now, thanks to the debut...
Wild West Online’s stagecoach is held up by negative reviews and no female characters
Perhaps Wild West Online is attempting to emulate life on the actual historical frontier. This week's launch has certainly been uncertain, fraught with peril,...
EVE Online celebrates 15 years with a trailer of fan events
An MMO with a trailer for 15 years of operation is not entirely unusual. It's not common, because not many games make it to...
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...
War Thunder preps Naval Forces update with new light cruisers, World of Tanks kicks off console Dream Machines event for May
So many tank MMOs, so little time - but time enough to see what they're up to!
War Thunder is actually working on everything but...
EverQuesting: Columbus Nova or not, Daybreak is tying its own noose
How about those Red Sox? Seriously, that's a conversation I'd rather be having than the one that has cropped up this week -- and...
NetEase’s Age of Exploration MMO Ocean Legend sets sail for mobile
Multiple new-to-us games calling themselves MMORPGs seem to land on mobile devices every week these days. On our radar today is Ocean Legend. Live on...
Russia’s Telegram crackdown blocks access to WoW, EVE, and Guild Wars 2
If you play Guild Wars 2, World of Tanks, EVE Online, or World of Warcraft in Russia, you may find that access to these...
EVE Fanfest 2018: Andrew Groen on the sequel to his popular EVE Online history book
One of the most common comments you'll see in articles about big events in EVE Online is that it's a lot more entertaining to...
The Stream Team: World of Tanks celebrates seven years and looks better than ever
Some big changes have happened over at World of Tanks recently, and it's the perfect day to show them off! WoT celebrates its seventh...
The sequel to EVE Online’s Empires of EVE book has already funded on Kickstarter
If glossy coffee table books on MMORPGs are your thing, you'll want to pay attention to Andrew Groen's second Kickstarter effort: He's seeking funding...
World of Tanks celebrates Yuri’s Night and its own anniversary with ‘Stellar Bonus’ event
Sick of the same old holidays every year in MMOs? World of Tanks is fond of plucking really good ones out of the void...
World Adrift posts its public roadmap, improves climbing so it doesn’t kill you
The veil of secrecy has been lifted from Worlds Adrift, and now every Tom, Dick, and Jane will be able to know what the...
