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One Shots: Retrofuturism for rent
Here's your two-step process to make anything old look all futurey like something out of the Jetstons. Step one: Take a normal thing. Step...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming creeps into Once Human
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
The Stream Team: Three friends walk into the horrors of Content Warning together
What happens after that? Well, you'll just have to tune in and find out! Yes, MOP's Chris is once again hopping into the fun...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with weirdly defensive fanbases
I do not have nice things to say about RuneScape. I have never had nice things to say about RuneScape. I also do not...
NetEase’s post-apoc survival MMO Once Human is live – and already tearing up Steam
NetEase has been extremely busy the last few years, cranking out games and picking up studios to make more for what it apparently thinks...
Funcom marks Secret World’s 12th anniversary with a brief message of thanks
Today, July 3rd, marks the launch date of the deeply unique modern world MMORPG The Secret World, which has been online for 12 years...
Vitae Aeternum: New World Aeternum’s stagger changes could make or break the game
In all the hubbub over New World's controversial Aeternum relaunch, there's one element of the update that's been largely overlooked. The features infographic mentions...
Vitae Aeternum: A new theory on what went wrong with New World’s 2024 plans
The New World fanbase is still reeling from the fallout over the announcement of its soft relaunch on consoles as New World: Aeternum. Something...
Funcom’s Joel Bylos explains why Dune Awakening is an actual, factual MMO
In an era where game studios are either backpedaling on calling their MMOs "MMOs,"Â it's refreshing to see one studio come outright and take ownership...
Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs
A few weeks back, our team was discussing the intersection of survival sandboxes, MMORPG virtual worlds, and gankboxes - and how hard it is...
The Classic Secret World community is hosting a 12th anniversary event for the game – not Funcom
Let's get this out of the way: No, Funcom has not had a massive change of heart and decided to start developing for either...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17
Most of the games I played at Summer Game Fest were more enjoyable than I expected - including Throne and Liberty, which was probably...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with PvE-centric sci-fi horror survival shooter MMO Once Human
For those who saw Once Human and thought, "Gee, that kind of looks like a mix of H1Z1 and The Secret World," you're not wrong based on...
Perfect Ten: MMOs where you travel back in time for some reason
We're all time travelers! We travel to the future at the rate of one second per second. Every single machine you will ever operate...
Destiny 2 readies Echoes for launch on June 11 along with outlining the year-long plan for Episodes
The future of Destiny 2 - at least for the next year - is episodic. The first episode following the launch of The Final...
Vitae Aeternum: New World’s Aeternum relaunch is actually a solid update – with terrible timing and comms
After months of waiting, New World's June mystery announcement has been revealed as New World: Aeternum, a console release coupled with a rebranding and...
Vague Patch Notes: Why do so many MMOs fail?
We talk a lot about MMOs that fail here on Massively Overpowered. I wrote a whole column about how our standards of success are...
Perfect Ten: My top 10 favorite MMOs across two decades
Normally in these Perfect Ten lists, I'm very outward-facing. I like to create lists that are as helpful or amusing as possible for others...
Blight Survival is an upcoming multiplayer ‘medieval action-horror co-op survival game’
The idiom goes that you can't judge a book by its cover, but we're reasonably sure that a game called Blight: Survival is pretty...
Star Citizen showcases the creation of the two brand-new animals coming to alpha 3.23
Land on any planet in Star Citizen currently and you'll be greeted by things like weather patterns, flora, and very possibly a derelict or...
