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The Daily Grind: Have you ever walked away from an MMO over a studio’s treatment of its playerbase?
Star Wars Galaxies' NGE is one of the MMORPG genre's favorite bugbears: We pull it out as a warning, a label of doom, every...
A real-life lobbyist is running for the EVE Online CSM
Want politics out of your games? What about politicians? And do you mean it literally? Because... they walk among us.
Kotaku put out a piece...
EVE Evolved: Getting new players to stick with EVE Online
EVE Online has the odd distinction of being one of the most impenetrable MMOs on the market today and yet also one of the...
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...
Star Citizen deep-dives its player-generated content system
This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse begins with a project update recap. CIG says it's working on legacy armor sets, shopping kiosks, audio...
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!
The Daily Grind: Have you backed any MMO Kickstarters that you deeply regret?
Yesterday, as our writers were shaking their heads over Star Citizen's latest shenanigans, Eliot cracked a joke about how having backed the game had...
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...
The Stream Team: Celebrating the 15th EVEaversary
Not many virtual worlds (or galaxies, in this case) survive for 15 years, but EVE Online has. And that is definitely worth celebrating! Massively...
Star Trek Online previews the upcoming Gamma Task Force for Victory is Life
You've always known that there's going to be a new reputation coming along with the next Star Trek Online patch, because of course there...
Star Citizen players grumble over warbonds, insurance, and the latest concept ship promotion
Last week, Cloud Imperium began teasing a brand-new concept ship for Star Citizen, the Hercules Starlifter and its variants. While most gamers will roll...
Whatever happened to Line of Defense, The Exiled, and Pathfinder Online?
Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...
Star Trek Online is discontinuing monthly subscription purchases
There's a business model shift taking place for Star Trek Online, although you could argue it's a somewhat lateral shift. The game will no...
EVE Online prepares major conversion of player outposts and conquerable stations
As Brendan detailed in his EVE Fanfest coverage last month, EVE Online's structures are due for a huge overhaul, be they NPC fortification or...
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...
Star Citizen looks ahead to 3.2, unveils the new Hercules Starlifter concept ship for sale next week
CIG's Sandi Gardiner and Eric Kieron Davis are back with another installment of Star Citizen's Around the Verse, bookending a brief check-in with the...
Ascent: Infinite Realm teases its world-building as it adjusts from beta feedback
Last year's announcement that Kakao would be bringing the steampunk-flavored Ascent: Infinite Realm to the west was a much-needed shot of encouragement to MMO...
EVE Online kicks off its new anniversary event
Tell us, when did MMORPGs get to be so old? EVE Online is bloomin' 15 this year, and that just cannot be. Hopefully it...
Unpacking the Star Trek mission crate (with Star Trek Online)
When it arrived, my administrative assistant in my day job -- who just so happens to be a die-hard Star Trek fan -- brought...