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The most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2017

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One of my favorite things to do every year is drill down the top articles on the site for our readers. I don't mean...
A lad.

World of Tanks 1.0 getting massive engine overhaul in 2018, World of Warships goes mobile

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Wargaming has has quite the new year planned for fans. World of Tanks is getting an overhaul, switching to an in-house created advanced CORE...
Damn you!

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2017

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Think of all the wacky things devs have said in public in front of gamers and journalists this year. Now imagine what gets said behind...

The MOP Up: Pocket PUBG (December 3, 2017)

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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...
Ain't no school like the old school.

World of Warcraft is bringing back old world bosses for its 13th anniversary

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Do you have fond memories of fighting the Dragons of Nightmare in World of Warcraft back when they were relevant? Or even when they...
Oh, hello there!

Netmarble mobile MMO Lineage 2 Revolution has officially launched

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As the Google Play app on my phone frantically notified me this morning, Lineage 2 Revolution has officially launched itself right on out of...

Bless Online will launch on Steam in 2018

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NEOWIZ announced on Steam today that the global release for Bless Online is indeed still happening, with a Steam launch planned here in the...
Three-point landing! Sort of.

Bless Online starts its second closed beta in Japan on October 12

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Let's take a moment to take stock of Bless Online, shall we? In South Korea, the game is testing its complete rebuild. In North...

The Game Archaeologist: The Chronicles of Spellborn

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Hey! Hey you! Yeah, you the I'm-so-bored-with-all-of-these-MMOs gamer! You've been grousing about for years how MMOs never take risks, never innovate, and are merely...

The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World’s Tokyo reveals (September 24, 2017)

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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...

Enter to win a Neverwinter gorgon mount on Xbox One and PS4 from PWE and MOP

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To celebrate the arrival of the Tomb of Annhilation expansion for Neverwinter on console, PWE has granted Massively OP 100 Firesoul Gorgon mount keys to give away to our readers-- 50...

Square-Enix announces ‘survival action shooter’ Left Alive

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Square-Enix announced LEFT ALIVE this morning, a "survival action shooter" that is permanently in capslock mode apparently. We don't know a whole lot right now...
LIVE WITH ME

Scientists say Pokemon Go helps relieve stress in Japanese workers

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A new Japanese study in the acclaimed science journal Nature suggests that Pokemon Go players experienced a drop in "psychological distress" because of the game. The paper gives...

Destiny 2 shatters PlayStation records and tops a million concurrent players for over a week

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It sounds like the suits are pretty pleased with sales performance so far. In a press release, Bungie announced that the multiplayer shooter has...
Phun phor the phamily.

Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch… in Japan only

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At what point is Sega officially just taunting Phantasy Star Online 2 fans in North America? It's hard to be sure, but the announcement...

Pearl Abyss is building four more MMOs as Black Desert swells to 7.65M registered users

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We've been tracking Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss' path to IPO since last spring, when multiple Korean outlets began reporting that the company sought...
well BYE

Destiny 2’s console edition has officially launched around the globe

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Did you stay up last night until midnight, waiting for your turn at Destiny 2? Were you watching the Bungie feed as it posted...

The Game Archaeologist: Furcadia

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Let's face it: There isn't really a huge pool of MMORPGs from the 1990s to explore in this column. By now I have done...
Well, I mean... all right.

Ghost in the Shell Online will close on December 6 in North America

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So, remember how Ghost in the Shell Online announced it was shuttering in Japan without announcing that it was also shuttering in North America?...

Pokemon Go’s Yokohama event was a huge improvement over the lawsuit-provoking trainwreck in Chicago

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Just a month ago now, Pokemon Go's Chicago festival was completely wrecked by connection issues that rendered the game an unplayable trainwreck for thousands...

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