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GDC 2018: Funcom’s Tor Egil Andersen on Conan Exiles’ early access, launch, and beyond
My initial impressions of Conan Exiles, written just about a year ago, weren't exactly glowing. While I know not every game I play needs to appeal...
The Game Archaeologist: Shattered Galaxy
War. War never ends. Especially if it was designed and encouraged to wage forever.
One of the most popular computer gaming genres of the late...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming to the Nintendo Switch… which does not have region locks
We had really thought that after the never-updated website finally shut down last year we would be done talking about Phantasy Star Online 2,...
Final Fantasy XI finishes off its new Dynamis areas with Jeuno
The final round of content for the Dynamis - Divergence maps is arriving in Final Fantasy XI in March, and to the surprise of...
Taking a tour of the global Monster Hunter World community on PS4
While I'm not nearly the hardcore veteran our illustrious hunter Matt Daniel is, I can at least admit to physically living among the Japanese hunting...
Perfect Ten: The top 10 sexiest monsters of Monster Hunter World
I remember my first time. Unlike many hunters, I didn't stalk her. In fact, she bumped into me. I was just strolling down the...
Nexon sees huge increase in revenue, splits stock
Things are looking pretty rosy for Nexon as the studio posted its Q4 2017 financials. Revenue and profit both shot up compared to the...
Bless Online interview: Soft launch plans, why Gamigo bowed out, and avoiding pay-to-win
Bless Online is one of the biggest MMORPGs we're expecting to launch in the west in 2018. Over the last six years, we've watched...
Final Fantasy XIV gets a dazzling centerpiece snow sculpture for the Sapporo Snow Festival
The storyline for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward was not just about dragoons fighting dragons in snow. But it was prominently about the great wyrm...
Trove launches in Japan this spring, offers freebies through Twitch Prime promo
Trion announced today that Trove is launching in Japan on PS4 this spring, with closed beta coming "soon." You'll recall it launched in China...
The most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2017
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...
World of Tanks 1.0 getting massive engine overhaul in 2018, World of Warships goes mobile
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...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2017
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)
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...
World of Warcraft is bringing back old world bosses for its 13th anniversary
Do you have fond memories of fighting the Dragons of Nightmare in World of Warcraft back when they were relevant? Or even when they...
Netmarble mobile MMO Lineage 2 Revolution has officially launched
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
NEOWIZ announced on Steam today that the global release for Bless Online is indeed still happening, with a Steam launch planned here in the...
Bless Online starts its second closed beta in Japan on October 12
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
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)
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...
