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Enter to win a Neverwinter gorgon mount on Xbox One and PS4 from PWE and MOP
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
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...
Scientists say Pokemon Go helps relieve stress in Japanese workers
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
It sounds like the suits are pretty pleased with sales performance so far. In a press release, Bungie announced that the multiplayer shooter has...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch… in Japan only
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
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...
Destiny 2’s console edition has officially launched around the globe
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
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...
Ghost in the Shell Online will close on December 6 in North America
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
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...
Almost nobody is happy with Pokemon Go’s irritating ‘exclusive raid battles’ plan
Pokemon Go players are buzzing today over the release of legendary Pokemon Mewtwo at the Yokohama, Japan, event, which according to Niantic allowed "thousands"...
The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures
In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....
Ghost in the Shell Online services to close in Japan
The bright side of the news that Ghost in the Shell Online will be shutting down service in Japan is that this is not,...
Massively Overthinking: Is the popularity of small-scale co-op games hurting MMORPGs?
Gamasutra has an unusual piece from an Ubisoft developer this week arguing that co-op gameplay is the industry's rising midcore trend, one that he...
World of Warcraft gold tops the Venezuelan bolivar, Nexon breaks onto Nikkei 300 index
By now most of the world is aware of the massive political and economic crisis that's happening in Venezuela, with rampant inflation destroying the...
Pokemon Go is being sued over the disastrous Chicago live event
If you live in the midwest and are out only a ticket and a tank of gas for your trip to the botched Pokemon...
The MOP Up: SamuTale’s massive new world (July 23, 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...
No, exploitative gacha mechanics are not a good idea for western devs
We've been talking about exploitative gacha games and related business models on Massively OP for a long time, most recently and notably in depth earlier...
Pokemon Go: Global summer events and which country spends the most
If you're looking for something to do this summer and you live in a big city, Pokemon Go -- or at least gawking at...
Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?
Massively OP reader and Patron Avaera has a thoughtful question for the team and readers this week. "I wish more virtual world games thought deeply...
