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Japan and the US led mobile app sales in 2016
We're number one! No, actually, we're number two. And it's in mobile sales. Dammit.
That's according to AppAnnie, which on Friday released its 2016 rankings...
Massively Overthinking: That moment when your MMO looks like a ‘fire sale at an exotic pet store’
Massively OP Podcast listener John recently sent us a really great question that saw Justin and me sharply divided in terms of our responses,...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone gets ready to banish dozens of cards (February 19, 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...
Nexon Q4 2016 financials down slightly QoQ and YoY, 2017 LawBreakers launch planned
Nexon released its Q4 2016 and full-year 2016 financial results today, painting a mixed picture for the quarter and year: Revenues are down slightly...
Ten life lessons I learned from the Asheron’s Call series
As Asheron's Call 1 & 2 are going offline shortly, I thought I might give it a final send-off with a list of things I...
Final Fantasy XIV inspires a new live-action Japanese show
There are lots of stories in Final Fantasy XIV, and one such story is being adapted for a new live-action series in Japan. But...
The MOP Up: No Man’s Sky gets shielded (January 22, 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...
Examining the potential for exercise and exploration in Pokemon GO
Just in time for your New Year's resolution, we reported on how Pokemon Go was featured in a peer-reviewed study on getting people to move more. But...
Closers Online shuts down in Japan, moves over to Taiwan
As of today, Closers Online is, um, closed in Japan. SEGA has shut down the game's servers and is handing all operations of the...
MMO lockboxes, keys, and booster packs: Gambling or gaming?
Lockboxes have become a hot topic over the last couple of years. Last month, both our writers and readers crowned SWTOR worst business model of...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Tokyo 2016: Red Mage, swimming, and Stormblood’s June 20 launch date
It's the holiday season here in the US, but in Japan it's just another weekend. Only it's not just another weekend; it's the weekend...
Grab a key for dino MMO Durango’s Android limited beta from Nexon and MOP
In celebration of the launch of mobile dino MMO Durango's Android beta, Nexon has granted Massively OP a bundle of keys to get you...
New research suggests head-mounted VR sets are unintentionally sexist
A new research study conducted by University of Minnesota researchers Justin Munafo, Meg Diedrick, and Thomas A. Stoffregen says that head-mounted virtual reality is unintentionally...
China is cracking down on MMORPG lockbox vendors
Violently authoritarian government regulates nasty video gaming monetization exploit, and gamers are cheering? Yep, China is cracking down on lockboxes. A notice from the creepy Ministry of...
A Parent’s Guide to Video Games: Condensing ‘The Video Game Debate’
Remember The Video Game Debate? The game research book edited by Thorsten Quandt and Rachel Kowert, the latter of whom we've been covering here since Massively-that-was? Good....
Final Fantasy XIV opens up free trials for December
If you've been away from Final Fantasy XIV, perhaps December is the month when you'd like to give it another try. Really, what else...
Durango opens up beta signups; testing to start on December 14th
Yesterday brought the first hints of upcoming testing for mobile dinosaur survival game Durango, but today brings even more. Nexon has opened up signups...
For Science: A third of our polled social media users quit Pokemon Go over trackers
Pokemon Go has received some large updates recently: the buddy system, medals, some big gym changes (twice), and now we've got dailies. We've been dazzled...
The Daily Grind: Are you biased against eastern MMOs?
In keeping loose tabs on responses to various games in the comments section here on Massively OP, I do see some remarks that seem...
Black Desert partners with Silicon Studio for tech sharing
Could Black Desert look and perform even better than it does right now? Pearl Abyss thinks so, as the studio has signed a "memorandum of...
