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Final Fantasy XIV invades Phantasy Star Online 2 in an odd collaboration
How cool are crossover events? While some people might decry them as shameless marketing ploys, there is something undeniably cool about mixing it up...
Tree of Savior enters Steam early access tomorrow, launches F2P June 19
The English version of Tree of Savior is on the way, and today we know when. Beginning tomorrow, March 16th, the game will enter...
Breath of Fire 6 launches this week in Japan
Are you a fan of the old Breath of Fire console RPG series? Did you think that the series would be substantially improved by...
IBM is testing a Sword Art Online VR MMO next month
If you've never watched Sword Art Online, here's the quick version: There's a VR-based MMO that became popular but then trapped everyone inside of...
NCsoft’s Master X Master’s ‘global’ test due to begin soon
NCsoft has announced that the first global test for its upcoming franchise-blending MOBA Master X Master is on the way.
Curiously, the "global" test appears...
Gunslinger Stratos Reloaded to sunset less than two months after its launch
Call it Gunslinger Stratos Unloaded.
Square Enix's colorful action title Gunslinger Stratos Reloaded officially launched in Japan six days ago, and yet it's already been...
Could one agreement be what’s preventing localization of Phantasy Star Online 2?
We've made our fair share of jokes about Phantasy Star Online 2 over here at Massively Overpowered, because how could we not? The game...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Social outcomes and online gamers
Of all the chapters in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...
Phantasy Star Online 2 still is not being localized, but the anime based upon it is
Good news, Phantasy Star Online 2 fans! Or hypothetical fans of the game who still have not played it due to the fact that...
Massively Overthinking: The cynicism of modern MMO Kickstarters
This week we've been abuzz about Smed's Hero's Song Kickstarter cancellation - the KS more than the game, mostly because the game is happening...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO dev brains we’d like to pick
This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger.
"If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...
The Elder Scrolls Online will launch in Japan on June 23rd, 2016
We so often find ourselves covering games that have not yet been brought over to North America, but it's easy to forget in the...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is moving to the PlayStation 4 in 2016
If you're still waiting for Phantasy Star Online 2 to be released in North America, today's news isn't going to do much to help...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Games and education
We've got some really smart commenters here at MassivelyOP, and I think they help keep the fiercer trolls away. But when Joystiq itself went under,...
Jukebox Heroes: Ragnarok 2’s soundtrack
Game soundtracks like this are the reason why I scrounge outside of the well-known MMOs for hidden gems. As I've often said before, the...
SMITE previews Ragnarok Force X Thor and a bit of the Japanese pantheon
While you collect all of the items in the current SMITE Odyssey, you know that they're building toward a specific reward once they're all...
Massively Overthinking: Is IP-blocking in online games a necessary evil?
This past week, news about Black Desert's IP blocking has reminded me once again how IP-blocking, region-locking, and the resulting isolated MMO communities are...
Tree of Savior closed beta 2 begins on October 27
The next Tree of Savior English closed beta test is right around the corner.
On the official site, the team announced that the second closed beta...
Elder Scrolls Online is coming to Japan in 2016
Can Elder Scrolls Online take root in an eastern country such as Japan? That's what we're going to find out, as ESO will be...
Final Fantasy XIV is creating its first European data center
Final Fantasy XIV is not a game with action combat, but you can still be pretty thoroughly screwed whilst trying to play the game...