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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...
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...
Battle Bards Episode 90: Wizard101
Expecto MMOsium! The Battle Bards have donned their robes and taken to casting nasty spells on each other with their wands, all in 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...
Jukebox Heroes: Six MMOs that need official soundtrack releases
For an avid fan of video game soundtracks, and of MMO soundtracks in particular, the most frustrating aspect of collecting and listening to these...
Wizard101 works on Arabian Nights theme, ‘most cinematic world yet’
Wizard101 has grand, sweeping plans for 2017, starting with the upcoming release of Mirage, its Arabian Nights-themed world.
According to the team, Mirage will be...
Devilian dishes out extra enchanting stones this weekend
Our mamas always told us, "Kids, you can never have too many enchanting stones!" This didn't make sense for most of our lives, and...
The MMOs we lost in 2016
If you thought we lost a lot of MMOs in 2014 and 2015, wait until you see 2016's list.
It's easy to shrug off some...
Gamers resurrect LEGO Universe as Darkflame Universe with January alpha
Forget 2017; today I'm going to ask you to think back to 2010, when the folks behind LEGO decided it would be a great...
EverQuesting: Welcome to the Daybreak family, LOTRO and DDO
Sometimes there's news that just makes you go, "Huh?" At times it happens because said information makes no sense whatsoever; other times it surprises...
How Pokemon Go should integrate Pokemon Sun/Moon
Say what you will about following tradition, but when I first heard more Pokemon would be added to Pokemon GO, the first thing I thought...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG stories of the year
Earlier this week, we posted our award for the biggest MMORPG story of the year -- the one we thought had the biggest impact...
Wizard101 and Pirate101 have ponies and decorations for all
When it comes to a great holiday event, what would you rather have more: in-game activities, giveaways, or cash shop sales? If you said,...
A cautionary tale on video game addiction
No matter where we come from or our walk of life, all of us reading this site have one thing in common: We have...
The MOP Up: The worst Overwatch players ever (December 11, 2016)
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...
Gloria Victis promises faster town creation, improved character models
Speed is picking up with Gloria Victis' development. The dev team reports that it is close to finishing a new building system that will...
Rawr: Buy a World of Warcraft Mischief minipet — for the children
Let's face it: Almost every single MMORPG out there has useless crap you can buy in the cash shop and parade around in-game. So...
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....
Wizard101 treks to the sandy expanse of Mirage
Many of us may be descending into another long, cold, and hotpants-lacking winter, but over in Wizard101, the players are positively sweltering with excitement....
The Daily Grind: What’s the most bothersome part of MMORPG monetization?
A recent GIbiz interview on Ubisoft's monetization reveals that studios, at least the type making online shooters, have come full circle again to the...
