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Wizard101 looks back at its updates this year and teases the future
The summer is just about over, as hard as that may seem to believe. Wizard101's producer, Leah Ruben, has taken the passing season to...
France wants to clear Pokemon Go out of schools because of creepers
Won't someone think of the children? The French education minister does because that's kinda her whole job. As the AP reports, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem explained...
Guild Chat: Minors and MMOs: Family-friendly guilds
Welcome along to another advice-filled edition of Guild Chat for a double-bill of advice for better facilitating junior players in guilds. I received two...
One Shots: Ruins in the jungle
Could Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns' greatest achievement be in its architecture? Even though I haven't played it, I certainly have heard a...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO music for epic fights
This week I'll be hijacking a question sent into the podcast that I thought was particularly apt for Jukebox Heroes to tackle. It comes...
Exploring Japan’s Pokemon Go culture
As some readers may know, I've spent the last few years in Japan trying to tackle the local gaming scene, online and off. While...
The Daily Grind: How do you decide when MMORPG class revisions have gone too far?
A bunch of my guildies flocked back to World of Warcraft during its pre-Legion festivities. One of them mentioned in passing that he'd been...
Chronicles of Elyria figures out a unique approach to parenting
Settle in, boys and girls, for one of the longest development updates to date from Chronicles of Elyria.
One of the big discussions this week...
The MOP Up: Project Gorgon’s pig dance party (August 7, 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...
Five IPs that could tackle ARG gameplay features Pokemon Go lacks
Following the news that Niantic is now in fact working on a Harry Potter AR game, I realized that even as someone who enjoyed the...
Wizard101 starts selling instant level 50 boosts, adds a Make-a-Wish character
Like it or hate it, the trend of instantly boosting new characters to high levels in older MMOs is spreading across the genre. The...
Winning Putt expands guild offerings, welcomes summer festival
Winning Putt is putting the emphasis on guilds (shouldn't they be associations?) with its big summer update. Guilds can now expand to 40 members...
Battle Bards Episode 79: Combat music
Ready to battle it out more than usual? The Battle Bards are cranking up the combat tunes from MMORPGs today, inviting all sorts of...
Overwatch banwave crashes into cheaters
For some of Overwatch's cheaters, August 1st could be the date that lives in infamy.
From the sound of it, it looks like Blizzard triggered...
Pokemon Go: Stock plummet, trolling, design fails, and crossing the Canadian border
Here's our near-daily smorgasbord of inane Pokemon Go stories. I'm sorry.
Two kids from Alberta, Canada, crossed the border into the US state of...
One Shots: Strange voyages
As cool and iconic that Star Trek ships look, I've always thought they also came across as fragile, with pieces sticking out here and...
Wizardry Online to sunset in Japan
Hardcore perma-death MMORPG Wizardry Online just can't catch a break: MMO Culture reports today that the game is shutting down in Japan, five years...
The Daily Grind: What does the MMORPG genre offer younger players?
Earlier this year, a Redditor on the MMORPG sub pondered whether young folks play MMORPGs -- not kids, mind you, but teens, high schoolers...
Destiny prepares to put Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions into maintenance mode
Players using older consoles to adventure in Destiny will soon discover that they're being moved to the kids table, unable to enjoy the latest...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best piratey MMO?
Arrr, today be a good day to walk the plank o' public opinion and ask ye which is the best piratey MMORPG!
We'll leave the...
