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Perfect Ten: 10 reasons World of Warcraft is pure cozy comfort
There's something weird and fun that happens in my brain around this time of year, which is that I start to get into a...
WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery ‘is cruising along’ as Blizzard delays Phase 4
Remember when WoW Classic's Season of Discovery was the new hotness that had everyone's attention? That era seems to have passed -- at least...
Destiny 2’s Final Shape is hamstrung by cutscene-killing connection errors and a suspected spike in dungeon difficulty
Yesterday saw the launch of Destiny 2: The Final Shape, which naturally means that we're circling back to see how its initial release went,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 471: A Gold Road to the promised Tarisland
Justin and Bree discuss Tarisland, Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road, Corepunk's alpha, WoW Classic Cataclysm, SWTOR, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on industry jargon, IGN's buying spree, and Embracer.
Tarisland promises a balloon-popping good time in one of its many minigames
Tarisland has already cast a spotlight over its "misc PvE gameplay," but the joy of popping a whole bunch of balloons with a well-aimed...
Choose My Adventure: Returning to Star Citizen (and fussing with tech)
It's been a long while since I got to hop into Star Citizen. Not for a lack of desire, but mostly for a lack...
Fractured Online plans summer launch, new server, and a major PvP ruleset revamp
Following the relaunch of Fractured Online’s early access and its first mega patch, Dynamight Studios has now released a full roadmap for the sandbox...
Guild Wars 2 announces Janthir Wilds expansion – with player housing and raid – coming August 20
So who's up for a new Guild Wars 2 expansion? What if I told you Guild Wars 2 is about to get a real...
Destiny 2’s long-delayed Final Shape expansion is officially live today
The time has come at last for the Guardians of Destiny 2 to face off against the Witness, aka Ol' Smokey Jones. The looter...
Tarisland counts 3M pre-registrations, opens lore site prior to global launch
We're just a couple weeks away from a major global MMO launch in the form of Tarisland, and it's all hands on deck in...
Ashes of Creation shares a preview of its node war PvP system
The PvP sandbox of Ashes of Creation already has talked about making players fight for things like dungeon spots and caravans, but now it's...
LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring Lord of the Rings Online’s enormous new Neaths zone
Do you remember when you were a kid and you got to poke around and explore a cool place? You'd eagerly run around it,...
Past Fate adds ‘proper starting tutorials’ and makes a swamp zone ‘much more poisonous’
The swamps are swampier and the tutorials are more informative according to Past Fate, which continues its seemingly endless march through closed alpha with...
Monster Hunter Wilds’ first gameplay trailer showcases new monsters and new mechanics
It's been quite some time since Monster Hunter Wilds, the next entry in the venerable multiplayer RPG series, got any information since it was...
Destiny 2 provides one more Final Shape preview, collabs with Dungeons & Dragons for a cash shop bundle
We are now mere days away from Destiny 2: The Final Shape going live (unless you were among those PS5 players who got that...
Final Fantasy XIV will release the second Dawntrail benchmark on June 3
The revised version of Final Fantasy XIV's expansion benchmark is going to be a little delayed, it turns out; an article has gone live...
Path of Exile 2 announces couch co-op plus simultaneous PC/console launches and updates
At last night's PlayStation reveal hoopla, Grinding Gear Games had two announcements for Path of Exile 2 ready and waiting. First, yes, the game...
Vague Patch Notes: Why do so many MMOs fail?
We talk a lot about MMOs that fail here on Massively Overpowered. I wrote a whole column about how our standards of success are...
Wayfinder’s Echoes update goes live for founders today as the game gets Steam Deck verified
If you were among those who bought into the promise of Wayfinder back when it was still angling to be a fully multiplayer experience,...
Final Fantasy XIV launches its promotional site for Dawntrail – here are all the new pics!
At the time of this writing, there is less than a month to go until Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion, Dawntrail, enters early access....
