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Massively OP’s guide to choosing an online ARPG
Bored of MMOs, despondent about the industry, or simply looking for something a little different? Turning to something similar to MMOs, yet offering a new...
Blade & Soul’s Chinese version is getting the Qi Master
There's a little more time before Blade & Soul releases here in North America, but that doesn't mean you can't look forward to the...
Life is Feudal transforms into an MMO with its March beta test
A long time ago, back in the stone ages of 2014, Bitbox did alpha testing for its upcoming MMO, Life is Feudal. It was an...
SWTOR grants subscribers HK-55-inspired jetpack in February’s Anarchy in Paradise
If you've played through the first nine chapters of the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire, then you've probably...
Perfect Ten: Our favorite MMORPG articles from 2015
The first year of Massively Overpowered had its ups and downs, like anything does, but I think we had some pretty great content in...
SWG-inspired sandbox Divergence Online is now on Steam early access
If you've been waiting over the last week for Valve to approve Divergence Online for its inevitable Steam early access release, wait no longer:...
Bless Online launches a new website with a countdown to the announcement of open beta
The new website for Bless Online is not hosting the final countdown. It's hosting a countdown to a countdown. The game has a new...
EverQuest II’s time-locked expansion servers reach the Kingdom of the Sky
Get ready for another expansion in EverQuest II on the game's time-locked expansion servers! Players voted to move the timeline along once again, and...
Should you play Black Desert or Blade & Soul?
Just the other day we were discussing in the office the differences between Black Desert and Blade & Soul, and I said that I...
Path of Exile explains the nature of the new Ice Trap skill in Ascendancy
When Path of Exile launches its next expansion, Ascendancy, the designers are adding in some additional skills to give existing builds new options. Case in...
The official guide to Blade & Soul’s January 19 launch
Are you ready for Blade & Soul's launch on January 19th? Are you really ready? I mean, you might have played a lot of...
DC Universe Online ends the War of the Light on January 6th
The War of the Light is the DC Universe Online version of the elaborate battle between various different hues of power rings, and it's...
Divergence Online calls for an indefinite moratorium on ‘gaming yelp reviewer bullshit’
Still waiting for Valve to approve Divergence Online for its inevitable Steam early access release? Stained Glass Llama's Ethan Casner is too. While we...
Origins of Malu is launching in stages early this year
Wondering whatever happened to Origins of Malu? Apparently the devs were working elsewhere for a while but have now turned their attention back to...
Linkrealms announces winter beta, Steam early access in March
Linkrealms developer Mythyn Interactive announced today that it's planning a Steam early access launch in March 2016 and as well as a fresh round of beta testing in...
Wisdom of Nym: Elitism and playing properly in Final Fantasy XIV
There was a thread on the official Final Fantasy XIV forums back about... I want to say a million years ago? Maybe two million?...
First impressions of Black Desert’s closed beta test, part two: Crafting, gathering, and economy
On Friday, I took a look at the classes, combat, and tricky mechanics of upcoming sandboxy Korean-import Black Desert's first western closed beta test....
Hardcore sci-fi sandbox Divergence Online preps for Steam early access launch
Sci-fi sandbox Divergence Online is on the way to Steam's early access program -- at least, it will be when someone at Valve wakes...
Escape from Tarkov starts taking preorders
Gear up, mercenaries: Escape from Tarkov has started taking preorders for four different game packages, even though the title hasn't gone into testing yet. The...
Guild Chat: Can MMO progression-seeking become ‘bullying’?
Pull up a chair, help yourself to a leftover mince pie, and make yourself comfortable for another edition of Guild Chat, the place in...