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The Daily Grind: Are you excited for Wander?
Wander kind of surprised me. I've been aware of it for some time, but due to its lack of a launch date and my year-long MMO...
Blitzball in Final Fantasy XIV? It could happen!
If you love Blitzball, you just might get the chance to play it in Final Fantasy XIV someday. In an IGN interview, Game Director...
Catching up with Shroud of the Avatar’s Starr Long
As Kickstarter projects successfully funded via the power of nostalgia have proven, gamer loyalty can burn strong even decades after experiencing titles that make...
Echo of Soul heads into open beta today (with no further wipes)
Echo of Soul is in open beta as of today, so if you want to jump in and play right this moment, you can....
WildStar’s free-to-play shift: Too little or just enough?
WildStar has taken a drubbing in its first year of operation, and much as I don't like saying so, it's deserved it. The game...
Win an Armored Warfare early access key from Massively OP [All gone now!]
Armored Warfare, Obsidian Entertainment and My.com's tank MMO shooter, entered early access yesterday and had already counted a million registrations. Let's add a few more...
Explorer-centric Wander launches June 4th with new Hira form
Explorers rejoice! On June 4th, those who revel in the non-combat aspects of MMOs will be able to meander aimlessly through the wilds of...
WildStar is going free-to-play this autumn
Critics, current players, former players, people who had briefly heard about the title from friends and family - a lot of people didn't think...
The Daily Grind: Are you excited for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns?
I have no doubt that Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is going to be big, both for the studio and its playerbase. It's...
Villagers and Heroes gets a do-over with Reborn
Class-based sandbox Villagers and Heroes is looking to update its image in the coming weeks as the title reinvents itself as Villagers and Heroes:...
Elder Scrolls Online announces console digital preorders
Getting pumped for The Elder Scrolls Online's console launch in two weeks? Of course you're not; you're an MMO player, so you've been playing...
Das Tal adds cheaper Kickstarter tier, playtest weekend
Lots of new info just came out on the systems of the open-world battle arena Das Tal, but today's news blast is financial in nature....
MapleStory 2 might be launching on July 2nd
With the conclusion of its beta testing periods, everyone is wondering when MapleStory 2 is actually going to launch in its native South Korea,...
Roll a Warlock in Dungeons and Dragons Online next month
Time to roll up a new character in Dungeons and Dragons Online! In a new producer's letter, Robert Ciccolini said that the team will...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV is ready to expand
There's a phrase that gets passed around my house frequently these days, and the phrase is "expansion mode." I have two characters locked into...
MMO Week in Review: Blizzard doesn’t want your money (May 24, 2015)
Too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
Were you one...
One Shots: My imaginary friends
Here's a fun thought: What if we aren't actually playing MMOs? What if we're just sitting in front of blank screens, creating fantasy worlds...
Win a Moonrise stress test key from Massively OP [All gone now!]
Undead Labs' OARPGTCG -- I'm totally coining that -- Moonrise is due to hit Steam early access next week on May 27th. It's launching...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a World of Warcraft progression server?
Classic servers and progression servers are on my mind lately. EverQuest just got yet another progression server; it had launch issues, but it's up...
Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson on ArcheAge, community management, and her new role at Trion
Linda "Brasse" Carlson is one of the MMO industry's most beloved community specialists, and genre fans everywhere boggled just a bit when Daybreak laid...