See: League of Legends
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League of Legends previews the abilities and strategy for Aurelion Sol
The newest addition to League of Legends has been unveiled in his totality today: Aurelion Sol, the Star Forger, more informally known to people...
The MOP Up: Blade & Soul brings in the Warlock (March 6, 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...
League of Legends’ next character is an evil world-crushing space dragon
You can read headlines, can't you? League of Legends has released a trailer for its next character. It's a dragon. An evil dragon that...
League of Legends introduces mobile friend app, standardizes penalties
Why else do you play League of Legends if not to make friends? And when you attain such friends, isn't it important to be...
The MOP Up: PlanetSide 2 gets a promotion (February 21, 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...
Massively OP’s sneak peek of Atlas Reactor, Trion’s turn-based strategy MOBA
I first experienced Atlas Reactor just before Trion made its big announcement at the PAX Prime party last summer. At the time, I didn’t...
League of Legends is getting rid of Dominion
Are you a big fan of Dominion in League of Legends? If so, we recommend you get in some matches with that gameplay mode...
League of Legends deploys final preseason patch
Before the season arrives, League of Legends has one or two final things to say in how the game is run. Today the MOBA...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Social outcomes and online gamers
Of all the chapters in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...
Superdata says League of Legends makes more money than any other game you play
Let's just get this out of the way: Superdata is a research firm that sells its data analysis. It doesn't disclose its methodology or...
How ‘Gamer Motivation Model’ researchers slot MOBAs on the strategy map
This winter, we've been chronicling the escapades of Nick Yee-founded game analytics consulting firm Quantic Foundry, which published what it's calling the Gamer Motivation Model. Researchers compiled...
ESPN officially launches an e-sports division, picks up e-sports journalists
When Activision-Blizzard acquired Major League Gaming earlier this month, CEO Bobby Kotick revealed his plans to create a kind of "ESPN of e-sports." It turns out that ESPN has had its...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
League of Legends releases free EDM album
Believe it or not, League of Legends is a source for really incredible music (as we've noted this week), and just last year Riot...
League of Legends reveals confusing new champion Jhin
Last week Riot Games released a bizarre video called Mind of the Virtuoso that appeared to be part art project and part ... I guess art project...
Battle Bards Episode 66: The best of MOBA music
This week on the Battle Bards podcast, the crew branches out from the familiar territory of MMO soundtracks and into the wild, untamed regions of...
The Daily Grind: Are you a one-MMO gamer?
A year ago, Kotaku published a piece called The People Who Only Play One Game. The author was talking about the rabid, cult followings that blockbuster...
League of Legends teases creepy new Champion and/or musical theater experience
Riot Games has released an atmospheric teaser trailer called Mind of the Virtuoso, presumably a tease for a new League of Legends champion that's...
Not So Massively: Top 10 most surprising NSM stories of 2015
Back in 2011, our former corporate overlords at Massively-of-old noticed that games like League of Legends were getting pretty damn popular and asked us to work...
Jukebox Heroes: The 2015 Online VGM Awards
With another year coming to a close, I thought it would be an opportune time to go back and give out flippant awards to...
