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Tree of Savior spotlights the Swordsman
"Dear Massively OP," we fully expect a fan to email us, "Today I was disturbed and perplexed at the sight of a jouster sitting...
The MOP Up: Ingress players show love for Orlando (June 26, 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...
Swordsman launches the Lone Wanderer expansion
The latest expansion for Swordsman should improve any and all of your bird-related adventures with the new Falconer class. Falconers, to the surprise of...
Global Chat: Snap judgments of Overwatch
The talk of the blogger town has definitely been abuzz with impressions, thoughts, and snap judgments of Overwatch as it heads to release. Is...
Swordsman’s Lone Wanderer Falconer class literally rides eagles
On the way to Swordsman Online "soon," the Lone Wanderer expansion introduces a brand-new class: the Falconer.
"These resilient warriors are the last remaining survivors...
Perfect Ten: Ten City of Heroes systems every MMO should have stolen by now
Today, City of Heroes turns 12Â years old. Except it doesn't; the game shut down three years ago, it never lived until it reached twelve,...
The MOP Up: Richard Garriott’s new book (April 24, 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...
Perfect World International lands on Steam with new player housing system
Perfect World is intent this week on rolling out the remainder of its MMORPG catalogue to Steam. Earlier this year, we saw Swordsman take...
PWE’s wuxia MMORPG Swordsman is getting a new expansion called Lone Wanderer
Perfect World Entertainment has just announced a brand-new expansion for Swordsman, its 2014 MMORPG based on the wuxia novels of Louis Cha. Called Lone...
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...
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...
Choose My Adventure: Blade & Soul’s school of hard knocks (and mysterious, potentially deadly curses)
Hello friends, and welcome to week two of the February series of Choose My Adventure. For those of you who are just tuning in,...
Choose My Adventure: Entering the fray in Blade & Soul
Hello, friends, and welcome to a spankin' new series of Choose My Adventure. This month, I'm going to be diving into NCSoft's wuxia-inspired Blade &...
PWE’s 2014 wuxia MMORPG Swordsman Online lands on Steam
These days, if you're not on Steam, you're throwing money away, a lesson more and more MMORPG studios are learning lately. Perhaps that explains...
Battle Bards podcast listens to Age of Wushu’s score
This week on the Battle Bards podcast, the crew visits the far east to evaluate the merits of Age of Wushu's soundtrack. With strong Chinese themes...
Launch impressions of Blade & Soul: Combat, story, questing, and flow
Every time I play Blade & Soul, I'm really playing a different game, which I dub Why Don't I Like You More? The object...
Wear animals while mentoring in Moonlight Blade
What's big in fashion in Moonlight Blade for the new year? It's not animal prints -- it's animals! From accessories to costumes to weapons, the...
PWE shuts down World of Jade Dynasty for redevelopment
Perfect World Entertainment has decided that it will be going back to the drawing board with one of its newest titles.
The studio announced today...
The MOP Up: Age of Wushu Dynasty launches (January 10, 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...
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...
