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WRUP: Someone was really hungry edition
I don't know how we got to the point of eating lobster, exactly, but someone must have been really hungry. Like, insanely hungry. Someone...
The Daily Grind: Is SWTOR 2.0 a good move by BioWare?
I'm not going to lie to you: I'm almost equally divided between excitement and nervousness for Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the...
Betawatch: June 26th, 2015
Is there anything as marvelous as finding out that your game got so heavily exploited that the whole game needs to be wiped? If...
Welcome to MassivelyOP’s ARK: Survival Evolved server
I'm still enjoying ARK: Survival Evolved quite a bit, and as such I figured I'd set up a dedicated server for the MassivelyOP community. It's been...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal MMO endgame?
Happy Friday! Today's Daily Grind question was penned by Kickstarter donor Iain Leishman, and it's exactly the kind of juicy question that makes me want...
Massively Overthinking: Random encounters in MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor TheChiHawk, and it's coming from an unusually not-so-massive corner of gamesdom for us:
Are...
Ask Mo: If Star Wars Galaxies is so smart, why ain’t it rich?
Star Wars Galaxies would have been 12 years old this week, had it lived a day past Star Wars: The Old Republic. That makes...
The Daily Grind: Do you read MMO dev blogs?
I read a lot of dev blogs. It kind of goes with the territory, since part of this job entails picking through studio press...
Leaderboard: Which Wargaming title is your favorite?
World of Tanks never interested me much. World of Warplanes nailed the subject matter but unfortunately it didn't meet my expectations for an aerial combat title....
The Daily Grind: What’s the prettiest MMO?
Judging video game eye candy is one of the most subjective activities in our hobby, is it not? Everyone has a different standard (and...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best way to boost MMO populations?
An anonymous Kickstarter donor pinged us with this question for this morning's Daily Grind:
With the breadth of niche MMOs available, how will companies resort...
MMO Week in Review: The E3 2015 roundup (June 21, 2015)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
After...
One Shots: Primitive GPS
There's no shame in being lost, especially if your MMO doesn't include an on-screen map. Anyone remember the olden days of using graph paper...
The Daily Grind: What’s your first priority in a new MMO expansion?
The start of Heavensward access in Final Fantasy XIV has me running around like it's the end times. I need to level the new...
WRUP: Early access maybe edition
This week, no one will exactly be surprised to learn that I'm playing Final Fantasy XIV's early access weekend. Or trying to, anyway, because...
The Daily Grind: Are MOBAs destined for a Great Crash?
Make no mistake, even with the recent launch of Heroes of the Storm, MOBAs are crashing and burning all over the place these days....
Betawatch: June 19th, 2015
You could be forgiven for sort of forgetting about The Division. No matter how much it might have interested you at first, the game...
The Daily Grind: What was the MMO highlight of E3?
The last few years around convention time, I took a moment in The Daily Grind to ponder whether E3 had become irrelevant for MMO...
Massively Overthinking: The value of MMO voice chat
This week's Massively Overthinking question was shot over to us from Kickstarter donor Celestial, and it's all about voice chat in MMOs.
Do you use a...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a Marvel Heroes clone?
It seems like at least half of the Massively Overpowered staff is obsessed with Marvel Heroes. I've played it a fair amount too, and...