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Leaderboard: Stock MMO soundtracks vs. custom playlists
I like music. I like MMOs. I like MMO music, and really most game music in general. I don't always listen to an MMO's...
Ask Mo: Why MMORPGs still need traditional chat
I dug this intriguing question out of our brimming-over letters-to-the-editor bin, and it's particularly timely given the recent launch of Wander, notable for its curious glyph-based...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite unusual MMO weapon?
Maybe I've been around for a little too long and have become jaded at the same-old weapons that we see in every MMO, but...
The Daily Grind: Is truly dynamic content still possible in MMOs?
This morning's Daily Grind comes to us from a Kickstarter donor at fivefingerdiscount.org (who by the way is still linking to Old Massively! Gasp!). The donor...
Win a Heroes of the Storm tee from J!NX and Massively OP [Winners selected!]
I dunno about you guys, but I'm a jeans-and-t-shirt kinda gal, so any chance to add to my t-shirt collection, I'ma take it. Thanks...
MMO Week in Review: Eyes on EverQuest Next (June 7, 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!
Hey,...
One Shots: The infinite summons
One of the stranger Final Fantasy tropes is that the more powerful a summoned creature is, the longer it would take for any given...
The Daily Grind: Have bugs ever killed your enthusiasm for an MMO?
With a sale on Steam and a bit of curiosity, I decided that I would pick up and play some Fallout 3 over the...
WRUP: Fallout Seven or whatever edition
Folks, the big video game news this week was confirmation that Fallout Something is going to be released! Through powerful kung fu focusing mostly...
The Daily Grind: Is swimming really that important in MMOs?
One of the big brouhahas that arose back in Star Wars: The Old Republic's development was the game's lack of any type of swimming....
Betawatch: June 5th, 2015
It's always nice when a game finally launches after a seeming eternal beta. Assuming it doesn't, you know, die shortly thereafter. Trove is the...
Infinite Crisis fan organizes last hurrah
When faced with the end of a game that you love, how do you use those final days? While some might grieve over Infinite...
The Daily Grind: Should mature MMOs consider crowdfunding?
Massively OP commenter The_Grand_Nagus recently pointed us to a conversation on the Star Trek Online forum where a Cryptic Studios employee discussed the studio's games' revenues...
Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...
The Daily Grind: Have you tried Heroes of the Storm?
So, Heroes of the Storm launched this week. And Infinite Crisis called it quits. That's an interesting and slightly regrettable one-two punch from my...
Leaderboard: Which mounts would you like to see in The Secret World?
Funcom's mount patch for The Secret World went live earlier today, and while we've talked a lot about the motorcycle in recent days, the...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs in a cultural decline?
An editorial over at Rock Paper Shotgun attempts to tie two topics together as one: why there will never be a World of Warcraft...
Global Chat: Blizzard’s war on flying
How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In...
A guide to Heroes of the Storm for MOBA newbies and MMORPG fans
So you've heard about MOBAs by now, right? Maybe you tried League of Legends, or the idea behind DOTA 2 was too confusing to inspire a...
The Daily Grind: How would you run an ethical MMO cash shop?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us in a roundabout way from Kickstarter donor Le Entrepreneur, who asks,
Why do MMOs use cash shops they know...
