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EverQuesting: An EverQuest 19th anniversary retrospective and party planner
There are MMOs that have been around a while, and then there is EverQuest. It's so old school it is old enough to be...
Battle Bards Episode 117: Destiny
Two Destinies for the price of one! For this episode, the Battle Bards are gearing up in their favorite space armor to take on...
Dauntless prepares a massive test center patch
Think you know Dauntless? Think again. The behemoth-slaying fantasy game is undergoing a metamorphosis of sorts as the developers prepare some rather significant changes...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 4
We are getting right down to it in our look at the top 32 best World of Warcraft tracks. In today's column, we'll be...
The fiddle brings a new sound to Lord of the Rings Online
Now that the fiddle is a playable instrument in Lord of the Rings Online, the only question left is who will be cast to...
Guild Wars 2 living season AMA covers maps, PvP, API, bugs, avocado smoothies, the Olmakhan, and more
With Guild Wars 2's latest living story episode out of the gate, ArenaNet's devs sat for another Reddit AMA. They don't talk much future...
The Daily Grind: Do you multitask while playing MMORPGs?
Years ago, I had the bright idea to go to extremes to multitask while playing World of Warcraft. I set my laptop on a...
Worlds Adrift works on lag problems and boasts a crapton of new hires
Ahoy, Worlds Adrift fans: You're gettin' a patch this week. It may not be fancy, but it'll hopefully clear up the awful lag situation...
Shroud of the Avatar changes up trial program as it prepares for launch
With just a few weeks away left before its official launch, Shroud of the Avatar is going nuts in its home stretch. Portalarium is...
The Daily Grind: What goes into making a great MMO zone?
When I look back at some of my favorite MMO zones, I can pick out some common threads that run through all of them....
Massively Overthinking: MMOs belong in a museum!
Let's talk game preservation. We've been covering MADE's attempt to convince the government to tweak its interpretation of the DMCA to basically allow museums,...
Battle Bards Episode 116: There be dragons
Mighty and majestic, scaly in hide and shrewd of mind, smoking with fury unabated… these are the Battle Bards! Also, dragons. Yes, in today’s...
Neocron’s latest build is more stable and better looking
The community team behind Neocron's current development should be lauded for how much it works to both keep the game operating and improve upon...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 3
In our third part of this five-part countdown of World of Warcraft's best music (at least, you know, in my opinion), we'll be heading...
Fortnite jumps into Season 3 with hoverboards, 60FPS, and new music
Welcome to the beginning of Fortnite's third season, which kicked off with this week's Patch 3.0. There's a lot going on with this update,...
Elder Scrolls Online dataminers spoil the heck out of the upcoming chapter
Ever since ZeniMax promised a new expansion-scale chapter for The Elder Scrolls Online this year, dataminers have been champing at the bit to be...
The MOP Up: FFXIV’s Eorzean Symphony (February 18, 2017)
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...
Pantropy works to simplify crafting and protect players from offline raids
With $24k out of $94k raised so far, the German mech shooter Pantropy has a long road ahead of it in its Kickstarter campaign.
The...
Battle Bards Episode 115: EVE Online
Forgettable ambient noise or entrancing space sounds? This is the debate that’s at the core of today’s episode, as the Battle Bards take on...
Wisdom of Nym: What cosmetic features could other jobs get in Final Fantasy XIV?
About a month back, I got a comment in this column with an absolutely spectacular question. We've got two cosmetic systems that basically only...
