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The MOP Up: SamuTale’s massive new world (July 23, 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...
Battle Bards Episode 101: Ragnarok Online
As the Battle Bards cruise into their second hundred episodes, it’s time to cover a very long-lived fantasy MMO from 2002, Ragnarok Online. The...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 127: EVE walks no more
Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, EVE, SWTOR, Black Desert, Albion, and Citadel, plus a mailbag question on class and character investment in MMORPGs, with a special interview segment featuring ARK: Survival Evolved composer Gareth Coker.
Conan Exiles might do a jungle biome after its next update
Funcom's Joel Bylos answered another round of Conan Exiles' questions over the weekend, several of them on the new biome and beyond. "We combined two...
The MOP Up: Crash Force offers arena fun at a discount (July 16, 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...
FFXIV updates players on DDOS attacks, teases Tuesday patch content
A series of DDOS attacks on Final Fantasy XIV this summer kicked Square Enix into high gear to defend itself. As the studio seems...
LOTRO Legendarium: Mordor’s pre-order is flat-out ridiculous
Outrageous. Ridiculous. Exciting. Exploitative. Controversial.
This past week's announcement of Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor's launch date and pre-order packages set ablaze discussions and...
Get pumped for LOTRO: Mordor with wallpaper art and a soundtrack interview
While Lord of the Rings Online players are chewing over the Mordor pre-order packages, there are a few free ways that fans can get...
PlaneShift is an open-source MMO you might have missed
This past Saturday, we posted a column discussing open source MMORPGs -- and specifically, how rare they are even after thousands of online games...
The Game Archaeologist: Where are all of the open-source MMOs?
Recently we had an interesting question come in from reader and Patron Rasmus Praestholm, who asked me to do a little investigating: "What (if...
The MOP Up: Warframe’s Chains of Harrow (July 2, 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...
Camelot Unchained: Explosions, music, and death to getting one-shotted
Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs helms this week's studio update, with a peek into the team's progress on shadows, archery and combat animations, siege engines,...
Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?
Massively OP reader and Patron Avaera has a thoughtful question for the team and readers this week. "I wish more virtual world games thought deeply...
Gloria Victis sings a song of improved combat and performance
Sometimes it's the small details that makes a patch memorable. For Gloria Victis, it's something as simple as additional music during character creation, terrain...
Path of Exile optimizes the crap out of its new beta build
Lag spikes and stuttering framerates may be a thing of the past in Path of Exile. The devs announced that with its next beta...
Jukebox Heroes: Six goofy RuneScape tunes
Over the past year I've nearly been bested by the unclimbable mountain that is the RuneScape soundtrack. With well over 1,200 tracks currently existing...
The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind soundtrack is now available digitally
Did you enjoy the music of The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind? Then there's good news, because you can now fill your ears with it...
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is everything you expect (and that’s outstanding)
In my mind, Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is all about sticking the landing. After a few years of FFXIV being out, the game has...
LOTRO Legendarium: Mirkwood, the best zone no one remembers
The other day I was continuing on with my Bingo Boffin adventures in Lord of the Rings Online when Mr. Boffin decided he was...
Battle Bards Episode 100: Centennial spectacular!
After four years and over 700 MMORPG music tracks, the Battle Bards have arrived at their 100th show! For this centennial spectacular, Syl, Steff,...
