mythology
Perfect Ten: MMOs that changed their names
Names and titles fascinate me. While sometimes they have no deeper meaning than to sound pleasant and be memorable, a label can indicate purpose,...
Funcom will still love Conan Exiles when the new baby is here
Longtime Funcom watchers and MMORPG veterans already knew that Funcom was working on multiple games as part of its Conan franchise push, but some...
Camelot Unchained designs beta siege battles
It's not hard to imagine the Camelot Unchained fan as a curious and excitable prairie dog popping up whenever the word "beta" is mentioned....
Secret World Legends devs talk next week’s patch and beyond
With some wind at its back thanks to a launch that exceeded studio expectations, Secret World Legends and its development team dare not slow...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is Mordor too difficult?
If there's one topic of discussion that I've been hearing a lot in world chat, on the forums, and among my kinship, it's about...
Global Chat: Has No Man’s Sky finally arrived as a full-featured game?
It's been a year since the disastrous and controversial launch of No Man's Sky, a game with failings that included, among many others, a...
Camelot Unchained on the perks of RvR PvP and overdelivering on tech promises
Were you worried that Camelot Unchained would slack off on its newsletters whilst in the pre-beta crunch? You needn't have -- this month's missive...
Secret World Legends is bringing back legacy transfers
Wait, who said it was OK for it to be September already? Well, while we are here, we might as well enjoy the pumpkin...
Massively Overthinking: Female characters and gender-locked classes in MMOs
One of the reasons I gravitated to and stick by the MMORPG genre in spite of its many ups and downs (oh, so many...
Funcom celebrates ‘most profitable half-year’ in studio’s history and changes logo
Pop the cork and down some champagne, because Funcom is on a roll. In today's Q2 2017 investors report, the studio crowed that it...
Battle Bards Episode 104: Something wicked this way comes
And lo, as the Battle Bards walk through the zone of the shadow of death, they will fear no evil, but they will listen to evil’s...
The Stream Team: Catapulting into SMITE’s Corrupted Arena adventure
The next SMITE adventure is finally here, and Massively OP's MJ is excited to jump into it. The arena is her favorite part of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 133: Gaming Gamescom
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, sunsets for Ghost in the Shell Online and SkySaga, Closers, ArcheAge 4.0, Star Citizen's Gamescom demo, SWTOR, and WoW Argus, with mailbag questions on Marvel Heroes and MMORPGs as a drug, plus a PAX West preview.
Funcom warns against using third-party resellers for Secret World Legends currency
Thinking about buying or selling some of that Secret World Legends currency outside of the game proper? Funcom's got one word for you: don't.
The...
Secret World Legends fan recreates Franklin Mansion in The Sims 4
Today we want to give a shout-out to Massively OP reader Katriana for a really neat project that she shared recently! A Secret World...
The MOP Up: State of Decay 2’s multiplayer mayhem (August 27, 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...
One Shots: Alien sunset
I will admit that I've been craving a good space exploration sim lately -- the burn to "explore strange new worlds" is rising inside...
The Stream Team: Burrowing deeper into Secret World Legends’ Blue Mountain
Secret World Legends' Blue Mountain adventures are coming to a close for Massively OP's MJ. She has a few more missions to complete (including...
Chaos Theory: Funcom can still fix Secret World Legends’ Aurum fiasco
Mere days after the exciting news about Secret World Legends being made into a television show, we finally hear about the game's long-awaited Aurum...
Perfect Ten: MMO experiments in transmedia synergy
We're not going to argue that MMORPGs are the dominant form of media entertainment these days, but they do have endurance and a devoted...
