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The MOP Up: Neverwinter’s five-year anniversary and Ravenloft campaign (June 24, 2018)
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...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida re-asserts his commitment to the game in a recent interview
If you are currently enjoying Final Fantasy XIV, you probably don't want the game to massively change and rewrite the systems that you are...
Red Dead Redemption 2 appears to be headed to PC based on a LinkedIn profile
There are a lot of ways to announce adding a new platform to your game's release lineup. You can do so at a major...
Scrolls is reborn as a free title, Caller’s Bane
It was back in February when Mojang's - you surely remember it from Minecraft - online card game Scrolls was pronounced dead, but it...
Dark and Light announces its first expansion, Shard of Faith, for later this summer
It's been a year since Dark and Light went into early access, and the game has been updating ever since that launch. To celebrate,...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has lost nearly half of its players since January as Sanhok map goes live
Alas, poor PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, we've entered the second phase of your musician biopic when the fans start leaving. Sure, the game was riding high...
Monster Hunter World and Final Fantasy XIV prepare a crossover while the latter prepares for a patch
We still don't yet know what rewards you'll get in Final Fantasy XIV for hunting the great beast Rathalos, but we know that the...
The Repopulation details the changes for art assets and how they help players
The odds are high that when you walk through an MMO's landscape, you are not thinking about art assets beyond "this looks pretty" or...
Dauntless explains the mechanics of its rotating islands
The landscape of Dauntless is not static. Islands rotate in and out of the game's play area constantly. If you're unfamiliar with the game's...
Closers details the effects of removing the game’s fatigue system
When you're enjoying a game, the last thing you want to be told is that it's time to stop playing for a while because...
Overwatch explains how the new group finder shouldn’t affect win chances
Absolutely no one likes to start a match in Overwatch and then immediately feel outmatched. It's easy to look at the game's upcoming group...
PSA: EVE Online is offering a 15% Omega discount through June 26
Devoid of further context, the phrase "Omega Discount" sounds vaguely threatening. It's the last discount? No, it's a discount on the price of picking...
Defiance rolls out Midsummer Mutiny just before the Defiance 2050 Valor cutoff
There are no new Pursuits for the latest incarnation of the Midsummer Mutiny event in original flavor Defiance. You will be doing the same things...
Final Fantasy XIV could still arrive on Nintendo Switch if console companies decide to play nice
Naoki Yoshida of Final Fantasy XIV fame was at this year's E3, and that means interviews with the man himself. One of those interviews...
Rend is moving faction bases as its alpha rolls on
Everything is moving in Rend. That much should be expected, of course, because the game is still early in its testing cycle. In this...
EVE Online sells a bundle of ‘Venture’ skins for 120 Plex, poking fun at Star Citizen
Someone at CCP Games is obviously having quite a lot of fun with the latest EVE Online skin bundle. The bundle of skins for...
Riders of Icarus outlines plans for its relics and world raids
It's so disappointing when an evil deity fails to adequately plan for an invasion, isn't it? That's what's hitting Riders of Icarus, and really,...
Dungeon Fighter Online outlines plans for a new character, a system revamp, and Hatsune Miku
The team behind Dungeon Fighter Online have some pretty big plans for the summer. How big? Big enough that you can see the full...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 175: Virtual heartbreakers
Justin and Bree discuss E3, WoW Classic, Crowfall's delay, Defiance 2050's release date, Fortnite's Sony mess, Black Desert's dating mechanics, and EVE and Star Citizen's ship squabble, with mailbag questions on midgame MMO play and why MMO studios won't shup up and take our money.
The Flower of Knighthood Kickstarter has been cancelled
Launching a Kickstarter is always a nerve-wracking experience. (Believe us, we know about it.) But then there are times when you see evidence that...
