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Ultima Online’s F2P mode launches spring 2018, limits housing, boats, and banks
Two decades after launch, Ultima Online is still going strong, and as we reported over the weekend, soon - spring 2018, to be exact...
Elite: Dangerous players are putting together fragmented accounts of fighting the Thargoids
One of the first players to encounter the Thargoids in Elite: Dangerous provided a video of the encounter, and the bad news is that...
World of Warcraft hotfixes include an account-wide Argus unlock
How many alts do you have on World of Warcraft? Be honest, we won't judge you (and can't hear you anyway). Because unless the...
Check out the central player hub for Monster Hunter World
If you haven't guessed this from the title, Monster Hunter World is about hunting monsters. On a world. Exactly what it says on the...
Armored Warfare deep-dives the role of Armored Fighting Vehicles
The latest development diary on the Armored Warfare site is trying to answer a remarkably unclear question: What are Armored Fighting Vehicles? It sounds...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 137: Hotfooting down the Path of Fire
Justin, Bree, and Tina discuss Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire, Guardians of Ember, the EverQuest franchise, Villagers & Heroes' Starfall, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, and Ultima Online F2P, with mailbag questions on the best time to join a guild and deal-breaker MMO features.
SWTOR plays the nerf-and-buff game with Assassins, Shadows, Sages, and Sorcs in 5.5
The latest set of class changes for Star Wars: The Old Republic are like the circle of life. Deception Assassins and Infiltration Shadows? You've...
Kritika Online opens up its test server for its next update
The next patch for Kritika Online is on its way, and this time you get to try it before you... well, play it. (You're...
The Repopulation’s next patch is on the way, and so is more visual lore
Fans of The Repopulation have been waiting for the game's next patch for a little while, but it shouldn't be much longer now. A...
Lord of the Rings Online tested Dungeons of Naerband and the Court of Seregost this past weekend
Did you take part in the last dungeon testing on the Lord of the Rings Online test server? If so, you'll have the context...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World’s Tokyo reveals (September 24, 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...
Final Fantasy XIV plans UI improvements for patch 4.1
The next major patch for Final Fantasy XIV contains many pieces of content, but it also promises to improve the quality of life for...
World of Warcraft audio drama shows what happened to Alleria and Turalyon
The open question of "where are Alleria and Turalyon" was bouncing around in World of Warcraft pretty much as soon as players got to...
Wild West Online begins its second tech alpha test today
The first technical alpha for Wild West Online was a success, at least in that lots of stuff broke. But when you're running a...
Ship of Heroes shows off improved character creation in new video
Supporters for Ship of Heroes are going to be able to test out the alpha version of the game's character creator this year. That...
Citadel: Forged With Fire balances all the things with its weekly patch
There's no new content being added to Citadel: Forged With Fire with its latest patch. Instead, this patch is all about squashing bugs, fixing...
Dark and Light explains the basics of the refining forge
Why stop at a normal forge? Normal forges are fine, we guess, for doing normal things, but Dark and Light lets you make yourself...
Final Fantasy XIV posts a teaser site for Patch 4.1: The Legend Returns
The next major patch for Final Fantasy XIV is on its way, and like every patch, it starts with a new portion of the...
Here’s what’s changed since you last played Guild Wars 2, including Path of Fire’s spec changes
Hey, there's a Guild Wars 2 expansion coming: Path of Fire. Maybe you're coming back for that. Maybe you left the game only a...
Classic EverQuest’s 24th expansion, Ring of Scale, is set to launch in December
Are you sad that the original EverQuest is so neglected? If so, you are wrong. It's not neglected at all. Even if you have...
