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One Shots: R.I.P. Firefall
Do not go gentle into that good night forever,
Old MMOs should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the...
TennoCon 2017: Warframe Q&A session turns into surprise marriage proposal
Digital Extremes' reveal of a more open world with landscapes nearly brought down the house at TennoCon 2017, but that may not be the...
TennoCon 2017: Warframe’s Plains of Eidolon is the first step toward a true MMORPG
Do you think you know what Warframe is? Can you define the game? Well toss that out the window because the new expansion is going...
TennoCon 2017: Watch Warframe’s live show tonight at 6 p.m. EDT right here
Gamers have been streaming into TennoCon in Ontario, Canada, all day today, hoping to get their Warframe on, rub elbows with Digital Extremes devs,...
Destiny 2’s staggered beta begins rolling out on July 18th
Destiny 2 fans, open beta is coming, and that means your chance to ruin all the surprises for yourself is just around the corner...
Massively Overthinking: MMO ragequitting
Ragequitting. Most of us have probably done it once or twice from groups or single-player games or even MMO sessions in our time. My...
Doomfist punches his way onto Overwatch’s test servers
It makes sense that if you're expanding your popular team-based shooter, you'll want to introduce a character who punches really, really hard. Actually, it...
The Stream Team: Pre-TennoCon Warframe adventures
TennoCon 2017 is this weekend, and Massively OP's MJ will be immersed in all things Warframe. So what better way to prepare than to...
Firefall will officially sunset tomorrow
Did our article yesterday on MMOs in limbo knock one loose? Probably not, but one of them is sunsetting all the same: Firefall. Late last...
Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo
The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...
Overwatch teases Doomfist, lays out ambitious plans for e-sports league
Try not to act too surprised when Overwatch eventually announces Doomfist, as the studio isn't exactly being subtle in its leadup to the team...
Global Chat: Want to see a Magic trick?
So what does the blogging community think of the first IP-related new MMORPG to be announced in years in Magic: The Gathering? It's a little...
Warframe posts drop rates for all its loot, hoping to ‘start a trend’
Warframe's Digital Extremes is joining the very small list of online game developers being transparent about just what's in their lockboxes, lootboxes, gambleboxes, lootcrates,...
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...
Armored Warfare reworks the Ghost Field map
After some major mechanical changes, it's possible that a lot of maps in Armored Warfare just don't have the pop they used to. But...
Overwatch reveals design mysteries, sends out League surveys, and struggles with e-sports
A world as intricate and fanatically followed as Overwatch is bound to spark a question or two about its mysteries and secrets. In a...
Transformers Online moves to open beta in China
3Are your primary complaints about Overwatch the fact that it doesn't exclusively star giant robots while being a Chinese-only title? Because that's exactly what...
Call of Duty: WW2 will feature a shared social space
Everything about Call of Duty: WW2 seems like it's going to be peak Call of Duty, doesn't it? It's World War 2, which is...
The Game Archaeologist: Maze War, the first online multiplayer shooter
It is sometimes hard to know how far back to go when chronicling the history of early MMOs and their ancestors. After all, this...
Warframe awards free frame and cosmetic to Twitch Prime members
Here's the good news for Twitch Prime members: Warframe really likes calling things "prime" (almost as much as Transformers), so the game is giving...
