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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: MMORPG of the Year

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Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year 2018 awards draw to a dramatic close today with our award for MMORPG of the Year, which was awarded to The Elder Scrolls...

The Daily Grind: Will you kickstart any MMOs in 2019?

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Last year, I realized that I hadn't backed any video games. I didn't back any this year either. Oh, sure, some of the games...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Biggest resource crisis averted

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for biggest resource crisis averted. And the winner is...

EVE Evolved: How mass surveillance is improving EVE Online

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When developers get on stage at an event and start talking about things like big data, artificial intelligence, and cloud solutions, it often sounds...
Oh, right, you.

Vague Patch Notes: The complexity of classic preservation for MMOs

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Here's a fun question to kick things off. Should old black-and-white films be colorized? The key word there is "old," because there are a...
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Most Anticipated MMORPG of 2018 and Beyond

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Most Anticipated MMORPG of 2018 and Beyond, which was awarded to Crowfall last year - the...
gonna dress me up

The Daily Grind: Do you feel the need to do MMO holiday events on every character?

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Every new holiday event in Final Fantasy XIV prompts the same reaction from me, a question of which of my characters will be sad if...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Most ridiculous article

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for most ridiculous article that was specifically our fault. And the winner is...

Choose My Adventure: Star Citizen’s missions and their bugs

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Before I begin, a bit of a program note for this edition of CMA: I kind of had to break from the voting selections...
That is definitely a thing.

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2018

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Everyone loves surprises, right? Not always. Even good surprises can be a disruption of our comfortable routines, and bad ones can downright ruin a...
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Best MMO Update or Expansion of 2018

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Update or Expansion of 2018, which was awarded to Guild Wars 2's Path...
Blood flight.

The Daily Grind: What frustrates you the most about your MMO’s dev team?

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I guess I want to preface today's discussion by acknowledging that there are a lot of terrific developers and teams out there in the...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Best article joke (almost) nobody got

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for best article joke (almost) nobody got. And the winner is...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 202: The all-mailbag show

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Justin and Bree pore over the mail bag to answer questions on WoW, the state of MOP, future columns, favorite MMO music, MMO communities, lockbox RNG, MMO sunsets, open dungeons, and LitRPG.
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Best MMO Event of 2018

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Event, which is sort of a new category for us this year....

The Daily Grind: What MMO had the best player community in 2018?

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One of the informal award type articles we've done every year for the last couple of years is this one: the one sussing out...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Best feel-good moment for the MMO genre

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for best feel-good moment for the MMO genre. And the winner is...
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Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing the last live letter before Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.5

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The last letter from Naoki Yoshida didn't really drop much in the way of bombshells on the Final Fantasy XIV community, especially as there had...
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Most Improved MMO of 2018

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for the Most Improved MMO, which was awarded jointly to Trove and Guild Wars 2 last...

Jukebox Heroes: More MMO Christmas tunes

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Merry Christmas everyone! As you hunker down for family time, presents, eggnog, or simply a quiet day off and some gaming time, chances are...

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