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The past couple of weeks has been wild as we dispatched writers to GDC in San Francisco and PAX East in Boston to gather...

Hooray, we have a release date for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth instead of just a release window! And contrary to what many...

As comments and tweets and nastygrams in my inbox have repeatedly demonstrated over the years, it doesn't matter whether you've put in years of...

While player capsuleers are undoubtedly the most powerful force in EVE Online, there are some pretty scary NPCs lurking in the depths of space....

When a game is being created, you usually expect that development to move the title in a positive direction and make it better, right?...

The interesting thing about this installment of Choose My Adventure is that it's probably the only time I could ever do this particular title....

Let's be real here, there's no question in anyone's mind that DayZ has been in early access far longer than it should be. By...

If there's one thing I can't do in Ultima Online, it's start fresh with new eyes. That's something that became abundantly clear to me...

Let me teach you how to understand Mephala the Webspinner. Maybe that's misleading; she's a Deadric Prince, and who can really understand the motivations...

Video games have always been a remarkably insular field; that's the nature of development. Someone produces Super Mario Bros, and a few years later...

Personally, I don't think MMO developers should ever become complacent about game systems and copying them from other titles because that's the way they've...

Justin and MJ discuss Secret World Legends, DDO, WoW, Conan Exiles, RIFT, LOTRO, TERA, Ultima Online, ArcheAge, and Star Trek Online, with mailbag questions on combat combos and recapturing former players.

I've always been curious about you folks who forgave Funcom for 2017. I'm not sure that, were I a hardcore old-school Secret World player,...

Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which many Massively Overpowered readers get the help they need to achieve better balance within their...

This question is not about World of Warcraft's upcoming PvP mode switch. Don't get me wrong, that's a cool option; you either explore the...

It's easy to miss one of the worst bits of news about the next Final Fantasy XIV Live Letter because it's tucked in the...

I'm a huge fan of Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box, even if I am not the best jumper in the world. My kid...

As a collector and reviewer of MMORPG soundtracks, I owe a great debt to fellow music lovers who take the time to somehow extract...

Massively OP commenter DK went on a Twitter tear last week that caught my eye. He was criticizing the way some MMORPG players use...

If there is one thing this past week has emphasized to me, it's that powering through just the main story missions of Secret World...