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Star Trek Online sends players back in time for mining
Time travel is always a mess. In the past, Captain Kirk of the Enterprise brokered peace with the Gorn Hegemony, resulting in a peaceful...
Neverwinter launches on the PlayStation 4 today
Players who wanted to play Neverwinter on the PlayStation 4 but didn't want to drop $20 to access the game's head start have been...
The Soapbox: Calling an MMO launch a launch
It's launch.
Can we collectively accept that? Marketing, developers, and players alike? Launch is launch. When your game launches, it has launched. If I can...
The Daily Grind: What do you expect from MMORPG expansions in 2016?
I ran across an intriguing chunk of comments down below Justin's impressions piece on Star Trek Online's latest expansion. One reader said he was...
The MOP Up: RuneScape Chronicles’ beach party (July 17, 2016)
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...
One Shots: Gentlemen, to evil!
There are some subtle signs that you can look for when you're trying to gauge if you've become truly evil. Conquering small nations for...
Star Trek Online celebrates the franchise anniversary with an admiral’s uniform
This year, Star Trek Online celebrates an important anniversary. Star Trek has been around for 50 years, and whether you first fell in love...
Trion’s Scott Hartsman on Trove’s console launch, fighting lag, and whether RIFT is next
Following Trion's announcement earlier this week that its cutesy voxel sandbox MMORPG Trove had registered five million players in its first year and that...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMORPG trailers of all time
This week's Massively Overthinking should be a fun one -- and hopefully it'll contrast nicely with the Game Archaeologist column we ran last week, which...
Neverwinter targets the Hunter Ranger for a major revamp
Sooner or later, MMO development teams like to clean house with their classes. It's one of those scary-yet-exciting changes, because such revamps might mean...
Perfect Ten: The most exciting MMO developments yet to come in 2016
In the annals of MMORPG history, 2016 might well go down as a very odd duck of a year. While on the surface it...
Neverwinter launches head start access on the PlayStation 4
You can play Neverwinter on your computer. You can play Neverwinter on your Xbox. But can you play it on your PlayStation 4? As...
Hands-on: A tour of duty through Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday
With Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday, Cryptic is obviously looking to rope in as many Star Trek faithful as possible, particularly from two...
Neverwinter’s next module promises ‘giant’ fun
30Hear ye, hear ye: The next Neverwinter module has been declared to be Storm King's Thunder! While we don't have a date for the...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile’s Q&A bonanza (July 10, 2016)
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...
Gigantic plans a one-day stress test for the weekend
The team at Motiga is happy that players have logged in to stress test Gigantic's servers. But it's not enough stress. More stress is...
Neverwinter’s summer festival returns with more flair
Sitting around your house, bored and sweaty this summer? Don't whine to us, especially after we tell you that Neverwinter has the cure for...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online Temporal Agent Starter Pack from Massively OP and PWE
In honor of the launch of Star Trek Online's Agents of Yesterday expansion this week, PWE has granted Massively OP 50 Temporal Agent Starter Packs...
Interview: Cryptic on the launch of Star Trek Online’s Agents of Yesterday
Today, players will get to go back in time in Star Trek Online. Only for your new characters, it's not actually back in time...
Here are the stats on Star Trek Online’s Kelvin timeline ships
The Kelvin lockbox coming to Star Trek Online will allow players to bring over the ships of an alternate timeline into present conflicts. But...