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The Game Archaeologist: A history of EverQuest’s expansions
I don't know if EverQuest holds the crown title for the MMO with the most expansions, but I'm sure it's among the top three...
Arr! Puzzle Pirates: Dark Seas has fully launched on Steam
Arrrr! If Sea of Thieves isn't doing it for you, maybe you should board a more classic ship, like Puzzle Pirates - specifically, Puzzle...
The Stream Team: Working through Outpost Zero pirate invasions
Massively OP's MJ can't seem to get much base building done in Outpost Zero because she keeps being interrupted by rude pirates! She's not...
Sea of Thieves’ Sunken Curse Event is live with today’s patch
Sea of Thieves is pulling another patch out of drydock today, this one with a fresh event for players of the pirate pseudo-MMO.
"Cursed Mermaid...
Interview: ArtCraft’s J. Todd Coleman on prepping Crowfall’s Artisan Engine for the broader industry
Yesterday, Crowfall studio ArtCraft announced it was spinning off a brand-new company dubbed ArtCraft Technologies that would basically turn Crowfall's engine into a marketable...
New Dawn, a survival sandbox set in the 1800s, has launched into Steam early access
New Dawn - not to be confused with Darkfall New Dawn or Osiris New Dawn or Star Trek Online's New Dawn - is hitting...
EVE Evolved: Improving EVE Online’s organisational tools
Throughout most of EVE Online's lifetime, players have developed their own third-party applications (and yes, spreadsheets) to help organise and enhance their gameplay. We've...
Great, now Sea of Thieves’ skeletons have gotten into the gunpowder
Just when you thought that you could handle anything Sea of Thieves' rascally skeletons could throw at you, now they have barrels of gunpowder...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter’s five-year anniversary and Ravenloft campaign (June 24, 2018)
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...
Sea of Thieves does a 180 on skeleton boats and is fine with it
With skeleton ships sailing, volcanoes erupting, rowboats rowing, and the three-player brigantine vessel tempting, Sea of Thieves is firing a publicity broadside following its...
E3 2018: Hands-on with Ubisoft’s open-world pirate PvP game Skull & Bones
So, you want to be a pirate, but Sea of Thieves isn't your cup of tea? If the issue was PvP, well, you're probably out of...
Sea of Thieves kicks off its recurring events with skeleton thrones
Running out of stuff to do in Sea of Thieves? The developers are trying to counter those summer duldrums with recurring in-game events, the...
E3 2018: Skull and Bones fleshes out its gameplay with the Hunting Grounds
Player choice and random map elements are the key to the meat of Skull and Bones' replayability said Ubisoft at this week's E3 2018....
EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s new Oceansfull Festival
So there was an update in EverQuest II recently. It was major enough it had a real name. But honestly, that barely garnered a...
EVE Evolved: The expert Gila’s guide to Abyssal Deadspace in EVE Online
EVE Online's new Into The Abyss expansion launched less than two weeks ago and I'm bloody obsessed with it! Players have had great success...
E3 2018: Sea of Thieves foresees a summer of skeleton ships, volcanic danger, and new player vessels
The next two big summer content updates are the main focus at Sea of Thieves' E3 presence this week and will hopefully beef up...
The MOP Up: The Black Death improves its profession system (June 10, 2018)
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...
EverQuest II debuts its otterly adorable Oceansfull festival
Is it ever too late in an MMO's lifecycle to introduce a new holiday? We think not! EverQuest II is jazzing up June with...
Sea of Thieves’ Hungering Deep patch is now live
Traditionally, piracy was chiefly concerned with finding other ships and taking the stuff on them for your own ship, but there's no reason you...
The MOP Up: Hyper Universe is heading to Xbox One (May 27, 2018)
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...