pirates
The Stream Team: Talking like a pirate in AQ3D with Artix
Arrrrgg! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day again mateys, and that be meanin' Massively OP's MJ be gettin' in the spirit. She'll be...
World of Warcraft’s Bloodsail pirates are throwing a beach party for Talk Like A Pirate Day
Arrrr and assorted other pirate cliches. Yes, it's Talk Like A Pirate Day, which means some MMOs are getting in on the fun. That...
AdventureQuest 3D survives Hurricane Irma, embraces Talk Like a Pirate Day
You're probably well aware that today is that holiest of geek holidays, Talk Like a Pirate Day. AdventureQuest 3D is certainly not ignoring it;...
Puzzle Pirates: Dark Seas server goes into early access
Every voyage has a beginning, and for Puzzle Pirates' newest server, the maiden voyage began this past week.
It's called Dark Seas, and it's a...
Elite: Dangerous brings the Thargoids with patch 2.4 on September 26
There are dangerous things in deep space when you play Elite: Dangerous. More dangerous than system failures, or pirates, or interstellar phenomena. The Thargoids...
Battle Bards Episode 105: Uncharted Waters Online
Set sail for amazing adventure and an assortment of audio discoveries! This week, Cap’n Steff and her lackeys board Uncharted Waters Online to see...
Shroud of the Avatar’s R46, free trial, community map, and $52K telethon haul
Shroud of the Avatar is full-speed ahead, looking on to R46 with R45 in the rear-view mirror. What's in R46? Lots of stuff, starting...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 134: You are my… Destiny
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, DDO, Guild Wars 2, Wander, ARK, Funcom, Destiny 2, Cloud Pirates, Perpetuum, EVE Lifeblood, Villagers & Heroes, and helping out with Harvey, with mailbag questions on favorite MMO moments and finding a good guild.
Let’s go moon mining in EVE Online’s newly announced expansion, Lifeblood
Happy September, EVE Online. Howsabout an expansion? You got it: CCP has just announced Lifeblood, launching October 24th.
"As new technologies for resource acquisition emerge...
Wizard101 and Pirate101 weather DDOS attacks
If you have tried to log in and play Wizard101 or Pirate101 in the past 24 hours, you may have experienced disappointment as the...
Sea of Thieves makes being a terrible pirate look like so much fun
If you're ever out casually patrolling the open sea in your pirate ship, you probably shouldn't light every lantern, dance on the prow, and...
Cloud Pirates is sunsetting at the end of September
Aw, damnit. My.com is giving up on its Allods-themed Cloud Pirates MOBA already. The company doesn't say why, but given the successes of its...
The MOP Up: State of Decay 2’s multiplayer mayhem (August 27, 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...
The Game Archaeologist: Furcadia
Let's face it: There isn't really a huge pool of MMORPGs from the 1990s to explore in this column. By now I have done...
Sea of Thieves talks about bringing the game to PC
With 4,000 new players testing out Sea of Thieves' technical alpha on the PC, the team has a lot to say about how this...
Perfect Ten: MMOs obsessed with the floating islands trope
One of the fun things about this hobby is that certain tropes repeat themselves constantly. And they're usually weirdly specific tropes, too. Poop quests,...
EVE Online revenge war update: The war machine stalls
Last week we brought you the news of a massive new war brewing in the north of EVE Online, and The Imperium's threat of revenge...
Ubisoft on Skull and Bones’ business model, ‘treasure chest’ lootboxes, and live events
If you thought that Ubisoft's Skull and Bones pirate MMO wasn't going to have lootboxes, seriously, what rock are you living under? (And is...
Sea of Thieves team gathers around a pup for pirate parley
Don't let the fluffy puppy distract you from what's truly important information in this week's Sea of Thieves Tales from the Tavern podcast! The...
One Shots: Sacred space
Anyone a little excited about Guild Wars 2 these days? Probably not, but on the off-chance that there's a glimmer of hype and hope...