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Flameseeker Chronicles: A visual guide to gliding in Guild Wars 2
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there aren't many mechanics that are more fantastical than zooming around within...
The MOP Up: RuneScape’s TCG wraps up closed beta (February 7, 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...
EVE Evolved: Three things you don’t want to miss in 2016
In the previous edition of EVE Evolved, I looked back at some of the big highlights EVE Online throughout 2015. It was a year that revolutionised...
The Stream Team: Cruising ArcheAge’s oceans
The holidays are over in ArcheAge (*sniff*) so MassivelyOP's MJ has to find something else to occupy her time. How about a cruise? Those...
Global Chat: Being thankful in MMOs
Last month's Thanksgiving holiday in the US prompted several MMO bloggers to share their thanks for gaming and other geeky goodness. Stars of the...
EVE Evolved: Operation Frostline patch and event guide
Practically every MMO does some kind of event for the holidays, but how do you bring the holiday cheer to a dystopian sci-fi universe...
The MOP Up: Players choose Lineage II classic server name (December 6, 2015)
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...
Pirate101’s newsletter looks back at November
KingsIsle has published a Pirate101 newsletter that looks back at the month of November and forward to the month of December. It includes a...
EVE: Gunjack launches on Samsung Gear VR
Not every inhabitant of the EVE Online universe is some fancy hotshot pilot with a billion-ISK warship under his or her seat. As CCP...
EVE Evolved: Three EVE mechanics that need an update
With over 12 years of development under its belt, EVE Online has now revamped, rebalanced or replaced practically every part of its gameplay at...
Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s Ascendancy expansion (November 23, 2015)
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
Perfect Ten: MMOs you forgot existed (but are still running)
No MMO can be in the spotlight eternally. Even some of the biggest names out there -- your World of Warcrafts, your Guild Wars...
EVE Evolved: Huge PvP battles and corp wars in Citadel
Huge PvP battles have always been a core part of EVE Online's territorial warfare gameplay, with fleets of hundreds or even sometimes thousands of...
Lineage II: ‘Classic hardcore is back’
Lineage IIÂ formally launched on Steam this week, complete with a fresh-start server, Zaken. There are even server firsts rewards, mostly pirate-themed goodies, for those...
Holy crap, Space Engineers just added planets
Space Engineers has been all kinds of awesome for a while now. Today, Keen Software House made its sci-fi multiplayer sandbox even more awesome...
The MOP Up: KingsIsle’s new game (November 8th, 2015)
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: Don’t be crabby
I don't think I could take the blow to my ego to boot up and play something called Dragomon Hunter, but then again, I...
EverQuesting: Remembering EverQuest II’s bumpy 11th year
In the 11th year of EverQuest II, what did SOE/Daybreak give to me? An emotional rollercoaster ride! This Sunday marks 11 years of Norrathian...
Perfect Ten: Why making an Old West MMO would be challenging (but worth it)
The western has been limping along for decades now, occasionally rearing its head to produce a well-loved movie or game smash hit before disappearing once...
TERA teases the Brawler class slated for December’s Knockout update
Action-MMO TERA is getting a brand-new class in its next update: the Brawler. En Masse summarized the class in a press release today:
"The brawler...