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Final Fantasy XIV confirms its next major patch in late May
If you were watching the most recent Final Fantasy XIV live letter, we can only hope you speak Japanese. It would be pretty hard...
Massively Overthinking: The best of PAX East and GDC in 2018
The past couple of weeks has been wild as we dispatched writers to GDC in San Francisco and PAX East in Boston to gather...
EVE Fanfest 2018: EVE Online FPS Project Nova is coming ‘in months, not years’
When CCP Games first made the leap into the first person shooter market with DUST 514, things didn't exactly go to plan. The game...
Destiny 2’s second expansion, Warmind, launches May 8, or whatever
Gone are the days when Bungie would put out teases and trailers for its expansions, apparently. Last night, it practically stealth-announced Destiny 2's next...
Guild Chat: Rebuilding a real-life home and an MMORPG guild all at once
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which many Massively Overpowered readers get the help they need to achieve better balance within their...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the horror of the Live Letter
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...
PAX East 2018: Final Fantasy XIV’s main scenario writing and localization
It's easy to have little to no idea about how Final Fantasy XIV is localized. Obviously the localization team has advanced beyond the days...
Jukebox Heroes: Five great YouTube channels for MMO music
As a collector and reviewer of MMORPG soundtracks, I owe a great debt to fellow music lovers who take the time to somehow extract...
One Shots: Fun with filters
You know all of those weird filter effects that you have in your photo editing software? There always seems to be a stigma against...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 164: Shroud of the Heroes
Justin and Bree discuss April Fools' Day across the MMO world, RIFT, DDO, Trove, Guild Wars 2, WoW, Sea of Thieves, Shroud of the Avatar, SWTOR, and FFXIV, with mailbag questions on MMO tourist modes and character customization.
GDC 2018: Depictions of violence and war in video games and Destiny’s Sword
I love stories. Maybe it's the teacher in me, but I love stories not just for their raw entertainment value, but for their ability...
Wisdom of Nym: The jobs of Final Fantasy XI compared to Final Fantasy XIV
With 30 years of history, Final Fantasy as a series has had lots of riffs on the same basic ideas. It's the only thing...
One Shots: Bleeding edge graphics
When you step back to think about it, it is amazing that we are living in a day and age in which we can...
SuperData’s February 2018 revenue summary shows Fortnite’s dominance
Fortnite isn't just a hit for Epic: It's a hit for the whole industry. That's according to SuperData's latest report, which ranks PC, console,...
Battle Bards Episode 118: More starting zone themes
What are your favorite memories of those first few days in a brand-new MMORPG? Chances are that those memories are inextricably connected to the...
Final Fantasy XIV kicks off a free login campaign for former players
If it's been a while since the last time you stepped into Final Fantasy XIV, you might want to try it out again. Of...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and evergreen options against new ones
Quick, you there! Tell me what's going to be in the next patch for Final Fantasy XIV, patch 4.3! Not all of it, though,...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy XIV gets primal (March 25, 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...
Bless Online interview: On soft launch, monetization, classes – and no lockboxes
Earlier today, we posted up Bless Online's new trailer and big news: That's it's launching on Steam early access as a buy-to-play title this coming...
Leaderboard: Do you speculate on WoW Tokens or other legal MMO RMT currency?
Is Call of Duty the next Activision franchise to migrate to Battlenet? Very likely. As Eurogamer broke earlier this month, players are now able...