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Final Fantasy XIV interviews main scenario writer and lore director Banri Oda
Every single interview with the Final Fantasy XIV development team makes it clear that the people working on this game have a deep and passionate...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s borrowed power is generously loaned
If you've been active in the larger MMO discussion sphere over the past few months... well, thanks! It's the field I work in, after...
Destiny 2 provides a peek at changes to weapon types, exotics, and adept weapons coming in Beyond Light
As we've noted before, Destiny 2's Beyond Light expansion is going to be changing quite a bit. Earlier in the month there was a...
One Shots: Rock out in your hideout
I don't have a full-blown lair, unless my work office counts, but if I did, I would aspire to put it someplace really cool....
Massively Overthinking: Where is the line between buy-to-play, free-to-play, and subscription MMOs?
You might think this Massively Overthinking topic is way too obvious, but I assure you, it's not! Consider this: When the buy-to-play-with-no-sub Guild Wars...
Final Fantasy XIV bans gilselling accounts as its free login event rolls out
Gilselling, also known as goldselling, also known as RMT, also known as "that thing you're not allowed to do in most games and especially Final...
Perfect Ten: A small sampling of literary offerings from MMOs
Salutations are in order once again for our most literate and eloquent readers of Massively Overpowered! I bid you welcome to our numerical column...
Final Fantasy XIV shows off its items for patch 5.35 alongside its upcoming Gold Saucer event
It's been a week since Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.35 arrived on the game's live servers, and now the patch notes have gotten a...
The Daily Grind: What explorer-friendly mechanics should be in more MMOs?
When Final Fantasy XIV's Futures Rewritten patch arrives next month, it includes a nifty feature called explorer mode that will essentially allow players to...
Wisdom of Nym: Going to war in Bozja in Final Fantasy XIV
Here we are in the wake of Final Fantasy XIV's latest content patch, and while there are a lot of different things that were technically...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you wish could get the Crucible treatment?
And I don't mean the cancellation part - I'm talking about the way Amazon pulled Crucible back into development in the first place.
There wasn't...
Global Chat: Comparing SWTOR’s and Star Wars Squadrons’ space battles
With Star Wars Squadrons now on the scene, a comparison between that game and SWTOR's galactic starfighter content was all but inevitable.
MMO blog Galactic...
The Daily Grind: Isn’t it time to put an end to land rushes in MMORPGs?
When Final Fantasy XIV's 5.35 patch arrived this week, the hardcore XIV players on the Massively OP team had very mixed reactions. One triumphed...
Destiny 2 shares the details of its console upgrades for the new PlayStation and Xbox
The next generation of Destiny 2 is almost here! No, that doesn't mean a new title in the franchise; it means that with the release...
Final Fantasy XIV announces the Make it Rain campaign starting on October 21
There will sadly be no All Saints' Wake in Final Fantasy XIV this year; the game's annual ghoulish celebration is a victim of the development...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 292: Burning down the Amazon gameforest
Justin and Bree discuss Crucible, Star Trek Online, Black Desert, FFXIV, Star Citizen, WoW, MMO Halloween, and new games from CCP and Zenimax, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, SWG Legends, and Torchlight III, plus an audio mailbag topic on ragequitting.
Rumor: The next Final Fantasy XIV expansion is titled Forspoken
It's that time once more, when Final Fantasy XIV fans have scoured trademark registrations to discover the title of the next FFXIV expansion! After all, we...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.35 is out today with a community pilot program
It's time to take the fight to the Garlean Empire in a very small way on the Bozjan Southern Front in Final Fantasy XIV. Yes,...
Destiny 2 offers a peek at revamped new player onboarding and armor mod adjustments
Bungie's usual weekly newsletter is once again offering up some sneak peeks for Destiny 2, specifically a look at a new player experience refresh...
Wisdom of Nym: The first preview of Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.4
Here we go, here we go, here we go again. The hype cycle for patch 5.3 felt like it lasted too long, probably because...