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Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
Exploring TellTale’s Guardians of the Galaxy ‘crowd play’: A dual group dynamic
I have sort of an odd relationship with "story" in gaming. JRPGs really got me into gaming and inspired me to focus on my...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up Black Desert and selecting our next destination
Back when I mentioned that I was learning to like Black Desert a while back, I got this tweet from the game's official account....
Results are in for EVE Online’s 12th Council of Stellar Management
The polls are closed, the votes are in, and the results are tallied. EVE Online has its 12th Council of Stellar Management following this...
The MOP Up: Warface meets Crysis (April 30, 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...
Wanna try new MMORPGs? Join the MMO Book Club
Long ago when we were between MMOs, my guild went through several months of playing a new game every week thanks to the magic...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG players a minority in their own genre?
Deep in the comments of the MMOs-vs.-survival-sandboxes thread from last week, reader miol_ produced a beautiful comment about how MMO players have become a...
Wakfu adds leaderboard rewards, ventures further up Mount Zinit
An unexpected environment and a shocking revelation about a key character lays in wait for adventurers who continue to scale Wakfu's Mount Zinit.
The team...
Choose My Adventure: Failure to trade in Black Desert
Despite my best efforts, I walked away from my trading attempts in Black Desert having been wholly unsuccessful. I consider this a good thing,...
Leaderboard: Where do you draw the line between griefing and roleplaying?
On the Morrowind subreddit a few days ago, a player was recounting a particular roleplay-slash-griefing episode on a hardcore-roleplay Ultima Online emulator. The player...
KingsIsle seeks support to get EverClicker on Steam; Wizard101 and Pirate101 might be next
First there was EverQuest. Then there was Ever, Jane. Now there's EverClicker. This sort of trend could go on (wait for it) forever.
KingsIsle, the studio...
The Soapbox: Lessons Secret World Legends failed to learn from Final Fantasy XIV
I've mentioned many a time that I like Funcom quite a bit. I want to like Funcom quite a bit. Heck, I want to...
Leaderboard: Are you part of SuperData’s cohort of ‘gaming video content viewers’?
SuperData released a report this week arguing that the video gaming video content business is booming, even "outpacing earnings from some traditional sports leagues."...
Choose My Adventure: Grinding away in Black Desert
Let me talk to you, my friends, about grinding. Specifically, about how it gets a bad reputation that it doesn’t altogether deserve.
How does this...
SWTOR expansion trailer is nominated for a Webby
Here's a welcome shot of publicity for Star Wars: The Old Republic this week. Knights of the Eternal Throne's "Betrayed" trailer was nominated for...
World of Warcraft’s dance party and trial of style look like goofy fun
Believe it or not, the long-waited dance studio is finally coming to World of Warcraft... sort of.
In Patch 7.2.5, Blizzard is adding a new...
Leaderboard: Are you sick of MMORPG quests?
When World of Warcraft was in beta and I first gave it a go, I remember being absolutely captivated by questing. It wasn't as...
Elite Dangerous kicks off second short film competition, CTRL+ALT+SPACE 2017
The launch of Commanders 2.3Â earlier this week must seem like the perfect time for Frontier to reprise its CTRL+ALT+SPACE competition because that's exactly what...
Choose My Adventure: Learning to appreciate Black Desert
First and foremost, I'd like to thank the many people who informed me about how to hide the UI in Black Desert. I shouldn't...
Jukebox Heroes: Your top six favorite MMO music themes
After over a month of voting and counting down, we've arrived at the final six picks for your favorite MMORPG theme songs of all...
