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Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019
The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...
Brad McQuaid’s MMO Pantheon has snapped up Trion’s Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson
Did you wonder where Linda "Brasse" Carlson was going to end up post-Trion Worlds' implosion? Because you had to know she'd end up somewhere;...
Vague Patch Notes: How do you play MMOs when you know humans suffered to make them?
The original Star Wars film was a passion project for a then-young George Lucas, and it was a project that nearly killed Lucas from...
Pantheon’s latest newsletter addresses balance between group harvesting and resource gluts
New hires aren't the only things going on in Visionary Realms' Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen this month. According to the game's latest newsletter,...
Visionary Realms is hiring more staff to develop throwback MMORPG Pantheon
Good news for fans of old-school development or those looking for a career in that field, as Visionary Realms is hiring once again. While...
One Shots: The Sunset Club
WildStar is about to be inducted into the worst club there is in the gaming world -- the club whose only requirements is that...
DragonCon 2018: On SMITE’s studio split, new god teases, and (no) permanent adventures
Once I knew I'd be able to attend a SMITE panel and interview devs at DragonCon 2018, I knew the first question I would...
Pantheon fully reveals its last three classes
If you're still figuring out what you're going to play in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, you've gotten the last of your options revealed....
Pantheon rolls out the first iteration of its character creation system
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's pre-alpha test continues to progress forward, as the team just patched in the first version of the MMO's character...
Pantheon gets ready for Pre-Alpha 3 and throws all of its features into a single zone
The third pre-alpha build (which will include four zones and a level cap of 40) is on the way for Pantheon: Rise of the...
The MOP Up: The Black Death improves its profession system (June 10, 2018)
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...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 171: Bless you, my subscriber
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Bless Online, Elder Scrolls Online Summerset, Worlds Adrift, Pantheon, Skull & Bones, and The Division 2, with mailbag questions on the Eastern MMO stigma and Sea of Thieves' new MMO paradigm.
Pantheon reveals its Ranger, Rogue, and Monk classes
This month's Pantheon newsletter is a doozy for folks eagerly awaiting the details of the game's classes. Visionary Realms has revealed three: the sneaky Rogue...
Go on a gameplay journey with Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
It has to be a geeky dream come true to be able to get into a restricted-access MMO and go on an adventure with...
The Daily Grind: What keeps you logging into MMORPGs over a long period of time?
Earlier this month, Pantheon's community team tweeted out a question that keeps coming back to me: "What motivates you to play an MMORPG for...
The Game Archaeologist: Lineage
If we judged MMOs by their numbers alone -- and I'm not suggesting we do so -- then the original Lineage would be the...
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...
Pantheon deep-dives the Black Rose Keep dungeon we toured at PAX
There's a lot to unpack in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's April newsletter. Not only does it cover the Ratkin species from the bestiary...
PAX East 2018: Hands-on with Pantheon Rise of the Fallen
Those who have read a fair amount of my work will know that nostalgia is something I tend to rail against pretty hard. I'm...
Pantheon offers special PAX pledge tier worth $1000, gives five of them away in contest
Among the more unusual business model setups for the incoming wave of indie MMORPGs is Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's. As we've previously covered,...
