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The Survivalist: Excited for ARK’s Extinction
I finally broke down and watched ARK: Survival Evolved's Extinction trailer. It's not that I didn't want to! On the contrary, I was very...
The MOP Up: Worlds Adrift makes room for PvE servers (August 12, 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...
No, World of Warcraft’s warfronts won’t go live with Battle for Azeroth
One of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth's key features won't go live when the expansion launches this coming week. Blizzard announced players are...
Massively Overthinking: Should MMORPGs incentivize exploration – and how?
Our Daily Grind on exploration last week sparked an intriguing follow-up from MOP reader Miol.
"When asking about sightseeing and exploration in MMORPGs, you also...
Endless Trials seeks $66K on Kickstarter to build a semi-hardcore endgame PvE MMO that omits grind
Here's a new one for us, and if you like it, you can throw money at it right now: It's called Endless Trials, and...
Massively on the Go: A guide to (re)learning how to catch Pokemon in Pokemon Go
So, you're in Pokemon Go, and you just saw a Pokemon. You clicked the little beast and now are in the catch screen. Just straight flick those...
The Daily Grind: Is ‘god mode’ fun for MMO play?
Unlike some console and PC titles, online RPGs don't typically offer "god mode" (despite what you may have heard about certain classes). We don't...
Hands-on with Monster Hunter World on PC: ‘A quick and dirty port’
So you've probably heard some news about the Monster Hunter World port. PC performance issues, keyboard and mouse issues, random crashing. I wish I could...
Massively on the Go’s guide to returning to Pokemon Go: Focus on community
I've noticed a bit of a renewal for Pokemon Go thanks to large improvements by Niantic starting with Generation 3. With raids, quests, real-world weather affecting...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever had an MMORPG-related dream?
A real dream, not just a dream to top the raid leaderboard.
MOP reader CamelotCrusade submitted today's whimsical Daily Grind topic. "The other night I...
World of Warcraft’s creative director asks players to ‘be patient’ regarding the story
Why do people care so much about the story in World of Warcraft, to the point that they are rioting across social media and...
EverQuesting: Returning to EverQuest II’s Guk (for the first time)
In my last EverQuesting, I mentioned that I had not participated in much -- if any -- of EverQuest II's The Shadow Odyssey content. I've...
Citadel: Forged With Fire reignites today
It's almost like a brand-new game altogether.
Tomorrow will witness a massive revamp for the multiplayer magic sandbox Citadel: Forged With Fire. The team has...
PvP-centric sub MMO/MOBA hybrid EverFeud has launched its $105K Kickstarter
As we foretold yesterday, the PvP-focused MOBA/MMO hybrid EverFeud has officially launched its Kickstarter today. Developer PSB Entertainment has described the title as a hyper-competitive...
Global Chat: Getting a handle on Legends of Aria
One of the great benefits of reading the wealth of MMO blogs out there is that you can touch base on a huge variety...
World of Warcraft admits that it has a serious leveling problem
World of Warcraft's expansion pre-patch kind of broke a lot of stuff that the devs are frantically rushing around trying to fix. One of...
Massively Overthinking: Random acts of MMORPG kindness
Last week, down in the comments of an innocuous post about gamers being nice in Fortnite, a couple of MOP commenters requested a column...
The Stream Team: Poking around Rend’s closed beta with devs
You've gotten to read about Rend, but now is your chance to see it live. Massively OP's MJ is in the closed beta and...
Previewing Rend: Frostkeep studio visit, early access, PvP, factions, and more
If something goes wrong with Frostkeep's early access launch of Rend, blame me. While I was at the office, I distracted Co-Founders Jeremy Wood and...
RIFT opens the River of Souls raid for progression players
Another day, another step forward for RIFT's progression server. Players on the Prime shard have another challenge to fill their current endgame time, as...
