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Interview: ArcheAge’s 4.0 Maelstrom launches December 13 with changes to lunagems, raid finder, and more
Batten down the hatches because a big storm hits tomorrow! ArcheAge's Maelstrom, with its cross-server navel arena, launches on December 13th. We got to...
Lord of the Rings Online’s big raid patch arrives sans raid
Well, this is an awkward situation for all involved. Lord of the Rings Online released Update 21.3 on Monday, which was supposed to patch...
Secret World Legends patches in winter event, barbershop, and plastic surgeon
Even with Tokyo completely reinstated into Secret World Legends, this reboot is still finding more content to add back in after starting over from...
Leaderboard: Which MMO gameplay type encourages the worst player behavior?
One of the common tropes held by MMORPG players is that PvP, particularly free-for-all environments prone to ganks, generates the worst type of behavior....
LOTRO delays raid rollout while Middle-earth card game is announced for PC
It's a not-so-happy patch day for Lord of the Rings Online. The studio said that it won't be activating the new raid with the...
The MOP Up: Heroes of the Storm mains Hanzo (December 10, 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...
LOTRO Legendarium: Fixing Lord of the Rings Online’s grouping problem
One of the quirks -- and frustrations -- of MMORPGs is that there never seems to be one game that truly has it all....
WoW Factor: Reconsidering the next few months of World of Warcraft
There's a lot of information coming out about patch 7.3.5 at this point. Not everything, of course, and a lot of it is based...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2017
Think of all the wacky things devs have said in public in front of gamers and journalists this year.
Now imagine what gets said behind...
Perfect World Entertainment sprinkles holiday events across its library
With so many Christmas events popping up this month, there's no time nor space to spread them out. Perfect World Entertainment seems to think...
Dungeons & Dragons Online launches the Mists of Ravenloft
There's a chill in the air through December under normal circumstances, but the chill rushing through Dungeons & Dragons Online is unrelated to the...
Blade & Soul’s Dawn of the Lost Continent launches today (and it has a flying pirate ship)
Blade & Soul's biggest update ever is live today - or will be this afternoon once the servers are back from maintenance tonight!
As we've...
Albion Online releases a new update, ‘Kay?
Albion Online's dev team hasn't run out of girlfriends' and boyfriends' Arthurian lore names to use for its patches, so everyone say hello to...
Albion Online’s GvG seasons will shake up Outland warfare
Warfare between guilds is what Albion Online considers its true endgame, which is why the team is hard at work on a Guild vs....
Pokemon Go’s EX Raid invite system still baffles core players
Niantic's recent Pokemon Go event succeeded where the Pokemon Company failed, with POGO players catching over 3 billion Pokemon well before the end of the event....
Massively Overthinking: Taking risks in MMORPGs
Last weekend, Brendan wrote a great column on how to stay safe from gankers in EVE Online, noting that the newbies are commonly given...
World of Warcraft’s 7.3.5 begins testing as allied race, environment, and zone scaling spoilers abound
So the latest raid for World of Warcraft is out now, but perhaps you don't have a regular raid group. What will you do...
Leaderboard: Is Destiny 2’s marketing brilliant or just plain nuts?
So this morning I'm dishing out cheese crackers for my kid, who was up all night barfing. (If my posts have typos today, it's...
Blade & Soul’s Dawn of the Lost Continent revamps the wardrobe, adds personal damage meters
Arrrrr you ready for Blade & Soul's "largest update" ever? NCsoft's been teasing next week's Dawn of the Lost Continent since the beginning of...
Ship of Heroes readies combat alpha, shows off a massive raid test
It's a hundred identical superheroes in hot pants facing off against a giant robot, and that robot does not stand a chance.
The following video...
