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The Stream Team: The search for Trove dragons continues

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Boy oh boy are there lots of dragons Massively OP's MJ needs to find in Trove. She still hasn't found Luxion yet, and now...
There's a primal dark might here.

Trove is adding 162 player-designed wearables in tomorrow’s update

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Trove is gearing up for what it's calling a major quality-of-life update tomorrow. Bomber royale - that's the voxelbox's battle royale mode - is...

LOTRO Legendarium: Is Lord of the Rings Online aging well?

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By now, to me, Lord of the Rings Online is a comfortable, well-worn friend that always offers a very predictable and enjoyable experience whenever...

The MOP Up: PlanetSide 2 throws a summer rager (August 5, 2018)

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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...

The Stream Team: Looking for Luxion in Trove

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Oh no, Luxion is missing! Trove has somehow lost Luxion; how do you lose a giant golden dragon?! Massively OP's MJ is going to...

Global Chat: The ‘We Don’t Play World of Warcraft’ Club

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What do you do when you don't play World of Warcraft but everyone else all around you does and won't stop talking about it...

Why I Play: Trove’s Geode changed me from a visitor to a player

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Trove's Geode expansion has been a game-changer - and I mean it in more ways than one. The latest update/expansion to the colorful voxel-based game...
City again.

The Game Archaeologist: Digging up the history of City of Heroes

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For the longest time in the early 2000s, MMORPGs scared me off. They looked too obtuse, too grindy, too ugly, and too unapproachable for...

Trove compensates players for recent downtime

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A routine maintenance cycle for Trove this past Tuesday triggered a small crisis as bugs slipped in due to a new OS and network...
Cool guys don't look at explosions.

Defiance 2050 has big plans for new classes, advancement, and endgame as it hits 1M players

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Defiance 2050 isn't just launching and going away, oh no: Trion Worlds has a new producer letter up today detailing exactly how it's planning...

Time to go shopping and make friends in retro-sandbox Staxel’s latest update

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Ah heck, as I started writing this post, I remembered I defied my "no early access" rule and bought this game on the Steam...

The Stream Team: Popping Trove’s piñata warriors

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Today Trove's piñata event is supposed to end, but Massively OP's MJ doesn't know when. That means she has no idea how long she...

ArcheAge, Trove producers address Trion layoffs, tell players not to worry

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Last week's Trion Worlds layoffs appeared to have hit ArcheAge particularly hard, with the loss of a well-known producer to the eliminated positions, on...

The Game Archaeologist: Kesmai’s Air Warrior and Legends of Kesmai

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Most studios would be overjoyed to have pioneered one significant advancement in video game history, but then again, most studios aren't Kesmai. While it's...

Grab a Survived By closed beta key from Digital Extremes and MOP [All gone!]

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Digital Extremes' retro permadeath/bullet-hell MMO Survived By entered closed beta yesterday and rolled out a patch with a new 10-man raid, hardmode dungeons, UI...

Digital Extremes’ retro permadeath MMO Survived By has entered closed beta

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Digital Extremes has officially launched Survived By into closed beta today, accompanied by a hefty patch including a new 10-man raid, hardmode dungeons, UI...
And on and on and on...

Perfect Ten: Endless dungeons in MMOs

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Most MMO dungeons are normal songs. You start out and you have a pretty clear picture of the beginning, middle, and end; they don't...
Familiar?

Massively OP Podcast Episode 178: #womenarecosmetic

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Wild West Online, Star Citizen, Defiance 2050, Rend, and Fractured, with a mailbag question on in-game conflict resolution and a special interview on Blaugust Reborn.

The Stream Team: Sunfest fun in Trove

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Summer sun means Sunfest fun in Trove. For the rest of this week Trovians and Geodians alike can enjoy this seasonal festival, and Massively...

The Game Archaeologist: A history of EverQuest’s expansions

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I don't know if EverQuest holds the crown title for the MMO with the most expansions, but I'm sure it's among the top three...

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