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The Game Archaeologist: Warhammer Online

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When it comes to notable years in the MMORPG genre's history, 2008 stands out as one of the most significant. World of Warcraft's debut...

Trove’s exploration-centric Geode expansion is launching June 26

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Remember last week when Trion Worlds announced that its popular voxelbox Trove is getting a battle royale mode called Bomber Royale? The studio is on...

Trove hauls out a small patch while the community goes crazy over gem rumors

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Trove's May update is here and threatens to undo the very foundations of the game, starting with the change from cube voxels to geodesic...
Oh, you're busy, we can come back later.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 170: Mild West Online

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Justin and Bree discuss Conan Exiles, Wild West Online, LOTRO, NCsoft's financials, Gamersfirst's acquisition, H1Z1, the Guild Wars franchise, WoW, DDO, and Trove, with mailbag topics on offensive in-game titles and too-fast MMO combat.

The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMORPG to offer an optional sub that isn’t pay-to-win?

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Last week, in the comments under the Bless optional subscription brouhaha article, I made an offhand comment that apparently got MOP commenter Sally's gears...

The Daily Grind: Do your MMORPG characters primarily wear in-game armor or cash-shop cosmetics?

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Take a look at your main character in your main MMORPG right now. What is he or she wearing? And did you get it...

Wild Mage: Phantom Twilight mixes together Final Fantasy IX, Minecraft, and Fruit Ninja

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Want to explore everything, destroy everything, and cut everything in half? Want to do all of that while riding around on a boss airship?...

Even Trove is getting a battle royale mode – it’s called Bomber Royale

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Trion's voxelbox Trove is getting its very own battle royale mode, after a fashion. It's called Bomber Royale, and its plain aim is to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 169: Farscape and RuneScape

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Trove, Secret World Legends, RuneScape and Jagex, Amazon's New World, PWE MMO sunsets, Star Trek Online's new business model, SWTOR, and ESO, plus mailbag topics on the Guild Wars 1 graphics update and crafting MMOs. And yes, we talk Farscape too!

Massively OP Podcast Episode 168: MMOs all higgledy-piggledy

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Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, EVE Online, WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Ragnarok, Elite, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, Trove, and City of Heroes' Paragon Chat, with mailbag questions on free-to-play entitlement and whether expansions need new classes.

The Stream Team: A day in the life of Trove

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What's it like to just level in Trove? Massively OP's MJ has no idea! She has hopped from holiday to event to new content...

The Game Archaeologist: Red Planet’s Lost Colony vaporware

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You know the story of Roanoke, right? That early American settlement that abruptly went missing with only the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree...

The Daily Grind: What has been the best MMO expansion or update of 2018 so far?

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We are about to put four months of 2018 in the can, and during that time there has been quite a lot of movement...

Impressions of Sea of Thieves, one month in: Deep-diving retro world PvP

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It's really hard for me to not to gush hard about Sea of Thieves. I know many out there won't agree, and it's easy to say why,...
Straight shot.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 166: Russia breaks the internet

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Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, Trove, Ultima Online, the Russian Telegram crisis' effect on MMOs, TERA, Kritika, RIFT Prime, and MapleStory 2, with mailbag topics on zoning out in MMOs and finding classic play niches in modern crowdfunded MMOs.

Impressions of Project Gorgon from an Asheron’s Call player

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It's finally time for me talk about Project Gorgon as a released product. As you might have guessed, I was avoiding the game prior to launch....
There's a mount.

RIFT Prime temporarily disables its Trove of Mounts with fake inventory alarms

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Can we agree that MMO players, collectively, get very excited about having new mounts? It seems like a statement that's almost a tautology at...
Please let this stay far away from Rowling's endless retcons.

The Game Archaeologist: Harry Potter Online

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If all goes well, later this year we will finally be treated to an actual Harry Potter MMORPG in the form of Harry Potter:...

The MOP Up: Seal Online embraces a cartoony spirit (April 15, 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 Game Archaeologist: Lineage

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If we judged MMOs by their numbers alone -- and I'm not suggesting we do so -- then the original Lineage would be the...

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