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Trove’s November 14 update revitalizes guilds, adds East Asian biome

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Trion has just announced a "massive" free expansion for its cutesy voxel sandbox Trove, launching on PC, Xbox One, and PS4, all on November...

The MOP Up: Speedrunning World of Warcraft (October 15, 2017)

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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...
This will not be fine.

Trion Worlds entices players to support Extra Life charity with in-game rewards

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If you haven't heard already, tomorrow marks the start of a massive gaming marathon called Extra Life that will help raise much-needed funds to...

Virtual Earth Online looks like a Minecraft and Second Life mash-up

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So you're tired of visiting far-flung post-apoc space stations, fantasy ghost castles, underground slime lairs, and zombie grottos on Mars. What's next? How about......

The Game Archaeologist: Ultima Worlds Online Origin

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While the heady days of Ultima Online's dominant position over the industry are long gone, the MMORPG continues to operate and expand, and many...

Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try

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If you have ever visited the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that one of the most frequent posts that pop up are ones asking...

The Daily Grind: Do dinosaurs help or hurt your immersion in MMOs?

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My kids, being of a younger age, tend to find dinosaurs pretty darn awesome. They went bananas the other day when they saw a...

The Game Archaeologist: The Chronicles of Spellborn

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Hey! Hey you! Yeah, you the I'm-so-bored-with-all-of-these-MMOs gamer! You've been grousing about for years how MMOs never take risks, never innovate, and are merely...
Cramping!

Raph Koster on how Ultima Online pushed the MMO industry forward

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Game Designer Raph Koster continues to ponder the significance of Ultima Online on this, the 20th anniversary of the MMORPG's historic release. In a...

SkySaga locks down official site following development halt, posts ‘nothing can be said for certain’

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Just in case you were wondering, it's still a puddle of sadness and despair over at SkySaga. Following the online game's abrupt development halt...

Grab an Amazing Eternals beta key from Digital Extremes and MOP!

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Digital Extremes' new retro-pulp shooter/TCG hybrid The Amazing Eternals (fka Keystone) has been under heavy development since its reveal last summer, most recently with...

The Stream Team: A look at Amazing Eternals (plus giveaway)

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Massively OP's MJ has been looking forward to showing off The Amazing Eternals since she played it at PAX West. And now is her...

Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with playable fairies

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Probably my greatest and most constant gripe about fantasy MMORPGs is that for all of the freedom and imagination that this genre supposedly boasts,...
Well, this is definitely a place.

Choose My Adventure: Shroud of the Avatar in summation

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All the time through playing Shroud of the Avatar, I found myself wanting to like the game a lot more than I did. And...
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Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMORPG lore

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In which we discuss varying levels of MMO lore effort and Eliot admits he doesn't remember the names of Pac-Man's ghosties.

Ubisoft announces hypercute retro-arena shooter Atomega

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Ubisoft announced a brand-new multiplayer arena shooter today: It's called Atomega, and it's adorable, at least if you're into retro 3-D graphics and robots....

The Game Archaeologist: Climax’s Warhammer Online

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Let's begin with a little personal history. Back in 2008, I decided to get into the blogging scene by jumping on board the latest...

Skysaga might not be completely down and out

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Many players, including some of those here at Massively OP, were crushed to hear last month that the colorful MMO Skysaga had to shut...

PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Amazing Eternals

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If I had to pick a PAX West booth to give an award to for sheer fun factor, it would go to Digital Extremes’...

PAX West 2017: Trove’s next big patch will focus on clubs

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While most of the focus at PAX West 2017 for Trove was on the Eclipse expansion that just released (with its new Atlas, Shadow...

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