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Touring Trove’s new Eclipse expansion with the Trion team

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The big solar eclipse may have been yesterday, but today marks the beginning of Trove's Eclipse! And luckily, this one will last much more...

SkySaga shuts down production and goes on hold indefinitely

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Very sad news today out of Radiant Worlds, which announced that Smilegate, its publishing partner, ordered that SkySaga's development be shut down immediately and pulled...

Trove’s subclassing system launches with Eclipse next week

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A total solar eclipse isn't a common event -- the continental US hasn't seen one in almost 40 years. So it makes a lot...

Retro shooter Keystone rebrands as The Amazing Eternals ahead of founder beta

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Remember back in 2015 when a gamer sneaked into Digital Extremes' headquarters and wandered around for a day, tricking the unassuming Canadian devs into...
It was a thing.

The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures

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In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....

Neverwinter’s Tomb of Annihilation is coming to consoles on September 12

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Don't fret, anxious console players: Your adventures in the completely safe and not-scary-at-all jungles of Chult are coming soon. In about a month, as...

Snail releases trailer for PixArk, its Minecraft-ARK Survival Evolved mashup

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What's that squishy sound? Oh yeah, it's the sound of an IP being milked. I'm talking about Snail Games' new Minecraft clone PixArk, which...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for gamers who are sick of raiding?

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In the middle of the conversation spawned by yesterday's financial news that Guild Wars 2 had seen its worst revenue quarter since launch, several...

Neverwinter releases epic retro posters for Tomb of Annihilation

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Over the summer, I put up some of NASA's fun faux retro travel posters advertising space paleofuture in my kid's room. I love this...
Where now?

Massively Overthinking: Gathering our thoughts on Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire

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This week, the dominant story has become Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion, which is coming our way far sooner than a lot...
OHHHHH MYYYYYYYY

Massively OP Podcast Episode 129: Treasure Trove

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Secret World Legends, Trove, ArcheAge, Blade & Soul, Star Citizen, Chronicles of Elyria, Crowfall, and DCUO, with mailbag questions on non-fantasy MMOs and soloing in MMOs: %SURL%

The MOP Up: Skyforge investigates the Cradle of the World (July 30, 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...
lol gross

First Impressions: Splatoon 2 is a lobby shooter for socializers

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After my hands-on at E3 and experience with the first Splatfest demo, I was a little concerned about Splatoon 2. I loved Splatoon 1, but something about...

The Daily Grind: What do you think of half-size MMO subs?

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One of the things that's always intrigued me about games like Trove and RuneScape is their willingness to experiment with different kinds of sub models....

Massively Overthinking: How should MMOs make money in a world without lockboxes?

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Earlier this week, MOP's Justin expressed frustration over lockboxes, feeling especially provoked. "As both a player and a journalist, I find it insulting when...

Trove’s Eclipse expansion launches August 22 with dual classing and new map

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Back in April while huge catch-up updates were rolling out to Trove on console, Trion teased much more content coming this year for PC...
Just behind.

RuneScape is a massive hit on Twitch

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Time and again, we here at Massively OP have noted how RuneScape seems to be incredibly underestimated by the larger MMO community. For how...

The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest II East

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Publishing a video game globally is a monumental task, more so if it is a live online game such as what you'd find with...

Trove reaches second anniversary, gives away golden ticket chests

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Happy second birthday, Trove! Here, have a slice of cake. It's somewhat pixelated and the frosting is made out of dirt, but we hear...
Bones.

The Game Archaeologist: Where are all of the open-source MMOs?

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Recently we had an interesting question come in from reader and Patron Rasmus Praestholm, who asked me to do a little investigating: "What (if...

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