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The Stream Team: A look at Amazing Eternals (plus giveaway)
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
Probably my greatest and most constant gripe about fantasy MMORPGs is that for all of the freedom and imagination that this genre supposedly boasts,...
Choose My Adventure: Shroud of the Avatar in summation
All the time through playing Shroud of the Avatar, I found myself wanting to like the game a lot more than I did. And...
Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMORPG lore
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
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
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
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
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
While most of the focus at PAX West 2017 for Trove was on the Eclipse expansion that just released (with its new Atlas, Shadow...
Snag an Amazing Eternals closed beta key from Digital Extremes and Massively OP [All gone!]
Digital Extremes' new shooter/TCG hybrid The Amazing Eternals (fka Keystone) launched its founders program this week, rolling into closed beta with a new trailer...
Digital Extremes announces retro permadeath MMO ‘Survived By’
Warframe developer Digital Extremes just announced that it's partnered with Human Head Studios for a new MMO "roguelite" with a pixel-art style. It's called...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 133: Gaming Gamescom
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, sunsets for Ghost in the Shell Online and SkySaga, Closers, ArcheAge 4.0, Star Citizen's Gamescom demo, SWTOR, and WoW Argus, with mailbag questions on Marvel Heroes and MMORPGs as a drug, plus a PAX West preview.
The MOP Up: State of Decay 2’s multiplayer mayhem (August 27, 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...
The Game Archaeologist: Furcadia
Let's face it: There isn't really a huge pool of MMORPGs from the 1990s to explore in this column. By now I have done...
The Stream Team: Conquering the new bosses in Trove’s Shadow Tower
Last time, Massively OP's MJ made her maiden trip into Trove's Shadow Tower. This first visit saw her conquer the first two floors, but...
Massively Overthinking: The survivalbox vs. the MMORPG
A few weeks ago in Massively Overthinking, the team discussed the resurgence in popularity of small-scale co-op games and whether that has impacted the...
The Stream Team: Exploring Trove’s Eclipse expansion (plus giveaway)
Trove's Eclipse is happening today, and Massively OP's MJ is going to experience it. And she gets to do so from the comfort of...
Touring Trove’s new Eclipse expansion with the Trion team
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
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
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...
