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The MOP Up: The Black Death’s knights vs. outlaws (October 2, 2016)
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...
Linkrealms is going free-to-play on October 10
After a few months on Steam early access, the isometric sandbox Linkrealms is going free-to-play on October 10th.
The title currently costs $20 on the...
Perfect Ten: Questions to ask before backing an MMO Kickstarter
I am not a big fan of Kickstarter in general, but I like to think that I'm not a big fan for actual reasons...
How voxel tech is powering sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe
Dual Universe has a fresh dev diary out this week on how it's employing voxel technology for its builder-centric space sandbox.
"The idea of voxel...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 83: The joy of cooking (in MMOs)
Justin and Bree discuss MMO cooking, WoW, GW2, Marvel Heroes, Atlas Reactor, Bless, and Trove, with a mailbag question on comment negativity.
The Game Archaeologist: The Island of Kesmai
It was the mid-'80s, and I was just a kid in love with his family's IBM PC. Not having a wealth of capital at...
Welcome to Trove’s Jurassic park: The Dino Tamer has launched
Fuel all of your greatest childhood fantasies by jumping into Trove's new dino-tastic update. The September 13th patch added both the Dino Tamer class...
Retro-MMO Mirage Realms starts Android testing
Android users, we've got a new title for you to check out this week: Mirage Realms. This is a small but ambitious project to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 80: Enter the Legion
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Guild Wars 2, RIFT, Trove, EverQuest II, Wargaming, Funcom, Star Citizen, SOTA, and TERA, with mailbag questions on gaming/life balance and dungeon bookmarks.
The Game Archaeologist: The silent world of Tibia
If I were to tell you that there's a Western MMO out there that's as old as Ultima Online and yet still has a...
SkySaga’s alpha 9 revamps its tutorial, buffs the City of First Light
Alpha 9 has descended upon British-born voxelbox SkySaga.
"We've made a lot of changes to SkySaga this Alpha and added some really awesome new features...
Superdata’s July 2016 data show Guild Wars 2 surging, Pokemon Go on top
Superdata's July report on online gaming revenues is in, and there are some predictable bits and some surprises. On the P2P MMO front, the...
Snag a Hell hoverboard in The Secret World’s challenge event
Forget about going to Hell in a handbasket, you could go in style on The Secret World's new flaming hoverboard! Next Wednesday's patch introduces...
Trove wrangles the Dino Tamer into its class roster
Trove has been cultivating a reputation as a game with a diverse array of pretty awesome classes, so there's always that pressure to do...
The Game Archaeologist: Highlander Online
One of the things that I love about Massively Overpowered's readership is how fans often bring games to my attention that I never knew...
Global Chat: Deaf gamers and MMO captioning
What is it like to play MMORPGs if you're deaf? Just ask Stars of the Spiral's Kelsey, who talks of her condition and why...
WildStar reveals the Redmoon Rising patch notes
The next big WildStar patch isn't out just yet; you'll have to wait until tomorrow. But you can get up to speed before the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 78: Hot dog!
Justin and Eliot discuss WoW, FFXIV, RIFT, No Man's Sky, Q2 financials, Path of Exile, and Trove, with mailbag questions on turn-based RPGs and console MMOs.
The Game Archaeologist: Six videos from MMOs that never launched
Whenever I compile lists or run articles on MMOs that never made it out of the gate, it seems as though talking about it...
Trion is taking Trove to China, touts ‘millions’ of players every month
Trion Worlds has confirmed that it's bringing voxel sandbox Trove to China. It demoed the game last week at ChinaJoy through its local partner,...
