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Trove now allows you to make a toilet that lets you fly
Do you see the people flying in the header image? Have you thought that you want to be able to do that in Trove,...
H1Z1 announces ‘crate bundles’ for the cash shop
Last week, Daybreak announced a monetization change for zombie survival box H1Z1 that almost slipped under our radar: The studio is adding bundles of...
The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual’s Star Trek Online
If you're among the legions of Trekkies, then you are almost certainly aware of Cryptic Studios' Star Trek Online. Since early 2010, players have...
Trove makes major business model adjustments
RIFT isn't the only game under Trion Worlds' umbrella that's reevaluating and adjusting its business model to become more profitable. Yesterday, the Trove team...
Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration
The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...
Trove extends downtime by 24 hours [Update: It’s back up now!]
The two-day downtime for Trove that was supposed to end today has gotten extended by a full 24 hours as Trion Worlds announced that...
Retro MMO 8BitMMO was hacked; change your passwords
If you've ever played retro 2-D MMORPG 8BitMMO, the time has come to change your password. We recommend 256-bit.
Archive Entertainment's Robby Zinchak told players...
The MOP Up: Titan Siege debuts (January 17, 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...
The Game Archaeologist: Online gaming service providers of the ’80s and ’90s
As graphical MMOs took off in the 1990s with the advent of games like Neverwinter Nights, The Realm, and Ultima Online, many of them...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
Trove is going offline for two days to upgrade its data storage system
Heads up Trovians: Trion Worlds is preparing to take Trove offline for two days next week to upgrade its data storage system with better hardware. The...
Global Chat: Making gaming resolutions
Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to...
Trove’s most creative player-made PvP arenas
Back in December, Trion Worlds patched PvP into its cutesy voxelbox Trove as part of the Battleverse patch. The idea was that players would...
Trove offers players the ability to unlock multiple cornerstones
In Trove, your Cornerstone is your home away from home. Also your home at home. It's your home, in other words. But just like...
Linkrealms announces winter beta, Steam early access in March
Linkrealms developer Mythyn Interactive announced today that it's planning a Steam early access launch in March 2016 and as well as a fresh round of beta testing in...
Perfect Ten: The MMORPGs to watch in 2016
A long time ago on another website far, far away, I held a tradition of kicking off the new year by listing the top...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO for a terrible computer?
If you're stuck away from home with family over the holidays, you might find yourself jonesing for an MMO that will run and run well...
The MMORPG adventures you chose in 2015
When the Choose My Adventure column was first begun many years ago on Massively-that-was, it was an adventure entirely in the hands of the readers. The...
The Game Archaeologist: Asheron’s Call 2
MMO sequels are funny animals. Sequels (along with prequels and "reimaginings") are ingrained into the entertainment industry so deep that it makes sense that...
Jukebox Heroes: The 2015 Online VGM Awards
With another year coming to a close, I thought it would be an opportune time to go back and give out flippant awards to...