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Riot Games explains moving from League of Legends to a tabletop board game
No matter how much you might like League of Legends, you are probably a little bit confused by the tabletop game coming out from...
League of Legends crowns 2016 world champions
This past weekend, the battle went down in League of Legends' biggest tournament of the year. When the dust settled, Team SK Telecom T1...
Massively Overthinking: Real solutions to the MMO toxicity problem
Toxicity. It's plagued online spaces since long before there were MMORPGs and other online video games, as any old school BBS user can attest....
Rockstar releases Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer
Earlier this week, Rockstar formally announced that it is working on Red Dead Redemption 2, due out fall of next year. "Developed by the...
Brazilian teenager accidentally dies following League of Legends loss
We have had far too many public service announcements on Massively Overpowered in recent months about things not to do around games. For example,...
League of Legends introduces the Nexus for editorial content
Sometimes, the best way to find out if something has an audience is just to put out what you have and see if people...
The MOP Up: SkySaga meddles with trading methods (October 9, 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...
League of Legends gets replay functionality next season
If you don't play League of Legends, the fact that replay functionality is being added to the game probably doesn't mean much to you....
Chaos Theory: Hide and Shriek in The Park of The Secret World
October is finally here. That means Halloween is this month! I can't even describe how excited that makes me. I know I'm not alone...
Superdata: WoW now charges a full monthly sub in China
Superdata's digital games market report for August 2016 landed in our inbox today. Those of you who've been consistently frustrated and confused over the...
Jukebox Heroes: Great music tracks from MOBAs
If you were ever to go to Vegas and place a bet that I would one day become a dedicated, passionate MOBA player, any bookie...
The MOP Up: The Division opens its public test server (September 25, 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...
League of Legends promises more revenue sharing and stability for pro teams
There's no question that League of Legends is making serious bank with its dominance of the esports scene and its staggering monthly user base....
WoW loses three more developers: Craig Amai, Tyson Murphy, and James Waugh
Looks like Blizzard has lost more than just Chris Metzen this week; MMO Champion reports that World of Warcraft Lead Quest Designer Craig Amai has...
League of Legends’ newest champion is a tree that will hug you
The cat is out of the bag and has scampered up the tree, as news of League of Legends' newest champion has been confirmed.
Ivern,...
League of Legends boasts 103 million monthly players
League of Legends has a lot to brag about today as its parent company, Riot Games, turns 10 years old: The studio just announced...
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPG housing have login and maintenance rules?
A Massively OP reader named MrPoolaty recently wrote in to us to talk about the resumption of Final Fantasy XIV's housing demolition timers. See,...
Rob Pardo of World of Warcraft fame launches Bonfire Studios
Rob Pardo is the former lead designer of World of Warcraft, but he's since moved on from Blizzard. Now, he's embarking on a new...
Superdata: Online games account for 60% of digital PC revenue
Superdata has published its MMO and MOBA Games Market Report for the 2016 cycle, and let me just warn you before we dig in:...
New report says South Korean MMORPG companies are ‘facing a crisis’
The Financial Times blog has a doom-and-gloom report out this week on the gaming market of South Korea, specifically the MMO genre.
"The country’s online...