RvR stands for “realm vs. realm,” usually a reference to faction-based player-vs.-player warfare, and frequently (though not always) in the context of more than two realms.
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Camelot Unchained works on trading, the UI, and building code ahead of July’s beta
July 4th is getting closer, which means the Camelot Unchained team is in high gear polishing up the build for the beta that's finally...
WoW Factor: Speculative classes for the future of WoW
If Allied Races show us anything, it's that World of Warcraft is really in no danger of running out of new races to throw...
Star Trek Online improves XP boosters, brings back Delta Recruit event
There's nothing like an expansion to draw interest and attention back to an older MMO, and Star Trek Online is enjoying such a period...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that claimed to be the first
We've all been there. We're playing our favorite MMORPG and then self-appointed professors of game history start arguing in world chat about firsts --...
MechWarrior Online adds the Solaris arena with its newest patch
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The Daily Grind: What could MMO taverns do to get you to stick around?
I have vague memories of ArenaNet talking about Guild Wars 2 taverns prior to its launch and how these spaces would be more than...
EVE Fanfest 2018: Andrew Groen on the sequel to his popular EVE Online history book
One of the most common comments you'll see in articles about big events in EVE Online is that it's a lot more entertaining to...
Dead Rivals infects mobile with its zombie MMOARPG
Need a quick zombie fix on your mobile device but still crave the MMORPG approach? Gameloft, no stranger to whipping up knockoffs of hit...
The MOP Up: Seal Online embraces a cartoony spirit (April 15, 2018)
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...
WoW Factor: Updating data in the wake of Battle for Azeroth’s release announcement
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EVE Online’s mobile spin-off is called EVE: War of Ascension
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Perfect Ten: Why trend-chasing doesn’t work at all for online games
Video games have always been a remarkably insular field; that's the nature of development. Someone produces Super Mario Bros, and a few years later...
Everything you need to know about Path of Exile’s 3.3.0 update, landing June 1st (probably)
Path of Exile's next big thing - content update 3.3.0 - lands later this spring, and you might be wondering what's going on with...
The war on toxicity: Overwatch League and Rainbow Six Siege crack down
Are studios starting to wake up and take action against particularly odious instances of gaming toxicity in their products? Blizzard, at least, is working...
PAX East 2018: Blizzard offers more details on World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth encounters and raids
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The MOP Up: Paladins’ newest hero will punch your head off (April 8, 2018)
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...
Blade and Soul’s robot dungeon event kicks off next week
Call 'em golems, call 'em automatons, or call 'em war machines, at the end of the day, they're robots in a fantasy setting, and...
World of Warcraft reveals Battle for Azeroth plans
The information dam seems to have broken with World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, and we are all about to be swept away in...
World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth expansion launches August 14
Who had August in the poll? Anybody have August 14th specifically? Because that, my friends, is precisely when World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth expansion...
Overwatch devs consider harnessing machine learning to fight toxicity
According to a new Blizzard interview on Kotaku this week, Overwatch toxicity has a new enemy: AI. Jeff Kaplan says that Blizzard has "been...
