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 talks stretch goals, frost giants, and more
Camelot Unchained posted a new update on its website last night. It describes another productive week on the crowdfunded RvR sandbox, and it confirms that...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the main scenario and the Void Ark of patch 3.1
Final Fantasy XIV's first post-expansion patch is hitting the servers in about a month, so it's high time for players to start getting some...
Star Trek Online outlines plans for Season 11 content
It's going to be hard to top the challenges faced by players in Star Trek Online at the end of the Iconian War storyline....
Perfect Ten: MMO systems that could be great (but I haven’t seen it yet)
Before I start this column, I want to say two important things. First, my experiences do not extend outward to the limits of the...
Tamriel Infinium: Orsinium makes me forget the things I don’t like about ESO leveling
Anyone reading this column regularly understands that I have a bit of a tiff with ZeniMax because of the way it's handled the leveling...
The MOP Up: Skyforge’s new raid (October 11, 2015)
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...
Asta plans public beta for November 3
Will Asta succeed in the west after it failed in the east? That's the question that we're inching toward answering, as Webzen announced that...
You’ll never see Camelot Unchained’s Archer before she shoots you
Interested in being a deadly threat at a distance? Then you should pay attention to Camelot Unchained's archer archetype, which comes in three class...
Massively Overthinking: PvP MMOs without the PvE
Back in April, we ran an Overthinking about a perceived lack of high-quality PvE-oriented MMO titles on the horizon, and that's a conversation that keeps...
Eternal Crusade: There are holidays in the grim darkness of the future
If you learn nothing else this morning, know that there are holidays in the grim darkness of the future. This means that as much...
The Stream Team: The road to EverQuest II’s Nektropos Castle is paved with Heritage Quests
Last time, MassivelyOP's MJ discovered that yet another EverQuest II Heritage Quest needs Nektropos Castle, sidetracking the group once again in their quest to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 32: WildStumble
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Project Gorgon, Ultima Online, WildStar, Dragon's Prophet, EQ franchise expansions, and Camelot Unchained, with mailbag questions on armchair game dev and catering to whales.
EverQuesting: EQ to release The Broken Mirror expansion November 18th
EverQuest fans excited for the game's next expansion should mark Wednesday, November 19th down on their calendars -- that's the day The Broken...
The Game Archaeologist: The assassination of Lord British
At the end of August 2015, the fledgling Shroud of the Avatar community gathered together for a massive PvP fight. This wasn't to be...
Camelot Unchained announces early 2016 beta test
Camelot Unchained looks to be moving into beta testing in early 2016.
In a livestream yesterday, City State Entertainment revealed that the beta should kick off before the...
Choose My MOBA: LoL vs. Dota 2 vs. SMITE
A while back I became a fledgling MOBA fan thanks to Infinite Crisis. Unfortunately for me, Turbine decided to kill its DC universe battler...
Wargaming creates interactive WWII battle
Want to get a taste of what it was like to be in the middle of a World War II mixed-arms battle from the...
The Secret World discusses bags and its next dungeon
As we enter October, people are inevitably going to be asking for hoverboards because a movie once posited that October 21st, 2015, would include...
Camelot Unchained’s newsletter looks at the state of the build and more
Camelot Unchained's 14th newsletter has been sighted in the wild. It says that there will be a beta-focused livestream on Friday, October 2nd, followed...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Modern online game research
Late last year, I published on Massively-that-was a set of articles addressing current research on the relationship between shyness and online game friendships, including a...
