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The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Ninja arrives in Southeast Asia (February 11, 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...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPGs should stay away from legacy servers?
Legacy, vanilla, classic, progression - call them what you like, but alternative server rulesets, particularly of the nostalgia-driven kind, are all the rage in...
Skyforge puts out a call for more community helpers among the playerbase
The player community in Skyforge need people who speak not with the voice of the powers that be, but also not quite with the...
Perfect Ten: RIFT features that deserve praise
Maybe it will be short-lived, but it is exciting to see attention and excitement return to the sphere of RIFT following the announcement of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most creative fauna?
Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I am always fascinated with the beasts, creatures, and enemy NPCs that developers create for MMORPGs. While there...
Skyforge prepares to roll out its achievement system and asks for more ideas
Achievements! They're how you track your overall progress through the game, see how many bizarre things you've accomplished, and sometimes even earn some fun...
Skyforge modifies its ‘indispensable assistant,’ preps a new season of pantheon wars
Memo to Skyforge: It is acceptable to have up to one (1) decimal point in your patch designation. When you call it "Update 0.96.5.25,"...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 154: A Prime experiment
Justin and Bree discuss Trion's big RIFT and Devilian news, Camelot Unchained's $7.5M investment, Darkfall New Dawn's launch, and layoffs for Albion and Elyria, with a mailbag question on what went wrong with WildStar.
WildStar pens a retrospective on the game in 2017 while looking ahead to 2018
How would you rate the year 2017 for WildStar? As far as director Chad Moore is concerned, it went pretty well as a whole....
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2018
This is, bar none, the column I hate doing most on a regular basis. None of the games I highlight in here is something...
The Daily Grind: What MMO zone biome puts you in an adventuring mood?
Two of my favorite MMORPG zones are World of Warcraft's Mulgore and WildStar's Algoroc. Both managed to catch some of the spirit and flavor...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the smallest MMO you’re willing to play?
A comment on Reddit about the current size and viability of Kritika Online got me thinking about MMO playerbases in general lately. We all...
Skyforge hints at 2018 plans after a wild ride in 2017
With releases on Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, Skyforge has had a tremendously busy 2017. The team took a short breather this past...
The ultimate guide to The Game Archaeologist’s MMO archives
When we moved over here to Massively Overpowered, some of us transplanted our long-running columns to the new space. I perhaps felt most devastated...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2018
With 2017 drawing to a close and 2018 rushing up to meet us, the Massively OP team has regrouped for another round of bold...
Choose My Adventure Year in Review: Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, WildStar, Black Desert, and Neverwinter
So I've been writing this column for a year now. A little more than a year, as it happens, but last year there was...
Skyforge offers sales, events, and an advent calendar for the winter holiday
In Skyforge, the player characters are deities, and they have to save everyone from everything. That is their lot in life. You've no doubt...
Choose My Adventure: Secret World Legends in review
Earlier this year, when we had yet to actually get much information about Secret World Legends, I posted a piece in which I discussed...
Skyforge launches a Demonic Dawn on PlayStation 4
Let's not mince words: You're going to see lots of updates this month that are all about red suits with white fur linings, snow,...
Tamriel Infinium: Our 2017 report card for Elder Scrolls Online
All in all, 2017 has been a fabulous year for the Elder Scrolls Online, and although I have been light on talking about the...
