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The MOP Up: Warface meets Crysis (April 30, 2017)
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...
Battle Bards Episode 97: The sound of magic
“Magic can be ANYthing!”
The forces of magic run deep within MMORPGs, casting shadows of wonder wherever we look — and listen. In today’s show,...
You will go to the moon… in Skyforge
Skyforge opens its skies with a new patch today... yep, you're going to the moon. The moon of Aelion, that is. It's called Thea....
Carbine Studios is hiring for an unspecified new project
The general consensus for WildStar has been that the game is running on borrowed time for several reasons. That's a sad conclusion, but an...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 113: Avatar vs. toon
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, TERA, Elite, WoW, Star Citizen, and WildStar, with a mailbag question on MMORPG midcore accessibility.
Massively Overthinking: MMOs, from hardcore to casual and back again
Massively OP reader Suikoden wrote this great question to the podcast -- too good to let just Justin and me answer it. It's a...
WildStar looks forward to more Prime difficulty content over the next year
The first major WildStar patch of 2017 unlocked the Primal Matrix and added the Prime difficulty level for select dungeons. What's next for the...
Carbine cracks down on WildStar Primal Matrix exploiters
Let this post serve as another reminder that cheating is bad, and if the game is too hard or time-consuming for you to win...
WildStar’s double XP event returns this weekend
Saddle up, cupcake, because you're about to experience the fast lane in WildStar!
Carbine announced yesterday that is has another Double XP X-Plosion event coming...
Skyforge is live on the PlayStation 4 for real
In the days of early access, endless open betas, soft launches, and head starts, it's still important to note when a game is well...
Global Chat: The fallout over Secret World Legends
The fallout over The Secret World's reboot into Secret World Legends has spread far and wide over the MMO blogging community, with many expressing...
WildStar just lost its lead combat designer
This is not an April Fools' Day joke: WildStar's Lead Combat Designer just announced on Twitter that he has left Carbine Studios.
https://twitter.com/Steven_Engle/status/847950602784997376
"I'll give everyone...
Skyforge prompts players to investigate the Emerald Stream
There's a new outbreak of a heretofore unknown species of Phytonides in Skyforge, which is... not normal, but it's well within the usual wheelhouse...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #12-7
It's starting to get serious now.
As we well know, people are highly opinionated about everything, but when it comes to music, there seems to...
Skyforge’s PlayStation 4 version is now playable in early access
Skyforge's PlayStation 4 version has officially launched today -- without much hoopla -- into an early access (head start) period for those who picked...
NCsoft rep says bringing City of Heroes toons to Master x Master was his ‘passion project’
We've been speaking with NCsoft West off the record this week, agitating for publicly printable answers on the Master X Master decision to implement City...
Massively Overthinking: The City of Heroes Master X Master debacle
On Tuesday, NCsoft announced that it plans to introduce Statesman, from the long-sunsetted City of Heroes, as a playable character in its MOBA, Master...
Skyforge sends you to the moon to fight in low-G
One of the advantages of creating a sci-fi MMORPG is that there's little stopping you if you want to send your players to other...
Skyforge soars over to the PS4 on March 28 ahead of formal April 11 launch
When MMO devs give windows like "spring" for launches, we usually figure it'll be the very tail end. Not this time: My.com announced today...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up WildStar
Writing about WildStar at this point feels weird.
Obviously, I just finished up playing the game for this feature for four weeks. It feels fresh...
