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Massively Overthinking: If you lost your account in your main MMORPG, would you start over?
The other day, MOP's Justin came into our work chat understandably nervous because he couldn't log into his Lord of the Rings Online account;...
Star Citizen’s May dev report shares work on new ships, new game modes, and progress towards 4.0 and 1.0
It's time yet again for a monthly Star Citizen progress report, and while much of the May 2024 edition is understandably about alpha 3.23...
The Stream Team: Star Trek Online’s Unparalleled and space cockroaches
It's all about the Borg, baby! No, not Borg babies (though they might still be cute!). Borg are just everywhere. They are really space...
EVE Vanguard developer talks about the shooter’s gameplay, update plans, and references to DUST 514
EVE Vanguard, the integrated companion FPS to EVE Online, represents something a bit different for the otherwise spaceship-focused MMORPG but certainly not something that...
The Stream Team: Trying out the story missions of Destiny 2 The Final Shape
It's time for MOP's Chris to once again strap on his Warlock boots and sail into Destiny 2, as this week has brought the...
Destiny 2’s Final Shape is hamstrung by cutscene-killing connection errors and a suspected spike in dungeon difficulty
Yesterday saw the launch of Destiny 2: The Final Shape, which naturally means that we're circling back to see how its initial release went,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 471: A Gold Road to the promised Tarisland
Justin and Bree discuss Tarisland, Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road, Corepunk's alpha, WoW Classic Cataclysm, SWTOR, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on industry jargon, IGN's buying spree, and Embracer.
Choose My Adventure: Returning to Star Citizen (and fussing with tech)
It's been a long while since I got to hop into Star Citizen. Not for a lack of desire, but mostly for a lack...
Destiny 2’s long-delayed Final Shape expansion is officially live today
The time has come at last for the Guardians of Destiny 2 to face off against the Witness, aka Ol' Smokey Jones. The looter...
Pride Month celebrations begin in DC Universe Online, EverQuest, City of Heroes, and more MMOs
The month of June is Pride Month around the world, and that means that multiple MMORPGs and multiplayer games are going to be celebrating...
Elite Dangerous makes additional tweaks to Thargoid War mechanics
Elite: Dangerous already made some updates to the mechanics of the Thargoid War earlier in the week, but that wasn't the end of Frontier...
EVE Online confirms main stage guest speakers and activities for EVE Fanfest 2025
We're not quite halfway through 2024, but that hasn't stopped CCP Games from talking up EVE Online's 2025 edition of the EVE Fanfest event,...
The Daily Grind: Ships, mounts, or vehicles – do you have a preferred mount type in MMOs?
MOP's own Chris inspired today's Daily Grind as last week he was drooling all over the newly revealed Elite Dangerous spaceship. "Seeing this new...
One Shots: Stargazing for incoming asteroids
Now that you've got the Jurassic Park hymn playing in your head from today's headline picture, you're prepared to romp around with dinos, stick...
Warframe readies Jade Shadows update for June 18, maps out this year’s TennoCon
Warframe has once again poured out a gallon of information during its most recent developer livestream, with information about the game's next content release,...
LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s Update 41 plans monster play reward track, birding hobby, and coop crafting event
Yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online dev stream was a particularly informative one as SSG's Orion made an appearance to talk about what's coming...
Destiny 2 provides one more Final Shape preview, collabs with Dungeons & Dragons for a cash shop bundle
We are now mere days away from Destiny 2: The Final Shape going live (unless you were among those PS5 players who got that...
Vague Patch Notes: Why do so many MMOs fail?
We talk a lot about MMOs that fail here on Massively Overpowered. I wrote a whole column about how our standards of success are...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst whaling in a multiplayer game you’ve seen in the last year?
This week, mainstream MOBA gamers flipped alllll the tables over Riot Games' gambit to sell a $450 League of Legends cosmetics bundle themed around...
Portions of Destiny 2’s Final Shape expansion accidentally become playable to PS5 fans ahead of schedule
We're reasonably sure that releasing the next expansion for Destiny 2 is a bit more involved than pushing a "go" button, but it looks...
