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Defiance 2050 performs better than its predecessor but hasn’t won the community over

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With last week's launch of the revamped and rebooted Defiance 2050, Trion Worlds was betting on players flocking back to the sci-fi MMO shooter...

Star Citizen backer took CIG to small claims court over his refund request – and lost

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The Star Citizen refunds subreddit is often the home of big words and tall tales, but Redditor firefly212 did more than just talk: He...

The Daily Grind: Which online game has suffered the most from its own hype?

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I've still got hype on the brain. We've talked about the length of hype cycles and under-hyped MMOs. Now I want to talk about...

The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s DS9 expansion gets a console release date (July 14, 2018)

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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...

Global Chat: Looking back at World of Warcraft’s Legion

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Now that the next World of Warcraft expansion is almost upon us, it's time to say farewell to Legion and all that that entails....

Destiny 2’s upcoming patch tweaks Quickplay, Rumble, and bounties as Bungie preps for Forsaken

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Destiny 2's 1.2.3 patch (yay soothing numbers) drops on Tuesday, and if you're thinking it may be a good time for re-entry, you're gonna...

Former SWTOR creative lead James Ohlen departs BioWare, former Hearthstone boss Ben Brode announces new company

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Some industry news this morning: James Ohlen announced that he's retiring from BioWare after more than two decades at the company. MMORPG fans will...
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The Daily Grind: What exactly defines an ‘indie’ MMORPG studio?

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Earlier this week, I happened to see a mainstream website refer to ArtCraft as an indie studio, and it jolted me. ArtCraft, as anybody...

Battle Bards Episode 124: Old MMOs, new music

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It’s a catch-all, catch-up episode for the Battle Bards as they dig through new soundtrack releases from MMORPGs that they’ve covered in the past!...

Interview and excerpt: The ‘Braving Britannia’ book preserves Ultima Online’s oral history

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Earlier this week, we wrote about the launch of a new book that's right up MMORPG fans' alley. Dubbed Braving Britannia: Tales of Life,...

Star Wars Galaxies book takes fans back to this late, great MMO

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Unless you're willing to venture out onto the wild space of emulated servers, you won't be getting Star Wars Galaxies back. That doesn't mean...

The Stream Team: Working through Outpost Zero pirate invasions

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Massively OP's MJ can't seem to get much base building done in Outpost Zero because she keeps being interrupted by rude pirates! She's not...

Hyperspace Beacon: Take your SWTOR PvP to Rishi!

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OK, I'll come right out and say it: I love the Rishi stronghold. The Star Wars: The Old Republic developers have outdone themselves. I...

TennoCon 2018: Deep-diving Warframe’s Fortuna and Railjack

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Many fans, including me, are talking about still riding high after Warframe's amazing TennoCon 2018 announcements this past weekend. That was some pretty epic...

Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017

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Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...

Ashes of Creation handles world persistence and local economies in its own fashion

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With a rapidly expanding studio and Alpha One coming later this year, Ashes of Creation is shaping up to be one of the great...

The Stream Team: How about that Warframe news?!

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So how about that Warframe news?! Massively OP's MJ is pretty excited about it (as you might have noted from her convention write-ups). What...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb

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Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus a mailbag entry on looter shooters as the future of MMORPGs.

The Stream Team: Conquering KOTET’s Chapter IX in SWTOR

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Once Massively OP's Larry and MJ finish the final scene, Chapter VIII of SWTOR's Knights of the Eternal Throne will be wrapped up, letting...

TennoCon 2018: Why Warframe will never launch (and why that doesn’t matter)

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There's a question that floats around our Massively OP office discussions occasionally, especially when updating which game is labeled what: Will Warframe ever launch?...

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