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Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG, living or dead, offers the all-time best crafting experience?
Over the last couple of weeks, when I was putting in sometimes 18-hour days working on the site, I didn't really have much time...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO features that deserve widespread adaptation
You know what gets me excited about upcoming MMOs? It's certainly not the list of expected systems and features that have since become standard...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online Gamma Vanguard Starter Pack on PC from PWE and MOP
Victory is Life is officially live in Star Trek Online just in time for E3, harkening back to the much-loved run of Deep Space Nine.
"Star Trek...
Star Trek Online sets Deep Space Nine Victory is Life expansion for June 5 as players grumble over newest faction
Star Trek Online has officially put a launch date on its Deep Space Nine-based expansion, Victory is Life: June 5th, at least for PC.
"The...
Jukebox Heroes: Vanguard Saga of Heroes’ soundtrack
It may be hard to believe, but it has already been about four years since SOE decided to close down the troubled yet cult...
The Daily Grind: What’s the biggest scandal the MMORPG genre has ever seen?
Over the weekend in the Guild Wars 2 spyware article comments, a commenter remarked that Blizzard's Warden spyware was "the biggest scandal in MMOs"...
Global Chat: To RIFT or not to RIFT?
Everyone's talking about RIFT's new Prime server idea -- and whether or not it will get us playing Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO once again....
Star Trek Online hands out free ships today, but you’ll have to pay for a chance of one from Discovery
Happy Free Ship Day! This isn't us being cute; it's an actual holiday promoted by Star Trek Online every year on its anniversary. Just...
TERA doubles and triples rewards this weekend
You know how parts of the inhabited world are freezing into a solid mass of glacial ice this week? That is all the excuse...
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...
Secret World Legends patches in winter event, barbershop, and plastic surgeon
Even with Tokyo completely reinstated into Secret World Legends, this reboot is still finding more content to add back in after starting over from...
The Game Archaeologist: Vanguard Saga of Heroes
The significance of Vanguard's development, release, long-running drama, second chance, and eventual closure should be of great interest not just to game historians but...
Brad McQuaid: MMO devs are ‘making the very, very early foundations of the Holodeck’
Pantheon and MMOs like it are bringing our dream future one step closer (or at least, Lt. Barclay's dream future), Brad McQuaid suggests in a new interview...
The Daily Grind: How would you solve the housing server merge problem?
When ArcheAge launched, I was one of those who was brutally harsh about its mind-numbingly stupid housing system, a more or less open-world system...
EVE Online delivers ‘sneak preview’ of winter release
Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the walls of EVE Online's offices, buzzing to and fro and learning all about what the...
SWTOR lists class specs slated for Update 5.3 love
BioWare has informed players that some of Star Wars: The Old Republic's advanced classes and disciplines will be getting some changes and love with this...
Ashes of Creation hires five new team members, shows off snowy environments
As Ashes of Creation takes aim at the $3M line for its Kickstarter campaign, Intrepid Studios announced that it has made several significant hires...
Destiny 2 will take you to Titan, Io, and beyond
With the Vanguard scattered to the interstellar wind in Destiny 2, it will be up to player characters to travel to different planets in...
Destiny 2 launches on PC and console September 8, ‘and there will be a ton of loot’
As teased and prodded and hinted at all week, Destiny 2 is official, and we've finally got a trailer to go with it. Expect...
Global Chat: Fare thee well, Landmark
Believe it or not, there were actually people who played and enjoyed Landmark -- and were saddened to see it taken offline. To kick...
