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Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, before I worked for Massively, I called up SOE. I wanted to move my Star Wars...

This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger. "If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...

How do gods work in Hero's Song? What races can you play? John Smedley's just posted a new and lengthy explanation on both to Reddit. In his upcoming...

If you've listened to Massively's staff and readers talk about Star Wars Galaxies a little bit, you might come away with the impression that...

Now that all the holidays and festivals are over, MassivelyOP's MJ and the Of Mice and Minions crew can get back to completing all...

Today, we finally learn what John Smedley has been working on since he resigned from his decades-long role at Daybreak. The industry veteran has founded indie...

A few weeks ago, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote about the intersection of social anxiety and MMOs. It was a surprisingly popular article, with gamers...

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...

H1Z1's developmental plans have long included adding a variety of zombies into the mix, from different looks to different skills. Female zombies were added...

The skies are a little more crowded today in Star Citizen with the release of Alpha 2.1 to the live servers. The patch added...

Here's an odd question from a Massively OP reader: What's the best pay-to-win MMO on the market? I know pay to win is a dirty,...

Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...

We've looked back at 2015 for the launched games EverQuest and EverQuest II, the long-lasting beta of Landmark, and the MIA-and-presumed-dead (by some) ...

Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to...

A year ago, Kotaku published a piece called The People Who Only Play One Game. The author was talking about the rabid, cult followings that blockbuster...

Another year has flow by, and it was wearing a cape! DC Universe Online celebrates its fifth anniversary today, and MassivelyOP's MJ is jumping...

During its DC Universe Online's fifth anniversary stream this afternoon, Daybreak announced that the superhero MMORPG is launching on Xbox One this spring. https://twitter.com/DaybreakGames/status/686635498954186752 The game...

Daybreak's DC Universe Online is about to turn five years old, believe it or not, and the studio is planning a pair of streams...

In 1999, the year that EverQuest released, work was already underway for another fantasy MMO called World of Warcraft. It wasn't until a couple...

Visuals and animations can make or break an MMO for many, so it's important that the art team not be lollygagging around when there's...