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LOTRO Legendarium: How did Lord of the Rings Online do in 2019?
When we gave Lord of the Rings Online the award this year for the Most Underrated MMORPG on the market, it came with plenty...
The Massively Overpowered 2019 winter holiday MMO roundup
The holidays are here! Well, most of them are. Some of them might not be. And as is tradition here at Massively Overpowered, we...
The Stream Team: Frosty fun and frolicking in LOTRO’s Frostbluff
Winter is a winner in LOTRO! The Yule Festival is in full swing, and Massively OP's MJ is back in Frostbluff for some fun...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 251: New World, Magic Legends, and Corepunk
Bree and Justin discuss PlanetSide Arena, New World, Magic Legends, Elder Scrolls Online, Corepunk, Black Desert Mobile, EVE Echoes, WoW, FFXIV, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWGL.
Massively OP’s 2019 MMO Video Game Music Awards
Many of us here on the Massively OP staff have our own personal pet projects and interests that might not be as widespread as...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0
Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...
The Daily Grind: What is the best written MMO character?
In the past couple of Lord of the Rings Online expansions, I've noticed that the writing team has kind of created a breakout character...
The Stream Team: Festivult fun in Dungeons and Dragons Online
DDO questions why you would want to stop your dungeoning and dragoning for a holiday festival? Why not just toss those Festivult treats in...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2019
Earlier this week, we granted our formal award for the biggest MMO story of the year. But biggest doesn't necessarily mean best or most...
LOTRO starts Yule Festival, adds more quests to Minas Morgul
Our winner of 2019's Most Underrated MMO is giving its playerbase a winter treat today. Lord of the Rings Online is dropping Update 25.1...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 250: Blue Mage Christmas
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge Unchained, Temtem, Crowfall, Dual Universe, Elder Scrolls Online, plus the site awards, with mailbag topics on MMO controls and meaningful choices.
LOTRO Legendarium: Second breakfasts and the importance of food
Here's an esoteric tidbit for you today: Way back in 2010 when I took over the Lord of the Rings Online column at old...
The Daily Grind: What is the worst-designed MMO quest?
The other night I was working my way through a fairly typical quest in Lord of the Rings Online in which I had to...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2019
After 10 years of covering MMORPG news, I can assure you that I am still fired up to keep doing this. One of the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 249: Houses and Ponies Online
Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest, EverQuest II, Trove, Guild Wars 2, Book of Travels, Star Citizen, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on temporary hardcore MMO servers and PvE vs. PvP sandboxes.
The Daily Grind: What MMO without mounts could really use ’em?
A while back on the Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I got to talking about Dungeons and Dragons Online's then-newly-announced mounts and how funny...
One Shots: We are all bullies
Let us face the sad, sobering truth of our MMORPG experiences today. While we may like to think that we are noble heroes saving...
LOTRO players denounce $50 legendary item catch-up sale
For quite a while now, one of the most contentious points between Lord of the Rings Online's community and the game itself has been...
The Stream Team: The Harbor grind in Dungeons and Dragons Online
Massively OP's MJ found life beyond Korthos when she left DDO's newbie island and ventured into The Harbor. And that life has work for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 248: Saying farewell to Aradune
Bree and Justin mourn Brad McQuaid, dip into Guild Wars 2, side-eye Stadia, imagine 20 more years of LOTRO, and enjoy watching EVE Online and Star Citizen's cons fight. Plus we tackle two mailbag questions about MMO genre positivity and playing solo in MMOs.