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The Daily Grind: Which NPC do you personally hate the most in your favorite MMOs?
A while back, Bree and I were sharing memories of the original launch of Guild Wars and talking about the exact moment when we...
Final Fantasy XIV shares a story from Fordola’s younger days
Who doesn't like Fordola in Final Fantasy XIV? She's everyone's favorite sassy former Garlean operative turned salty Ala Mhigan Primal-slayer, to summarize a lot of character...
The Elder Scrolls Online previews one of the lorebooks of the Waking Flame DLC
We all know why you play The Elder Scrolls Online. It's not for exciting combat, it's not for boundless exploration, and it sure as...
Final Fantasy XI prepares a Ramuh-filled update for August
The developers of Final Fantasy XI really hope you like everyone's best-known avatar of lightning, Ramuh, because he's going to be featured a lot...
Not So Massively: Wolcen’s roadmap is missing some important things
In the past, I've been pretty free with my praise for Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem. I've gotten nearly a hundred hours of good fun...
World of Warcraft’s finale for the Sanctum of Domination raid reveals a major character’s fate
We try really hard to avoid spoilers here when we're talking about story stuff on Massively Overpowered. It's possible, for example, that you are...
World of Warcraft’s patch yields another cinematic… but there are more still encrypted ones to find
There's a new cinematic that's been discovered for World of Warcraft's upcoming patch 9.1, Chains of Domination. It's a spoiler. That much you can...
Star Wars: The Old Republic recaps the making of the Secrets of the Enclave flashpoint
So what precisely goes on in writing a Flashpoint story for Star Wars: The Old Republic? If you're curious about that, you can get some...
Guild Wars 2 starts its return to Living World Season 2 on May 25
The overall Guild Wars 2 story has been moving through a lot of Living World content since the game's initial launch, and so it's possible you...
Bless Unleashed has released its Secrets and Scions update
Ready for some more story in Bless Unleashed? Here's hoping you are because the console game's latest update, Secrets and Scions, brings exactly that. The...
Star Wars: The Old Republic to launch update 6.3, The Dark Descent, on April 27
Earlier today, we made a snarky joke about how the next Star Wars: The Old Republic patch has had plenty of its content teased but...
Final Fantasy XI updates with the latest part of the Voracious Resurgence
It's time for an update of dour elves with the latest patch for Final Fantasy XI, bringing in the final part of the Voracious...
Star Trek Online’s overhaul of the Klingon starting experience concludes with improvements to Grethor
It's going to be a little while longer until the current major story arc in Star Trek Online wraps up, but before that happens you...
WoW Factor: Oh no, not the Sylvanas redemption arc
All right. So. Apparently people wanted to know my response to the new cinematic mined out from within World of Warcraft. Cool. That's easy. My...
New datamined cinematic for World of Warcraft Shadowlands points to major story developments
We're being circumspect here because, well... this stuff is spoiler-ish. If you've been really enjoying the plot of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands up to...
World of Warcraft explains the Threads of Fate system in Shadowlands
The basic flow of zones in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is fixed. You start out in Bastion and finish up in Revendreth by following...
The Daily Grind: Has an MMO’s story ever turned you off from playing the game?
It was a pretty bold move when Guild Wars 2 decided to indicate that one of the game's playable races had actually been a gigantic...
First Impressions: Genshin Impact is half decent ARPG and half gacha
I forget when I first heard about Genshin Impact, but it was a while back, and it was something that I earmarked for the future...
World of Warcraft caps off its Afterlives with a look at Revendreth
Despite the appearance, the Venthyr of Revendreth in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands do not really vant to dreenk your blud. They vant to make you a better person because you...
Final Fantasy XI: The Voracious Resurgence gets its own teaser site
It turns out that Final Fantasy XI will just keep going forever. The game has been pumping out monthly updates reliably ever since its...
