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Final Fantasy XIV brings back The Maiden’s Rhapsody on April 28
It's hard to believe that Final Fantasy XI is going to be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. (Especially if you're marking time by the...
Datamining reveals hints at the possible fate of Sylvanas in World of Warcraft’s story epilogue
So the final cinematic for the latest raid in World of Warcraft has been seen, and we all know how that story wraps up. (If...
Final Fantasy XI looks back at developing the story for its three nation-states at launch
It might be easy to forget with another Square-Enix MMORPG being everyone's focus in the storytelling department, but Final Fantasy XI has been doing the...
The Soapbox: SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith is bad, but not for the reasons you’ve heard
I've never been a big Star Wars fan, but I am a big BioWare fan, and after many failed attempts to get into the...
World of Warcraft reveals Anduin’s ultimate fate in a new raid cinematic
All right. If you need to be told this from the header, this post and this cinematic is into El Spoilero territory. These are...
World of Warcraft’s Steve Danuser discusses some of Sylvanas’ characterization in patch 9.2
Oh, Sylvanas; these days just saying your name prompts all sorts of discussions about the way that World of Warcraft is handling your storyline. They...
Indie sandbox Galaxies of Eden shows off its launcher and lore
Bad news, Galaxies of Eden fans, the Earth does not fare particularly well in the game's backstory. Turns out that using the setting's gateways let...
Early datamined cutscenes for World of Warcraft start to piece together the story of patch 9.2
All right, when you get tired of all of the fire covering World of Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment in general right now, maybe you'd...
Vitae Aeternum: Analyzing New World’s storytelling
I've been wanting to write this column for a while, but it's been a struggle to find the words. I'm never sure of how...
Star Wars: The Old Republic opens up testing for Veteran difficulty in the Elom flashpoint
There is a lot of stuff to test right now on Star Wars: The Old Republic's public test servers. Do you want even more to test out?...
World of Warcraft quietly removed all of its Torghast 9.0 questline with patch 9.1.0
It seems like basically no one was happy with the plotline that stretched through Torghast in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. This is not an indefensible...
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...
