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Massively OP Podcast Episode 179: MMO parenting fails
Justin and Bree discuss Star Wars Galaxies Legends, World of Warcraft, Elite Dangerous, LOTRO's Weatherstock, Trion's layoffs, No Man's Sky's multiplayer, DDO, and Wizard 101 updates, with mailbag entries on how to start an MMO blog and spooky stuff in Guild Wars 2.
The War of Thorns starts today in World of Warcraft
All right, champions, time to run down our list for what we need to get done before World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is...
Former BioWare lead James Ohlen regrets not pushing SWTOR towards ‘Knights of the Old Republic Online’
Earlier this month, BioWare's James Ohlen announced that he was retiring from the company where he'd worked for more than two decades, part of...
World of Warcraft drops lots and lots of dungeon damage in a hotfix
If you're going to read through the latest set of pre-patch hotfixes for World of Warcraft, we hope you enjoy the phrase "damage has...
Final Fantasy XIV plans major revisions to role actions and housing status in 4.4
The official translation for the most recent Final Fantasy XIV live letter is here, and it contains some pretty big changes for the game...
World of Warcraft kicks off Warbringers with a Jaina short
Jaina Proudmoore has been through a lot in the timeline of World of Warcraft alone, but her appearance in the first Warbringers short is...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV gets to hunt some monsters
It hardly needs to be said at this point that the new way of doing things with Final Fantasy XIV's live letters has proven...
Runes of Magic heads to Steam this month
At this point in MMORPG history, it might be hard to find titles that aren't on Steam already. Late to the Valve party, however,...
World of Warcraft: Mexican wrestling, movie cuts, and Battle for Azeroth story spoilers
There is just no way to smoothly mesh this Frankenstein assortment of World of Warcraft stories together, so hang tight -- abrupt transitions ahead.
Why...
EVE Evolved: Four changes to improve EVE Online for new players
A few months ago, I created a new character and ran through the new player experience for an article on how to get new...
The MOP Up: Gnomeland Security orders EQ2’s Tinkerfest (July 22, 2018)
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...
One Shots: Party animals
Apologies for the disruption in the normal One Shots schedule over the past couple of weeks, but we're back and freakishly abnormal! Everyone behave...
Ultima Online plans rentable storage vaults for F2P players, plus new castle and keep designs
With the game's 100th patch in the rear-view mirror, Ultima Online's developers are already hard at work on the 101st patch due out in...
The Game Archaeologist: Kesmai’s Air Warrior and Legends of Kesmai
Most studios would be overjoyed to have pioneered one significant advancement in video game history, but then again, most studios aren't Kesmai. While it's...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth feels like Cataclysm all over again
It took me a long time to identify what felt off about World of Warcraft's upcoming expansion. Something was definitely bothering me, but the...
World of Warcraft Hunters launch #SaveHati campaign
With this week's World of Warcraft pre-expansion patch, Blizzard has made one group of players deeply unhappy by putting down their pet dog.
Some --...
Massively Overthinking: What important lessons are MMORPGs failing to impart?
MOP reader and Patron Brett has a burning question about the lessons we're learning (and not learning) from playing MMORPGs.
"In his book Theory of Fun,...
EVE Online is planning to weaken Force Auxiliaries
It's just too easy for Force Auxiliaries to heal other ships right now in EVE Online. That's the reason behind the balance proposal put...
World of Warcraft answers pressing prepatch questions in its latest video Q&A
The prepatch for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is out now, but the expansion is still a bit further off, so players have...
Temtem discusses Kickstarter backer rewards, November PC alpha, and 2019 early access
If you backed Temtem's successful Kickstarter, now is the time to collect at least some of your rewards. Spanish developer Crema has posted up...
