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Vague Patch Notes: Why do so many MMOs fail?
We talk a lot about MMOs that fail here on Massively Overpowered. I wrote a whole column about how our standards of success are...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming wanders the wilds of RIFT
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s GU 7.5 Desperate Defiance launches today alongside The Acolyte collab
Star Wars The Old Republic's 7.5 patch is upon us today, as servers went down at 8 a.m. EDT this morning to prepare. The...
Massively Overthinking: Does challenging solo content belong in MMORPGs?
Star Wars The Old Republic's plan to implement new solo challenge content called Ventures in its Desperate Defiance patch raised more than one eyebrow...
Perfect Ten: My top 10 favorite MMOs across two decades
Normally in these Perfect Ten lists, I'm very outward-facing. I like to create lists that are as helpful or amusing as possible for others...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best desert biome in MMOs?
Until I lived in one for a few years in real life, I was not a big fan of the desert - anywhere. Cue...
Not the bees! MMO sandbox Trove launches its Spring Fling event
Gamigo is following up Bunfest in Trove with yet another spring event: Spring Fling, headlined by no less than Sir Dapper Duckington, Esquire. "The...
Perfect Ten: 10 favorite features that pairs of popular MMOs share
Even though all MMORPGs compete for our time, affection, and -- above all else -- money, it doesn't mean that they can't get along....
The Daily Grind: Are you optimistic or pessimistic about SWTOR’s future?
We are in an interesting season with Star Wars: The Old Republic -- and no, I'm not talking about a PvP or Galactic Conquest...
RIFT is off to the budgie races with its latest adorable event
Here is your periodic reminder that RIFT was packed full of some of the most adorable creatures in the MMO space, from corgis to...
Massively Overthinking: The loss of ArcheAge
Last week's admission from Kakao that XLGAMES is pulling the plug on ArcheAge really hit me, and I'm still trying to process why because...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s GU 7.5, Desperate Defiance, includes a farming system and solo Ventures
We don't have a hard launch date, but Star Wars The Old Republic's Update 7.5 has a name and a face, as revealed by...
V Rising details gameplay waiting in the Ruins of Mortium, Valheim continues its Ashlands test
This is either a tale of two games that start with the letter V, two games that are working on new zones, or two...
Kakao’s western version of ArcheAge is sunsetting in June
I'm sorry to report this morning that the western version of ArcheAge is apparently shutting down: While we were sleeping, Kakao announced that it...
Gamigo launches a revitalized Bunfest event for Trove today
We may be past Easter, but Trove's Bunfest isn't beholden to your real-world calendar! Yep, Gamigo announced this morning that Bunfest is back for...
RIFT hosts a server load test party this evening with free level-ups
Have we said how utterly bizarre it is to see RIFT pop up in our feeds this much recently? Not that we're complaining, mind...
Trove’s spring update adds a gearcrafting skill and overhauls endgame drops
Gamigo's Trove is continuing to get love regardless of what's going on with the rest of the company's MMORPG catalogue, and for the blocky...
RIFT extends its server transfer period before next month’s merges
The countdown clock is ticking toward next month's RIFT server merges in which a trio of worlds will be folded into other realms. While...
RIFT holds a server load test as part of new data center migration, manually reruns the Mech Parade event
This week marks another bit of odd activity in RIFT, which appears to be associated with earlier server merging and server transfers: Gamigo is...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with live-action media tie-ins
Every so often I think to myself that a video game should get some kind of media adaptation before I come to my senses....
