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The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio’s finances worry you the most right now?
During this week's MOPÂ podcast, Justin and I remarked on Funcom's spectacular 2017 financial showing, particularly in light of the fact that its numbers were...
ArcheAge goes offline for two days for massive server merges, land rush scheduled for Friday
We warned you about it back in July, and now it's here. ArcheAge is merging (er, "evolving") a dozen of its underpopulated servers down...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that changed their names
Names and titles fascinate me. While sometimes they have no deeper meaning than to sound pleasant and be memorable, a label can indicate purpose,...
PAX West 2017: Atlas Reactor’s next freelancers are a hamster and a dino
Atlas Reactor has come a long way since it first opened its doors. When I very first tried the alpha back in February, there...
PAX West 2017: Trove’s next big patch will focus on clubs
While most of the focus at PAX West 2017 for Trove was on the Eclipse expansion that just released (with its new Atlas, Shadow...
PAX West 2017: Ashes of Creation reveals December 15 alpha zero, Bear McCreary as composer
During the Ashes of Creation panel at PAX West, Founder and Creative Director Steven Sharif announced the exact date of the upcoming Alpha...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is Mordor too difficult?
If there's one topic of discussion that I've been hearing a lot in world chat, on the forums, and among my kinship, it's about...
Black Desert launches Savage Rift patch, back-to-school cash-shop promo
Savage Rift is live in Black Desert today as promised; it's the co-op tower defense minigame in which teams of players will protect the...
Trion Worlds’ Scott Hartsman rebuffs financial panic rumor
A business-oriented piece on Delidded Tech overnight seems to have rustled up Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman in response.
Delidded digs into this week's shareholder...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 133: Gaming Gamescom
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, sunsets for Ghost in the Shell Online and SkySaga, Closers, ArcheAge 4.0, Star Citizen's Gamescom demo, SWTOR, and WoW Argus, with mailbag questions on Marvel Heroes and MMORPGs as a drug, plus a PAX West preview.
The MOP Up: State of Decay 2’s multiplayer mayhem (August 27, 2017)
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: Alien sunset
I will admit that I've been craving a good space exploration sim lately -- the burn to "explore strange new worlds" is rising inside...
The Stream Team: Conquering the new bosses in Trove’s Shadow Tower
Last time, Massively OP's MJ made her maiden trip into Trove's Shadow Tower. This first visit saw her conquer the first two floors, but...
Greed Monger creator says its failure ‘plagues’ him, offers recompense to backers
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you; we're going to be talking about Greed Monger today, because some very interesting developments have just transpired on...
Gamescom 2017: ArcheAge 4.0 ports naval warfare westward this year
Trion is on a roll at a Gamescom this week: It's brought ArcheAge 4.0 to the party.
"Slated for release in North America and Europe...
Leaderboard: Do the HTC Vive’s and Oculus Rift’s price cuts change your opinion on VR pricing?
When Oculus dropped the price of the Oculus Rift down to $400 earlier this summer, supposedly temporarily (but not its first drop), analysts were...
Perfect Ten: MMO experiments in transmedia synergy
We're not going to argue that MMORPGs are the dominant form of media entertainment these days, but they do have endurance and a devoted...
The Daily Grind: What’s your comfort MMO?
In all of the years that I've been playing MMORPGs, I've noticed that it is far, far easier to return to a known property...
The Stream Team: Exploring Trove’s Eclipse expansion (plus giveaway)
Trove's Eclipse is happening today, and Massively OP's MJ is going to experience it. And she gets to do so from the comfort of...
Touring Trove’s new Eclipse expansion with the Trion team
The big solar eclipse may have been yesterday, but today marks the beginning of Trove's Eclipse! And luckily, this one will last much more...
