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The Daily Grind: Did you buy any MMOs during the Steam sale?
Steam's big summer sale is over today -- about five hours from the time this post goes live, smack in the middle of 4th-of-July...
Check out all of the housing items coming in RIFT 3.7
We already know that RIFT's 3.7 update is trotting out a lot of new content in addition to the return of Summerfest, but what...
League of Legends’ overhauled Ryze lands on the test server
League of Legends character Ryze has had so many do-overs that even the Riot Games copywriter can't remember whether it's been three or four....
Global Chat: The verdict on Landmark
Landmark's launch hasn't gone unnoticed by the MMO blogging community. Several players have decided to use the game's official release as an opportunity to...
ArcheAge activates a trio of summer events
If you think about it for a bit, MMO adventurers have a pretty tough life. They're always on the front lines, always fighting, always...
RIFT’s summer patch includes starter guilds, dungeon veterans, and the 64-bit alpha
Summer is the perfect time for cookouts, beach parties, sunburns, and meaty MMO patches. At least RIFT thinks so, as Trion Worlds is preparing...
Trion’s Scott Hartsman speaks out against G2A: ‘Game creators of all sizes survive on your support’
In the wake of accusations about G2A becoming a haven for unscrupulous third-party sellers to move keys bought with stolen credit cards, Trion Worlds...
ArcheAge 3.0 trailer shows off Dwarf and Warborn races
Something wicked this way comes to ArcheAge -- if you define wicked by having horns, that is. The Warborn, a new race sporting some...
The MOP Up: League of Legends fights in-house toxicity (June 19, 2016)
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...
MMO Mechanics: Zonation and scaling mechanics in MMORPGs
The recent E3 hubub about The Elder Scrolls Online new level syncing mechanics being extended has got me thinking all about the mechanics behind zones in MMOs,...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs for mature audiences only
As with mainstream movies, it seems that the MMORPG industry has settled comfortably into the PG-13 zone for its approach and themes. Sure, there's...
Devilian turns on megaserver tech, starts regular PvP event
The transition to Devilian's new megaserver technology is complete. Trion Worlds has merged all of the game's population into two plus-sized shards, one for...
ArcheAge announces Ascension 3.0 update for late 2016
As with many other MMO imports from Asia, ArcheAge often gives its community a heads-up as to what's coming down the pike thanks to...
Trion unlocks Trove’s classes for try-before-you-buy trial play
If you've ever logged into Trove and thought, damn, I sure wish I could try the Candy Barbarian or Pirate Captain to make sure...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with distinct visual styles
Given the choice, I am always going to pick a game with stylized graphics over realistic ones. This is for many reasons; it's partly...
ArcheAge makes it (temporarily) safer to regrade gear, drama llamas come out to play
One of ArcheAge's more... interesting features is its gear upgrade system. In short, it's a risky proposition to "regrade" gear because it costs money,...
Dancy chaos comes to Trove
We have to hand it to Trove: This MMO has the best patch names of any game. Enter today's Dancy Chaos update, which really...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 68: Dark and light
Justin and Bree discuss Darkfall, Landmark, Marvel Heroes, ArcheAge, Neverwinter, and ESO, with mailbag questions on community negativity, streaming, and commenters.
ArcheAge’s Ascension event spurs player complaints over content
The players of ArcheAge are not happy at the moment. If you have read about the game in the past, this may not surprise...
Atlas Reactor opens beta access to all this weekend
Are you planning on purchasing the buy-to-play Atlas Reactor? If you haven't made up your mind yet, Trion Worlds is hoping that a weekend...
