American studio known primarily for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the Asheron’s Call franchise.
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LOTRO starts testing player housing improvements
One of the most requested and most delayed requests by the Lord of the Rings Online community over the years is a revamp to...
The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO magic system?
While there are plenty of similarities among magic systems in MMOs (hey, how about you cast another fireball? There you go, champ!), there is...
Dungeons and Dragons Online hypes Dragonborn race, Ravenloft expansion, and sentient weapons
In 2017, Dungeons and Dragons Online will officially add its third campaign setting to its melting pot with Ravenloft. Executive Producer Rob Ciccolini wrote...
The Stream Team: Trying out Asheron’s Call before it’s gone
If you wait too long, sometimes you will miss out, and Massively OP's MJ almost missed out on seeing the world of Asheron's Call....
Massively OP Interview: Standing Stone on LOTRO, DDO, and Daybreak
It's been quite a month since Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online announced that they were breaking off from Turbine as part...
Dungeons and Dragons Online starts testing Update 34’s Tower of Frost
The first big content update for Dungeons and Dragons Online is being put through its paces on the test server right now, which means...
Choose My Adventure: The most depressing road trip in Lord of the Rings Online
You know, if my first exposure to Elves had been in Lord of the Rings Online, I would probably think that they were the...
Wizards of the Coast forms new digital games studio led by Jeffrey Steefel
Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons might be getting an online upgrade in the near future. In a letter written this week to the...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most unclear futures in 2017
A little while back, I took a look at the healthiest games in the MMO space at this time. That was a nice, uplifting...
Global Chat: Elder Scrolls Online renaissance
As I peruse a hundred or so community blog posts every day, it's fascinating to me to see what games the MMO blogosphere as...
LOTRO Legendarium: My LOTRO wishlist for 2017
Ever since I've been covering Lord of the Rings Online for this site (dating back to 2010!), I've had a tradition of kicking off...
Choose My Adventure: Starting my journey in Lord of the Rings Online
If I had to guess which tabletop roleplaying game I was going to associate with Lord of the Rings Online, I really wouldn't have...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Homestead player housing blew my mind
I usually like to bury my opinion behind a bit of measured fact-checking and the weight of opposing opinions, but Elder Scrolls Online hit...
Check out one of the oldest Asheron’s Call players… in all senses of the word
The impending shutdown of Asheron's Call is outright sad news. It's an old title with a lot of strange elements, the likes of which...
Standing Stone on LOTRO’s 10th anniversary, Mordor expansion, and studio move
In a new interview with LOTRO Players, Standing Stone Games CM Cordovan gave fans a sneak peek at the big projects that are coming...
Global Chat Extra: In remembrance of Landmark
Obviously, the reverberations of the news of Landmark's closure continue to be seen across the MMO community, including in our own comments sections. The...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most intellectual MMORPG?
We got a wonderful "deep thoughts" email from reader James earlier this week that serves as the backdrop for this morning's Daily Grind.
"It could...
The MOP Up: A marriage forged in hell (January 8, 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: The Reaper comes for all MMOs
In light of this past week's sad Landmark news, it's perhaps too on-the-nose that I asked for players to send in pictures of defunct...
The Daily Grind: Are you concerned for Daybreak’s other MMORPGs?
Last night's startling news that Daybreak plans to sunset Landmark abruptly in February (while forbidding player emulators) sent the MMORPG community into... I'll call...