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Jukebox Heroes: MMORPG music for a haunted Halloween
You simply can't have a good and proper Halloween without a perfect soundtrack to back you up. Sure, you could just pop in one...
The Stream Team: Haunted houses in Shroud of the Avatar
Decorating housing is one of the best ever features in games for Massively OP's MJ. And she's heard there is a really cool haunted...
Shroud of the Avatar explains its skill decay death penalty
These days, most MMO players don't think about death penalties as much more than a time and/or small repair cost for gear. When it...
Paladins bows to the Pumpking while Shroud of the Avatar throws a Halloween bash
Everyone's getting into the spirit of Halloween this week! Shroud of the Avatar's community is throwing a Halloween-themed party to celebrate Release 35. The...
Shroud of the Avatar delivers Release 35 to everyone
Remember back when Shroud of the Avatar's releases contained mostly line items like "implemented the most basic form of crafting" and "included a single...
Battle Bards Episode 85: Desert Calling
The desert is calling the Battle Bards, but are they willing to make the trek across these vast wastelands to see if the music...
Ultima Online rolls out Halloween, with PU95’s artisan festival next week
Halloween has arrived in Ultima Online, but the big news for the classic sandbox MMO is the patch arriving next week. Publish 95 is...
Shroud of the Avatar reworks its roving encounter system
There are plenty of dramatic combat scenes in Shroud of the Avatar with a defined purpose, but bandits and wolves are rarely polite enough...
Crowfall on its player-driven economy as inspired by classic MMORPGs
If you've been keeping an eye on Crowfall's recent crafting updates and are wondering how exactly everything fits together in the PvP-centric MMORPG, then...
Autumn returns to Shroud of the Avatar, plus a look at a player-run town
Autumn has returned to Shroud of the Avatar in the form of Harvest, a Novia region being rebuilt with a more "agrarian theme" for...
The Daily Grind: What made you try out your first MMORPG?
For today's Daily Grind, I'm not asking which MMOÂ you played first, and I'm not asking about your formative experiences. I'm asking why you came...
Working As Intended: A tour of 19-year-old Ultima Online
Wanna feel old? Three years ago, I wrote a Second Wind piece for Massively-that-was on Ultima Online, which had recently been turned over to Broadsword...
Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do
No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...
Perfect Ten: Incompetent leaders in MMORPGs
Leadership is difficult. You have to get a group of people to work together when they may or may not be naturally inclined to...
Battle Bards Episode 84: Ultima
Need a podcast with a world sampler? Look no further than this episode, where co-hosts from the USA, Switzerland, and New Zealand join forces...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 86: One Tamriel, two voices, three expansions
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, RIFT, Meridian 59, SWTOR, the EQ franchise, ESO One Tamriel, WoW's subs, and Crowfall's SWG tendencies, with mailbag letters on dealing with character boosts and Guild Wars 2's new cadence.
The Stream Team: Leaving the safety of Shroud of the Avatar’s cities
MassivelyOP's MJ spent so much time in the city last week that she didn't have the chance to wander out into the wilds, a...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for Amazon’s New World
The announcement of a new sandbox MMORPG last week -- New World, by none other than Amazon Game Studios itself -- has had both...
Shroud of the Avatar outlines its plans for the rest of 2016
Following the rollout of Shroud of the Avatar's Release 34, the team took a breather to lay out its plans for the remainder of the...
The MOP Up: The Black Death’s knights vs. outlaws (October 2, 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...