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Shroud of the Avatar details its City of Truth, conducts an R24 postmortem
It's the weekend, which means that it must be time to peruse the latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter. Sure enough, Portalarium released another...
Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the MMO hipster
I say this with nothing but love in my heart: Some of you guys are serious MMO hipsters. Heck, some of you guys were...
Global Chat: Sifting the good raiders from the bad
Game designer and blogger Psychochild posited an interesting question recently: How can you tell the difference between a good raider and a bad one?
He...
Shroud of the Avatar newsletter looks at arena building and more
Did you miss Shroud of the Avatar's Friday update? I did; I was too busy stuffing my face with leftover turkey and dressing to pay...
The Game Archaeologist: Ultima X Odyssey
I think any MMO veteran has a private list of prematurely canceled games that he or she deeply wishes had been completed and launched....
The Daily Grind: What upcoming MMOs are on your to-play list?
The other day I got into a conversation with friends about which upcoming MMOs were catching our eye. While I have more than enough...
The Daily Grind: What are the basic rules of conduct for an MMO community?
If there's one thing I've learned from 18 years of playing MMOs, it's that games train us to abide by some pretty weird codes...
Albion’s closed beta is live for legendary founders
It's closed beta time for Albion, and if you're a legendary founder, you can log in right now. Or not if you'd prefer to...
The MOP Up: Tera’s expansion launches in Europe (November 22, 2015)
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...
The Game Archaeologist: Shadowbane
Way back when I used to haunt the corridors of Gamestop and had yet to shun the place due to its stinky evil, I remember...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 24 is here and it’s added a lot of stuff
Crowdfunded fantasy sandbox Shroud of the Avatar has made its latest patch available to backers as of this morning. Originally, Release 24 was supposed to be...
Shroud of the Avatar talks release 23 postmortem and more
Portalarium published Update of the Avatar #151 this morning. It dives deep into Shroud of the Avatar, and it offers readers a look at...
Ask Mo: The absurd advantages of MMO guilds
A Massively OP reader named Ohnix recently sent us a question just perfect for Ask Mo. Let's debate guilds!
I play EverQuest II quite a...
Shroud of the Avatar previews Nightshade Pass, Mariah Overlook, and North Naryad Pinelands
Shroud of the Avatar's design team has been going crazy with world-building as of late. In the game's most recent newsletter, a couple of...
Battle Bards podcast listens to MMO character creation music
Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns to listen to the oft-neglected character creation themes. What music do composers create for...
Steam’s Halloween sale includes The Secret World, ARK, and more
This week sees a big Halloween sale over at Steam, which includes several MMOs that you might want to pick up while they're at...
Shroud of the Avatar prepares for Halloween fun in Release 23
It's nearly the end of the month, and Shroud of the Avatar players know by now that that means a new release for the...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer soloing or grouping in MMORPGs?
As we belatedly covered yesterday, the developers of upcoming indie MMO Saga of Lucimia believe that group-centric play is the solution to a problem supposedly created by the...
Shroud of the Avatar starts playing with ocean effects
Water is about to get a lot more interesting in Shroud of the Avatar. Starting with Release 23, the game is experimenting with advanced...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever been scammed in an MMO?
One quirk of some early MMORPGs was that character names weren't always unique. It was possible to roll multiple characters with precisely the same name and...
