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Publisher of game blatantly lifting Final Fantasy XI assets apologizes for the game
Is the header screenshot from Final Fantasy XI or from the free-to-play Japanese title Chaos Saga? It's the former, but you could be forgiven...
Destiny 2’s Pop-Tarts and energy drink promo is everything wrong with this industry
Don't forget to drink your Ovaltine! This is not a joke: ActiBlizz just sent 'round a press release announcing a partnership with Rockstar energy drinks...
The MOP Up: SMITE’s bad news bears (August 6, 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...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2017: Destiny 2 outperforms Destiny, WoW ‘time spent’ improves over 2016
We could practically copypasta last quarter's Activision-Blizzard report to this one and nobody would notice. That's because once again, it's the Blizzard segment of the...
SuperData’s mid-2017 report reflects a wildly expanding gaming industry
Gaming analysis firm SuperData is touting a new report for marketers today, shedding some light on the shape of the industry so far in...
Hacker claims to have made a living cheating in MMOs for two decades
Motherboard has a fun-slash-depressing piece out this week on an unnamed hacker who claims he's been cheating at MMORPGs to make a living for...
The MOP Up: Skyforge investigates the Cradle of the World (July 30, 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...
RuneScape is a massive hit on Twitch
Time and again, we here at Massively OP have noted how RuneScape seems to be incredibly underestimated by the larger MMO community. For how...
Battle Bards Episode 101: Ragnarok Online
As the Battle Bards cruise into their second hundred episodes, it’s time to cover a very long-lived fantasy MMO from 2002, Ragnarok Online. The...
How to find the right MMORPG as a couple
People seemed to quite like my piece last week about how my wife and I wound up married in no small part due to...
Here’s how magic in Citadel: Forged With Fire will work
This morning, we wrote about a new "massive online sandbox RPG," Citadel: Forged With Fire, built by Slender devhouse Blue Isle Studios and expected to...
You can pre-load Destiny 2 right now on consoles — if you’ve paid money for the privilege
Console players could find themselves very busy this July if they've landed a spot in the Destiny 2 beta. Early access for the test...
Could Blizzard be working on offline modes for its games?
Imagine one day sitting down at your computer, firing up the Blizzard launcher, and choosing to play World of Warcraft or Diablo III... offline....
Citadel: Forged With Fire is a brand-new ‘massive online sandbox RPG’ debuting this month
Well well, lookie what popped up on Steam: It's a new "massive online sandbox RPG," Citadel: Forged With Fire, and it came out of...
SuperData predicts up to 5M Destiny 2 digital sales in its first quarter
How big is Destiny 2 going to be? Really big, SuperData predicts.
The gaming analysis firm claims that "by analyzing historical data and ...
Take an in-depth look at Destiny 2’s Endless Vale PvP map
It's not going to blow your mind to find out that there's going to be PvP in Destiny 2. Heck, it seems almost the...
The MOP Up: SMITE sees a Divine Light (July 9, 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...
How I got married through World of Warcraft
I've mentioned a lot of times, in passing, how my wife and I connected in part through World of Warcraft. But I've never actually...
Final Fantasy XI launches its July update and starts a nostalgic campaign
The latest update for Final Fantasy XI has arrived, and it brings with it what players have no doubt come to expect from the...
Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo
The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...
