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The Crew goes free for a month
If you've been interested but holding off on trying out The Crew, Ubisoft's cross-country racing MMO, then this might be the time to give...
Final Fantasy XI adds new item rewards, new mount areas, and easier crafting
You're probably tired of hearing at this point how Final Fantasy XI's maintenance mode is more active than many game's live-with-normal-updates mode. Is you...
Final Fantasy XI outlines its September update plans
More adventures, monsters, and rewards are on the way to the busiest MMO in retirement, Final Fantasy XI. Yesterday Square-Enix posted a preview of...
Destiny charity stream raises over $500,000
Kudos to Destiny fans: They may be passionate about their game, but they are also big on helping others. A week-long charity stream organized...
EverQuest II gives away free level 95 heroic characters and the Altar of Malice expansion
Fans of free stuff (and who isn't, really?) are going to really enjoy what's coming out of EverQuest II this week. Daybreak is running...
The Daily Grind: What obstacles keep you from trying different MMOs?
While it is probably no big surprise, I've come to realize that even as I love MMOs and want to play them all, I...
The MOP Up: EverQuest II says hello to Kunark (August 21, 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...
Gamescom 2016: The Crew releases a trailer for Calling All Units
You're kind of on the wrong side of the law in The Crew; illegal street races are sort of, well, illegal. It's right there...
Gamescom 2016: Bungie previews Destiny’s Rise of Iron DLC
Get ready, pseudo-MMO players: Destiny's Rise of Iron DLC-expansion lands on September 20th on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and Bungie's at Gamescom this...
Destiny: The Collection announced, provides legacy consoles an upgrade path
If you've been holding off on grabbing Destiny until you could grab a more substantial portion of the game for one price, you'll be...
Wisdom of Nym: What I’d like to see (and probably won’t) in the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion
One of the things I do in this column, at times, is stomp on dreams. It's not really an intended function, but it's one...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s main music themes
Inspired by a news post that a dashing Massively OP writer penned a few weeks back, I thought that it might be an interesting...
Eternal Crusade promises news on its MMO mechanics
Behaviour Interactive has a new Eternal Crusade Q&A up with a question that addresses the MMO component of the game and how it relates...
The MOP Up: Project Gorgon’s pig dance party (August 7, 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...
Perfect Ten: The ten things I look forward to with MMO launches
It's not long now until World of Warcraft: Legion launches, which is all that I've been waiting for now for a while. Sure, technically...
Battle Bards Episode 79: Combat music
Ready to battle it out more than usual? The Battle Bards are cranking up the combat tunes from MMORPGs today, inviting all sorts of...
The Game Archaeologist: True Fantasy Live Online
As an extremely amateur historian -- and an extremely attractive archaeologist -- I've always been fascinated with the "what ifs" of gaming's timeline. What...
Massively Overthinking: Starting over with MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic is from a reader named Yasser, who asked us:
"If you had to pick one MMO to experience all over...
Ghost in the Shell: First Assault is now in open beta
Online shooter Ghost in the Shell: First Assault: Stand Alone Complex Online is going to take home this year's award for most unwieldy title...
Final Fantasy XI plans its August update following a community AMA
Since Final Fantasy XI has moved into maintenance mode, it's been receiving monthly patches to give players more content to play through, adjustments to...