Eliot Lefebvre
Betawatch: The week the betas died (October 27, 2017)
This week should serve as a helpful reminder that just because a game is in testing does not mean that it's actually primed for...
League of Legends encourages new players to embrace being noobs
Today marks the eighth year of League of Legends on the market, and it's a legacy of players being told to git gud. Thus,...
City of Titans shows off animation blending in action
We can't really show you animation blending in the header because we tend not to use animated pictures in our headers due to resource...
The US government is considering DMCA exceptions for archived online games after all
Back in 2015, an exception was made to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to allow for archival of aging video games that were otherwise...
WoW Factor: Speculating about World of Warcraft’s next expansion
It's really, really weird to me to think that we're getting an announcement about a new World of Warcraft expansion next week. Admittedly, we...
Star Wars: The Old Republic responds to fan concerns about the unexpected server move
Earlier this week, Star Wars: The Old Republic moved all of its game servers to the same location on the east coast. This made...
Amazon confirms that Breakaway is on hiatus
Is Breakaway dead? We don't know for sure, but the rumors started flying yesterday, and the latest official word certainly reads like a death...
World of Tanks pits players against the lord of the tank underworld for Halloween
However you feel about World of Tanks on a whole, it's hard not to appreciate the game's Halloween event this year. After all, you...
Rend is changing up its base system to offer more personal ownership
Your home base in Rend is important; defending it is one of the central parts of the game, after all. However, the structure of...
World of Warcraft has a Tortollan pet in its data files
Because World of Warcraft and Hearthstone ostensibly take place in the same world, the latter frequently gets to fill out the lore of the...
Cliffy B on LawBreakers: ‘As far as I’m concerned, [the press] can fuck off’
Here at Massively Overpowered, we generally try to avoid cursing, but there really are no two ways to put the Cliff Bleszinski quote from...
Choose My Adventure: Not quite farewell to Guild Wars 2
I am not done with Guild Wars 2.
This may or may not come as a surprise to people, but it's still the case regardless....
Dark and Light embraces uncertainty with its new Chaos server type
If the PvP of Dark and Light feels too regimented and orderly for you, you'll be happy to take part in the game's upcoming...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs would be better off without crafting altogether?
I've opined before that the best way to deal with World of Warcraft's current crafting system is to scrap the whole thing and start...
Kritika Online opens up its test server for the Psion class
If you have an urgent need to start playing head games with your opponents in Kritika Online, the Psion is the choice for you....
Final Fantasy XI provides login bonuses, discounts, and returning campaign boosts
Saturday will mark the 14-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XI releasing in North America. If you're one of the many players who enjoyed the...
Neverwinter hosts the Masquerade of Liars for Halloween
This year's Halloween event for Neverwinter is kind of harshly named, you guys. Seriously, "Masquerade of Liars?" That's a rather severe appellation to slap...
Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO characters seem truly insane
We all like making the occasional observation about the weirdness inherent in video games, but most of us also recognize that what we're really...
Diablo III’s latest patch tweaks class balance and set balance
While Diablo III is getting a bit long in the tooth, there's still plenty of space for the game to have its balance tweaked....
Star Wars: The Old Republic moves its servers to a location far, far away (from the west coast)
Ahead of the game's large-scale server merge, the Star Wars: The Old Republic servers have had their physical locations merged into one. It turns...