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H1Z1 roars past 10 million users on PlayStation 4
After it looked like H1Z1 was being rendered obsolete by last year's rise of PUBG and Fortnite, having lost 90% of its playerbase by...
Battle Royale roundup: Realm Royale, H1Z1, PUBG, and Cuisine Royale
All hands on deck, people! We are at Maximum Battle Royale this summer and the bubble hasn't burst - at least not yet. Maybe...
Daybreak mourns the death of H1Z1’s lead animator
This week, Daybreak is grieving over the loss of one of its key developers, David "Sarge" Carter. Carter worked as an animator on a couple...
The Survivalist: Eight ways to give Just Survive a fighting chance
Do you remember at the beginning of May when Just Survive was talking about "working on a plan to go forward"? I understand if...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 173: The Bless Mess
Justin and Bree discuss Bless Online's launch, EVE Online's Into the Abyss, Fallout 76, Elder Scrolls Online's spyware issue, Path of Exile's Incursion, H1Z1, Star Trek Online, Trove, DDO, and UO, with mailbag questions on the Bless Mess and on open-world immersion.
H1Z1 discusses the imminent return of the Z1 map and Auto Royale
The past is just practice. Accurate? Not always. But it seems to cover the current plans for future development for H1Z1, which is eagerly...
The MOP Up: Fractured Lands has fun in the apocalypse (June 3, 2018)
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...
Trace the history of the battle royale genre from inception to now
It all started with a new mode for DayZ. No, it all started with Minecraft. Wait, maybe it started with deathmatch games. There's a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 172: Delays and do-overs
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Dauntless, Trove, H1Z1, Bless, RuneScape, Echo of Soul, Wargaming, FFXIV, hyper-realism, wacky MMO jobs, and Solo (but no spoilers!)
H1Z1 zooms past 4.5 million downloads on PlayStation 4 and hands out free weapons
Remember how H1Z1 was riding high last Thursday off of the 1.5 million downloads on the PlayStation 4? The battle royale game has actually...
PUBG Corp sues Epic Games, claiming Fortnite plagiarized its UI and items
Last autumn, Bluehole and PUBG Corp locked horns with Epic Games over PUBG's assertion that Fortnite had all but ripped off PUBG's battle royale...
H1Z1 has a huge debut on PlayStation 4 with over 1.5M downloads
Could H1Z1 be saved through the PlayStation 4? There is no doubt that Daybreak is banking heavily on the battle royale title striking big...
H1Z1 launches open beta for PS4, is swarmed with over 200K concurrent players
It's been a long time coming, but H1Z1 finally hit open beta on the PlayStation 4 last night. If you forgot the game was...
Daybreak promises a patch for Just Survive – but it’s also ending lockbox sales
When Daybreak's Columbus Nova fiasco and layoffs were hitting last month, most of the company's MMORPGs resurfaced without missing a beat, reassuring their playerbases...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 170: Mild West Online
Justin and Bree discuss Conan Exiles, Wild West Online, LOTRO, NCsoft's financials, Gamersfirst's acquisition, H1Z1, the Guild Wars franchise, WoW, DDO, and Trove, with mailbag topics on offensive in-game titles and too-fast MMO combat.
Amazon Game Studios’ Greg Henninger hints about big news coming soon – is it New World?
Is Amazon Game Studios finally about to take the lid off of New World? Maybe, maybe not, but this might be a clue:Â AGS' Greg...
H1Z1 ditches inventory management for Playstation 4, Just Survive is ‘working on a plan to go forward’
Internal crisis or no, Daybreak is moving forward with plans to bring H1Z1 to the PlayStation 4. When it arrives, however, this version will...
Daybreak update: Renova boss questioned over Columbus Nova’s alleged payment to Michael Cohen
MMOs and politics once again collide this week as last night CNN broke the news that Robert Mueller's FBI team has zeroed in on...
Daybreak: Here’s where the EverQuest franchise, DCUO, PlanetSide 2, H1Z1, and Just Survive stand
Not counting Standing Stone's titles, Daybreak currently develops and publishes six of its once massive stable of MMOs: Both EverQuests, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide...
Daybreak has now been hit with layoffs [Confirmed]
Daybreak has now confirmed the layoffs, and we've got lots more information from our own sources - see below for updates and context.
Multiple game...