interviews
The Survivalist: Why I love survival games but refuse to touch Atlas
I love survival sandboxes. They give me that virtual world experience I'm missing from most MMOs. And I can build! So, why won't I...
Turbine founder Johnny Monsarrat reminisces about the early days of MMO development
It's good now and again to take a look back at how things used to be to really appreciate where we are now, and...
Interview: Astellia deep-dives its dungeon systems and Western tweaks
Incoming buy-to-play MMORPG Astellia has been a whirlwind in 2019 as Nexon and Barunson EA have prepared the game for release in the west:...
Adventure Academy is an ‘educational massively multiplayer online game’ launching May 1
Adventure Academy is going to mystify the typical gamer: There are no dragons to fight and no lockboxes to fight over. But if you're...
Wisdom of Nym: Why Final Fantasy XIV may have needed Hrothgar and Viera now
All right. It's been three weeks, but yes, I do actually have a theory about why Final Fantasy XIV is adding two gender-locked races to...
LOTRO announces Rohan housing while DDO is slated to get a 64-bit client
Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online players have plenty to look forward to in their near and far future, especially...
Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts dishes on alpha 3.5 and 3.6, including customization, multi-crew, and persistence
There is no Around the Verse this week, as folks tuned into Star Citizen already know - the studio announced last week that it...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas explains the philosophy behind Azerite now and in the future
It turns out that even if you liked World of Warcraft's Artifact Weapons and how they were designed, their front-loaded nature was very bad. That's...
Chronicles of Elyria interviews Soulbound’s CEO and previews combat
Things for the month of March happened in the Chronicles of Elyria that maybe went flying under your radar, which is where the game's...
PUBG creator on moving away from battle royale to the next big thing
It's likely that 2018 will be remembered as the year of battle royale in the gaming industry. But it's 2019, and game developers need...
SpatialOS interview suggests tech can handle 20K MMO players in a ‘relatively low-fidelity but seamless world’
Even SpatialOS seems grim about the outlook for western MMOs. MMO players will recall that Improbable's SpatialOS is a "distributed computing platform for building...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida is taking fan feedback into account for Hrothgar and Viera
There are a lot of people excited to play Viera and Hrothgar in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. There are also a lot of people...
EverQuest Next failed to clear its ‘technical hurdle,’ but Daybreak hasn’t given up on a sequel
Did EverQuest Next fail to come to fruition because it wasn't fun, the studio didn't want it, or its technical challenges were too great...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney on the Epic Games Store, self-publishing, and proper moderation
Epic Games found itself in a spot of hot water recently when it was discovered that its Epic Games Store was pulling users' Steam...
The MOP Up: Ring of Elysium gives out free adventure passes
Ever eye an adventurer or season pass in a shooter but feel too cheap to buy it? Reader Pasha tipped us off that the...
Tamriel Infinium: A conversation with The Elder Scrolls Online’s Abnur Tharn
For my first assignment at Massively Overpowered, I wanted to make a statement. No fluff piece or softball interview is good enough for our...
Reports say Ninja earned a cool $1 million to play Apex Legends
How do you get your stock price to jump 16%? Well, if you're EA, you pay Twitch streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins to play your...
EverQuest’s Holly Longdale discusses Daybreak’s reacquisition thrust
Is the original EverQuest doing better than it ever has? Probably not; the game has been running for 20 years now. But it has been...
Wandering Wraeclast: First impressions of Path of Exile’s Synthesis
Something's different about Wraeclast. The air, the ground... it's changed. What could it be? If I could just put my finger on it before...
Exclusive: Upcoming MMORPG Astellia Online deep-dives its skill systems
We've been keeping an eye on Korean-born Astellia for several years now as the full-scale MMORPG has trekked through development. As revealed in January,...
