Monthly Archives: February 2015
Crowfall thinks you play games to crush… voxels
Crowfall developer ArtCraft Entertainment has announced today that the game will employ the Voxel Farm technology platform. If that name sounds familiar, it's because Voxel...
Das Tal’s latest dev blog talks bug squashing and upcoming tests
Das Tal's latest dev blog is live, and with it all manner of detail as to what the team's been up to lately.
Last month's...
EVE Online launches the Tiamat update
The face of war is changing in EVE Online with the Tiamat update, and not just because of the introduction of a mysterious new...
The Daily Grind: Do you see hate speech in your MMO?
The other day one of our readers, Joe F., pointed us at a conversation between Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman and an ArcheAge customer...
Not So Massively: Star Citizen offers rental gear, Diablo III player hits level 1000, and Dota 2’s Year Beast controversy
Welcome to Not So Massively, Massively Overpowered's weekly roundup of all the news from the world of MOBAs, lobby-based games, and other online multiplayer games...
SkySaga’s NA alpha test begins on February 19
You won't have long to wait at all to get a shot at playing SkySaga if you're in the US or Canada. The sandvox...
Player creates EverQuest missions in Neverwinter’s foundry
MMO player and blogger Tipa (of West Karana) decided that she wanted to marry her long-running interest in EverQuest to her current online adventures in...
Age of Wulin is bringing secrets and betrayals on March 10
The martial arts sandbox Age of Wulin is preparing to move into the next phase of its evolution with Chapter 4: Betrayal & Forgiveness....
Final Fantasy XI previews its February version update
February's a short month, so it's easy to not expect much out of it. The team behind Final Fantasy XI is still bringing new...
This WoW boss fight is causing motion sickness
When you jump into a World of Warcraft raid, you're hoping to get some keen new armor, maybe a weapon or two, that sort...
Warhammer 40k: You’re a soldier, not the chosen one
If you are bone tired of the MMO trope where you (and millions of other players) are the chosen hero fated to rescue the...
MOBAs dominate Raptr’s January rankings as WoW playtime falls
According to a Raptr press release posted today, MOBA League of Legends dominated the service's January rankings with just under 20% of total playtime...
Wisdom of Nym: Starting new in Final Fantasy XIV
Starting out fresh in Final Fantasy XIV can be pretty intimidating, I freely admit. I find it all old hat at this point, but...
Former Guild Wars 2 writer becomes Bungie’s ‘loremaster’
Former ArenaNet writer John Ryan is now Bungie's "editor/loremaster," according to his Twitter account. Ryan started at ANet in 2010 and worked on Guild...
Dream of Mirror Online returns from the dead
After several years of being out of commission, Dream of Mirror Online (DOMO) is coming back for a second shot at success. The closed...
Black Desert makes $2M in cash shop sales in one week
Wait, what did that headline say? Did Black Desert really make a cool two million in just a week?
Apparently so! According to FreeMMOStation.com, the...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO character for PvP?
I've been spending my gaming time lately PvPing in Guild Wars 2 in an attempt to reinkindle my old obsession with World of Warcraft battleground-style...
MMO Week in Review: February 15, 2015
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
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Shroud of the Avatar previews Necropolis dungeon, new world areas
What's new with Shroud of the Avatar? Quite a lot if you're judging by the latest lengthy update (#112 for those keeping score at home)....
The Soapbox: The crowdfunding conundrum
As I type this, Massively Overpowered's Kickstarter campaign sits comfortably at $54,323. We hit our initial $50k funding goal in roughly 48 hours. We're...
