Monthly Archives: March 2015
Chaos Theory: The Secret World experience blurs the lines of reality
When Funcom recently teased an upcoming forum-only event for The Secret World, my interest was immediately piqued. Though we have scant details right now,...
Revival dev: ‘It is like literally being on a live TV show’
The creators of Star Citizen's FPS module, Illfonic, are also hard at work on their horror MMO Revival. A new interview with Creative Director...
Das Tal tweaks player collision, minimap, and more
It's time for another Das Tal dev blog, and this one touches on everything from audio to art to world-building tasks to the UI.
The...
Daybreak constricts gamemasters in EQ and EQII
A Massively Overpowered reader named Nick recently alerted us to a new EverQuest II customer support policy he'd been sent in-game in response to...
Otherland begins closed beta 2 test today
Hear ye, hear ye: The second closed beta test for Otherland has commenced!
The Otherland CBT 2.0 will feature an expanded version of the game,...
Star Trek Online installs memorials for Leonard Nimoy and all those lost
The death of Leonard Nimoy affects everyone who has ever been engaged in the Star Trek franchise, whether you were a lifelong fan of...
Braben: Elite won’t be ‘dumbed down’ for consoles
Are you tired of the eternal console vs. PC culture war? Yeah, me too. Thankfully Elite: Dangerous won't be partaking of that foolishness, mainly...
Perfect Ten: The Secret World moments that freaked me out
I wouldn't say that The Secret World is a scary game. It's a game that has scares in it, to be sure, but you're...
PAX East 2015: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns storms PAX
It's a huge weekend for Guild Wars 2 at PAX East, as the team is making Heart of Thorns available to the public for...
Funcom’s financials improved in Q4 2014 but are down year-over-year
So do you want the good news or the bad news when it comes to Funcom's financials? The good news is that the studio...
Undead Labs’ Moonrise is coming to Steam
The colorful creature battler Moonrise is heading to Steam as part of its 2015 rollout.
Undead Labs announced that it has secured a place for...
The Daily Grind: Should all MMOs come with player music systems?
While developing player music systems might seem like a superfluous effort, in my opinion it is a feature that should come standard in most...
Indie Harry Potter MMO slapped with cease and desist
Let this be an important lesson to any would-be game designers: If you try to make a game based on a very well-known IP...
Nexon, Smilegate top eastern revenue charts
Last year was a very good year indeed for Nexon, which made $393M in revenue in 2014. However, Smilegate clambered up to second place...
Here’s what’s happening in EverQuest for the next few weeks
What's on tap for EverQuest over the next few weeks? Quite a bit, according to a forum post by Daybreak's Johnathan "Prathun" Caraker. EQ's...
NCsoft’s games are going free-to-play in Japan
NCsoft games are shedding their subscription requirements -- at least in Japan. MMO Culture is reporting that between March and April, NCsoft will be...
Project Morpheus signals Sony’s entrance into the VR arms race
The Oculus Rift won't be the only gaming headset that people will be talking about in the near future. Sony announced this week that...
Trials of Ascension cancels second Kickstarter campaign
What crowdfunding giveth, crowdfunding also withholdeth. This is the hard lesson that Trials of Ascension has had to learn, not once, but twice.
Less than...
Leaderboard: How much MMO time have you had in recent weeks?
I haven't had a whole lot of time for MMOs lately, what with MassivelyOP's reboot and a bunch of other life crap that's neither...
Elite: Dangerous is coming to the Xbox One in 2015
Elite: Dangerous is coming to the Xbox One, according to a new teaser that was released at GDC this week. There's no firm date...
