Monthly Archives: April 2015
The Soapbox: The trap of the I-win button
This guest Soapbox was commissioned through Massively Overpowered's Kickstarter campaign and is authored by a longtime reader named Syndar. The opinions here represent the views of...
The Stream Team: Landmark is where all IPs come together
When you give creative people free rein in Landmark, some pretty awesome things happen! Besides fantastical creations straight out of the player's imagination, there...
Camelot Unchained’s Friday update talks alpha progress, stretch goals, and more
This afternoon's Camelot Unchained update is a lengthy one, as head honcho Mark Jacobs has a lot to say about topics ranging from stretch...
Here’s a look inside Star Citizen’s newest dev studio
Cloud Imperium recently opened a new studio to work on Star Citizen. It's located in Frankfurt, and it's called Foundry 42 Germany. Chris Roberts...
Infinite Crisis unmasks Lex Luthor
Turbine published a feature on its newest Infinite Crisis champion this week. Lex Luthor is the man of the hour, and he'll be available...
Crowfall unveils the badass lady Champion
Crowfall unveiled the concept art for the female Champion today, and... well, it's pretty great. She's huge, she's visibly powerful, and she's intended to...
Previewing Path of Exile’s mind-blowing Act IV
If you thought Path of Exile's previous three content updates would be hard acts to follow, you clearly haven't heard enough about the upcoming...
Lost Continent: Looking ahead to ArcheAge’s Dread Prophecies patch
Did you miss the latest ArcheAge livestream featuring the Trion dev team? It was a biggun, and it contained quite a lot of information relative to the...
Report: Whales make up majority of mobile F2P sales
Whether or not developers like the term "whales," the truth is that big spenders are still very big business for free-to-play games. Gamasutra points...
EverQuest Next offers a new piece of fiction for fans
While news has been a bit quiet on the development front for EverQuest Next, the game is still producing lore for its fans if...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs becoming outpaced by tech?
Whenever I talk about Ultima Online to someone who wasn't there when it was a big thing, I admit to feeling as if I...
The Stream Team: Concluding The Secret World’s Issue #9 story
It may have taken some time (and not a little help from Massively OP's Justin), but MJ is finally on the concluding mission of...
Descent Underground wants your help to meet its Kickstarter goal
Are you a fan of Descent? If so, and if you'd like to see a new franchise entry, you'd best be heading to Kickstarter...
Massively Overthinking: The death of the MMO guild
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor JakeDunnegan, who is worried about the future of MMORPG guilds.
When EverQuest came along, I was...
DCUO is switching its update cadence from quarterly to monthly
DC Universe Online creative director Jens Andersen has posted a pretty important update on the game's forums. Daybreak's superhero MMO will begin launching new...
Age of Conan patch adds panoramic achievements, tweaks treasure chests
Funcom has updated Age of Conan's achievement system. The game's latest patch offers 130 panoramas, which are camera paths that show off various Hyborian...
LOTRO explains new legendary imbuement system, preps anniversary
One of the big ticket items for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 16 is a revamp of the legendary item system with something...
Elite’s producer talks mission revamp, Steam sales
Elite: Dangerous producer Michael Brookes posted a new update letter on the game's forums today. He thanks the community for making E:D the "number...
NCsoft West lays off Austin support staff
NCsoft West has laid off a number of support staff and is moving its customer service operation to a third-party provider, according to Polygon. Today's...
Elder Scrolls Online sends out console transfer offer for older accounts
For a limited time, Elder Scrolls Online is offering a deal to allow PC players to copy (not move) their accounts to the upcoming...