Yearly Archives: 2016
The Daily Grind: Do you want to see more true mysteries in MMORPGs?
Last week, we wrote about Kharsek, the Tibia player who was pushing level 999... and almost able to enter a special door marked for...
MMO Week in Review: WoW Legion creeps closer (August 7, 2016)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!
We've...
EVE Evolved: The single-shard sandbox economy
The debate about what makes a good sandbox game is as old as the term itself, and everyone seems to have a different view...
The MOP Up: Project Gorgon’s pig dance party (August 7, 2016)
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...
World of Warcraft walks you through two of its new Legion dungeons
Like a snake shedding its old skin in favor of the new, so too are World of Warcraft players wriggling with excitement over ditching...
Champions Online begins testing Shadow of Destruction update
Superheroes are notorious for staging spectacular comebacks after suffering defeat or even dying for the sixth time that week. So try not to act...
One Shots: Player barbecue
Oh, standing in the fires might look cool and give your character that mysterious aura that's so desirable among the trendy set, but in...
The Daily Grind: Do you care about MMO lore?
Lore is a big deal to me when I'm playing an MMO. For all the issues I have with Guild Wars 2, it genuinely...
Make My MMO: The Star Citizen SOTA cross-promo (August 6, 2016)
Just off its big not-a-launch last month, Shroud of the Avatar has teamed up with Star Citizen for a wild cross-promotion that'll grant players...
War Thunder brings in new planes and tanks
War Thunder's newest patch may be "small in size, but very exciting in content," according to the team.
Patch 1.61: Road to Glory introduces a...
The Game Archaeologist: Middle-earth Online
I suppose there will always be a special place in my heart for Lord of the Rings Online. Not only is it one of...
Leaderboard: Will Pokemon Go and the ARG genre stand the test of time?
GamesIndustry.biz has an interesting piece out this week examining the bandwagon effect of a game like Pokemon Go, as investors and venture capitalists begin...
Diablo III’s 7th season has begun
Diablo III's 7th season of play is live in all regions, Blizzard announced last night. This season includes adjusted pacing for the set rewards;...
The Stream Team: Compy carnage in ARK
It's no secret that MassivelyOP's MJ loves ARK's sky piranhas, but she's also a fan of land pirhanas! She's tamed a slew of compies...
No Man’s Sky delays PC launch to Friday
Hope you weren't taking off Tuesday: No Man's Sky's PC release has been delayed yet again, this time to August 12th:
https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/761694858562207744
Hello Games' Sean Murray...
WRUP: Asking if you’re the bad guy edition
No one wants to be the bad guy. But sometimes, completely by accident, we wind up finding out that we are, in fact, the...
The Daily Grind: Do you duel other players in MMOs?
The other day I was loading up Shroud of the Avatar, and whilst checking out its options, I selected "auto-decline duels" so fast that...
Betawatch: Elder Scrolls Legends opens up (August 5, 2016)
If you've been waiting for something a bit more scroll-happy before jumping on the virtual card game train, you'll be happy to know that...
Allods Online’s Unconquered Summit update arrives
With a name like "Unconquered Summit," you just know that this Allods Online is taunting you to come and try to beat it.
Patch 7.0.1...
Final Fantasy XIV releases its first short story for its third anniversary
It's something of a tradition now for Final Fantasy XIV to release short fiction around the time of its anniversary. As the third anniversary...
