Yearly Archives: 2016
Star Trek Online’s 3D-printed ships aren’t happening after all
Remember how Star Trek Online made a big announcement about getting custom ships 3D printed for players? That sounded cool right from the start....
The Daily Grind: Are you worried for EVE Online’s safety if CCP is bought out?
Following the Bloomberg-floated rumor last Friday that CCP Games might be up for sale, we've had nothing but silence from CCP on the topic, so bloggers...
Worlds Adrift takes on new team members as alpha 5 begins
Worlds Adrift's alpha 5 has kicked off today with new dev team members in high places. Bossa Studios announced on Friday that it's picked up...
Heroes of Newerth adds a new hero, ranking system, and wipes away all demerits
Ho ho holy crap, Heroes of Newerth is getting a massive patch just in time for Christmas. The game's 4.0 update not only adds...
Shroud of the Avatar details further polish coming to the Ardoris scene
Cicadas. The scent of cherry blossoms. A soft "thunk" from bamboo pipes and the swishing noise of water. Soft words broken by shouts of...
Guardians of Ember headstart access begins today
Sometimes you want to play a game that offers you nuanced morality and a careful examination of your place in the universe. Other times,...
H1Z1: Just Survive gets a dedicated team and fix-it leader
New H1Z1: Just Survive General Manager Landon Montgomery is attempting to show that his leadership will see a more open and forthcoming Daybreak with...
Identity creates a cops-and-robbers life simulator
Are you a good or bad person at heart when you play pretend? Either way, you will have a place in Identity, an upcoming...
Gaijin begins crowdfunding multiplayer war shooter Enlisted
War Thunder studio Gaijin announced today that it's publishing Darkflow Software's "fan-driven" MMO squad-based multiplayer PC shooter called Enlisted. "Gaijin Entertainment Promises to Reinvest Game...
Warframe pushes The War Within to consoles alongside a gaming giveaway
It has been a month and a day since The War Within, one of Warframe's most-hyped content releases to date, arrived on the PC....
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2016 in review
If you care about awards - and let's be real, we all do, even if they don't inform our emotional states - you'll notice...
RuneScape plans Sliske’s Endgame and Christmas content for December
Remember back in 2013 when RuneScape launched the "Missing, Presumed Death" questline? When Death actually went missing? Yeah, we don't either. 2013 was adorable,...
The Stream Team: A fresh start for ArcheAge?
Massively OP's MJ has a plan to start a new race on a new server. She even made a brand-new ArcheAge account just for...
El Somni Quas is still in development — and here’s the proof
Back in October, MOP posted a rundown of upcoming indie MMOs. Among those listed was El Somni Quas, an Ultima Online-like game that looked...
New research suggests head-mounted VR sets are unintentionally sexist
A new research study conducted by University of Minnesota researchers Justin Munafo, Meg Diedrick, and Thomas A. Stoffregen says that head-mounted virtual reality is unintentionally...
WildStar celebrates the consumer season with Winterfest
There's no need to get sappy or sentimental in WildStar when the holiday season rolls around. When it comes to Protostar's Gala Winterfest, cold,...
Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Most Underrated MMO
Welcome to Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards series.
Every year, we poll our writers about the best and worst MMOs, stories, studios, and trends and...
Elysium gears up for Nostalrius emu character transfers and relaunch
Back before BlizzCon, the admins of the sunsetted illegal World of Warcraft emulator Nostalrius issued a threat, demanding that the game studio create official vanilla...
Player drops $1M of stolen money on a free-to-play game
If you could spend someone else's money on a free-to-play game without shame, how much would you blow on microtransactions and other in-game advantages?
For...
Here’s everything you missed from Pantheon’s 210-minute stream
Do you find it easier to read through many pages of documentation than sit and watch a lengthy stream? Do you just want information...
