Yearly Archives: 2016
Blizzard responds to vanilla WoW server requests, considers ‘pristine realms’
The shutdown of the Nostalrius private server happened some time ago, but the debate it started hasn't stopped, and today the World of Warcraft...
The Daily Grind: Will Blizzard ever make WoW 2?
On the heels of Blizzard's announcement that World of Warcraft's Legion expansion will arrive at the end of August, I saw several comments on...
The Stream Team: A first look at Fragmented
If you were following The Repopulation, you might be interested in checking out the survival sandbox spinoff that Above & Beyond has introduced. MassivelyOP's MJ...
Exile Online invites you into a dark cyberpunk world
Jonesing for a nice bite of cyberpunk in your MMO diet? Then you might want to keep one augmented eye on Exile Online, an upcoming...
World of Tanks to become a Dark Horse comic
What happens when you combine a horse and a tank? A comic book! Wargaming has partnered with Dark Horse to produce a comic series...
Grim Dawn to unveil modding tools this week
For some players, enjoying the original game itself is only the first step on a larger journey that leads to modifications galore. Grim Dawn...
Firefall’s 1.7 patch tomorrow brings Devil’s Tusk zone content, elite ranks overhaul
Firefall's 1.7 is on the public test server and is due for deployment on the live servers tomorrowday. The big news is the arrival...
ArcheAge enters open beta testing in China
The worldwide availability of ArcheAge takes another step forward as the game's Chinese client enters its open beta test. This comes after several different...
Grab an Atlas Reactor closed beta key from Trion and MOP
Good news, afternoon readers! Trion's granted us a handful closed beta keys for Atlas Reactor -- first come, first served, and you can jump...
Daybreak exec on early access, e-sports, VR, EverQuest Next, and the future of EverQuest
GamesIndustry.biz has published a lengthy interview with Daybreak chief publishing officer Laura Naviaux Sturr on the evolution of the MMORPG studio over the last year....
PAX East 2016: Richard Garriott discusses Shroud of the Avatar’s ‘launch’ and future
It might seem as if Shroud of the Avatar has been in early access for a very long time, probably because it has. Technically, it's...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood DLC lands on the PTS, opens Anvil, nukes veteran ranks
ZeniMax has set a rapid pace for fleshing out Elder Scrolls Online's recently announced Dark Brotherhood DLC, which lands on the PTS today. The...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s deepest dungeon, Palace of the Dead
The funny thing about Final Fantasy XIV, in some ways, is that the game could actually get away for a reasonably long time without...
The Repopulation distributes Fragmented and lifts NDA
Good news, everybody! Fragmented, the spin-off from The Repopulation, should now be in the hot little hands of all owners of those who ponied...
PAX East 2016: Brad McQuaid on Pantheon’s startup, development focus, and old-school nature
The development history of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen could be generously described as "checkered." The title went through several forms of failed crowdfunding...
ARK: Survival Evolved will soon incorporate player-made mod content
Big news for ARK: Survival Evolved today on multiple fronts. For starters, the game now claims more than a million Xbox One copies sold...
Black Desert addresses pre-order horse controversy
For want of a tier 5 horse, a kingdom was lost -- or so the saying goes.
Some Black Desert players are quite upset that...
PAX East 2016: Hands-on with Perfect World’s Livelock
People who know me know that if there's just one thing in this world that I'm passionate about, it's probably robots. Robots are a...
The Daily Grind: What obligations do players have to improve an MMORPG?
It's only reasonable to talk about the obligations that developers and publishers have when running a game. The designers have an obligation to make...
MMO Week in Review: PAX East vs. EVE Fanfest (April 24, 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!
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