Yearly Archives: 2016

Time to update.

Star Trek Online drops support for Windows XP and older graphics cards in 2017

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Fans of Star Trek Online, it is time to update your computers! At least, it's time if you've been putting it off for a...
Park Snark.

Snail Games explains the Jurassic Park – ARK Park connection

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Studio WildCard is no stranger to pushing out new ARK: Survival Evolved projects before finishing the base game, but this time it has a...
What happens next?

Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s Machinist

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About a year and a half ago, I first put (digital) pen to (theoretical) paper about Final Fantasy XIV's Machinist. At that point, Heavensward...

South Korea outlaws creation and distribution of game hacking programs

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Think the worst thing that can happen to you for helping gamers cheat in a video game is a ban? Think again, at least...
What's two times zero?

Anybody wanna ‘Gatecrash’ EVE Valkyrie this Wednesday?

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EVE Valkyrie is getting its third major update this week: Gatecrash. "Gatecrash inaugurates new gameplay possibilities, a pilot personalization system and the Gateway multiplayer map,"...
Sure, if you tell me to play it I will.

Supergiant’s next game, Pyre, will feature a multiplayer mode

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If you played Transistor or Bastion, there's probably no universe in which you will not also be buying and playing Pyre. Supergiant Games kind...
Yes, I slightly broke tradition here, but it was a tradition established by one column only.

Epic MMO Battles of History: Star Trek Online vs. Star Wars: The Old Republic

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Asking whether Star Trek or Star Wars is the better science fiction series is like asking whether Game of Thrones or The Tudors is...

Multiplayer space game Dreadnought is coming to the PS4

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Dreadnought publisher Greybox announced today that the game is coming to the PlayStation 4 -- the only console it'll launch on. What's Dreadnought? It's a "multiplayer space...

How MMO economies have gotten smarter about fighting hyperinflation

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If you're anything like me, you don't spend a great deal of time thinking about the large picture of MMO economies. It's mostly just...
Yes, very desolate, A+.

H1Z1: Just Survive producer’s letter assures players that the game is still moving

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There's a certain irony in a zombie game's producer assuring fans that the game is not dead, but that's one of the central points...

EVE Online’s massive Battle at the M-O Keepstar has cost gamers over $7000 so far

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Another massive battle has taken over EVE Online, this one likely to go down in EVE history as the Battle at the M-O Keepstar,...
Merry Something.

The Dawning arrives in Destiny on December 13

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The spirit of the holidays can mean many different things to many different people. To some people, it's all about togetherness. For others, it's...
It also featured fewer Dwarven Shaman, simply because the WIldhammer just did their own things.

Nostalrius is resurrecting next week. Your move, Blizzard.

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After a yearlong saga that involved the shutdown of an illegal World of Warcraft emulator, fan outcry, Blizzard's high-profile meet-and-greet with the emulator's devs,...
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The Daily Grind: Who was the best new character added in an MMORPG in 2016?

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We're gearing up to kick off our annual awards later this month, but in the meantime, we thought it would be fun to incorporate...

MMO Week in Review: The changing of the Daybreak guard (December 4, 2016)

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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! This...
Just what.

A new engine remake is coming for Age of Wushu

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If you had to make a list of the game that currently look the worst due to their engines preventing any better looks, you...

The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 2016)

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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...

Leaderboard: How judgmental are you about MMO chat grammar?

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MOP reader Arsin Halfmoon recently wrote to us with an unexpected story. He's an English teacher in the real world, but far from being a...

MMO Mechanics: 2016’s MMORPG mechanics in review

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The holiday season is finally upon us: My decorations are resurrected from their dark corner of my storage closets once more, Jack Frost is...

Mobile space title Hades’ Star starts alpha testing in December

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The next big space strategy game might be able to fit in the palm of your hand. Or two hands, if you have a...

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