Yearly Archives: 2016
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s silent design plans
I do not envy the team behind Final Fantasy XIV in some respects. In many ways, the game is the poster child for developing...
Neverwinter’s Portobello’s Campaign game-within-a-game launches March 31
If you enjoyed last year's Acquisitions, Inc. live D&D event from PAX Prime 2015, then you're going to love Cryptic's latest stunt. It's called Portobello's...
Otherland should return to Steam soon
On its webpage, Otherland boldly and repeatedly advertises that it is available on Steam. Well, no it's not -- and it hasn't been so for some...
Final Fantasy XIV invades Phantasy Star Online 2 in an odd collaboration
How cool are crossover events? While some people might decry them as shameless marketing ploys, there is something undeniably cool about mixing it up...
Blade & Soul profiles Silverfrost Mountains dungeons for March 23 launch
Last week, NCsoft announced Silverfrost Mountains, a big update for Blade & Soul that'll launch, among other things, a new capital city and a...
Former TERA community rep says MMORPG community management is an afterthought
What do you get when you remove an MMO community manager from that position and give him free license to talk what really goes...
Lord of the Rings Online gives players the first taste of Update 18
The next update to Lord of the Rings Online is not here just yet, but it is in its testing stage, and that means...
The Daily Grind: What’s the age range of the people in the MMORPGs you play?
This morning's Daily Grind arrives from Massively OP reader camelotcrusade, who asks you to take a long look at the ages of the people around...
MMO Week in Review: Tree of Savior’s new launch plan (March 20, 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!
Tree...
EVE Evolved: Why you should participate in EVE’s Project Discovery
Back at EVE Vegas 2015, CCP Games unveiled an ambitious project that aimed to involve EVE Online players in some really exciting scientific research that could...
The MOP Up: TERA’s mood clouds (March 20, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and often we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some of...
Second Galaxy puts a space sim in the palm of your hand
Looking to boldly go where no one has gone before as you boldly walk out your front door? Blackjack Studios announced that it's in...
WildStar’s jumpstart pack feeds your housing addiction
Housing: You either have the bug or you don't. Sarge certainly does, according to a new WildStar promotional video released this week by Carbine....
First player reaches max rank in The Division after 130 hours
Ubisoft recently revealed that a player reached the maximum level and Dark Zone rank in The Division just a week after its launch. While many players...
One Shots: Impish greetings
First contact with native tribes and species in MMOs hardly ever goes the diplomatic route; usually there's a lot of stabbing, fire-setting, plundering, and...
The Daily Grind: Would you play an underwater MMO?
There are a lot of very well-established pop cultural ideas that haven't seen much adaptation into the MMO space; we've never had a real...
Make My MMO: SOTA’s new dude, Sacrament’s Kickstarter (March 19, 2016)
Shroud of the Avatar is about to get a new dude -- a new male avatar, that is. Come release 28, SOTA's art team...
Nexon’s LawBreakers will be a Steam exclusive, won’t be free-to-play
CliffyB's Nexon-backed shooter LawBreakers isn't breaking the law, but it might be breaking hearts over those medial capitals, am I right? At GDC this week,...
Gloria Victis patches in bosses and a larger world
The world of Gloria Victis has gotten larger with the most recent patch, a great deal of additional space available for players to tromp...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Are MMO communities real or fake?
We've come a long way in our discussion of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological...
