Yearly Archives: 2016
Beta impressions of Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic
About a week ago, I got an e-mail granting me access to the closed beta test of Motiga's in-development MOBA title, Gigantic. Now, most...
The Elder Scrolls Online adds new vanity pets for DLC owners
Owning the DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online already confers a benefit upon you, insofar as you have access to everything contained within that...
Giveaway: Grab a Cabal Online booster key in honor of its Steam launch
Classic Cabal Online launched on Steam this past week, reintroducing gamers to the 2005 title.
Nearly a thousand years after its devastation, the CABAL leader Faust...
Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2 notes
It's patch day, ladies and gentlemen! All right, so it's the day before patch day. It's close to patch day. It's patch day adjacent....
ARPG Grim Dawn is about to emerge from early access
If you've been watching multiplayer action RPGÂ Grim Dawn since it joined the Steam early access program back at the end of 2013 as we...
The Secret World’s subscriber badge reward unwittingly provokes dismay
The Secret World's recent membership status tweaks have more than a few players up in arms. A 450+ post thread on the official forums chronicles...
IBM is testing a Sword Art Online VR MMO next month
If you've never watched Sword Art Online, here's the quick version: There's a VR-based MMO that became popular but then trapped everyone inside of...
Blade & Soul adjusts anti-cheater measures, says server transfers are in the works
NCsoft is making a few changes to its anti-cheater software in Blade & Soul and says that its efforts to combat sneaky behavior are...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMORPG boss fight?
World of Warcraft's Burning Crusade was very definitely not my favorite WoW expansion, but it had some fantastic dungeons. Karazhan leaps to mind as...
MMO Week in Review: Black Desert and ArcheAge cash-shop rage (February 21, 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!
Cash-shop...
EVE Evolved: Citadel stats revealed, theorycrafting begins
EVE Online's Citadel expansion is due to launch this spring, transforming the way many of us play the game through the introduction of player-owned...
The MOP Up: PlanetSide 2 gets a promotion (February 21, 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...
Get a video preview of Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Update 30
The truth of the matter is that you could jump onto the test server for Dungeons & Dragons Online right now and preview Update...
No Man’s Sky will have a physically accurate universe … almost
If you've been following upcoming space exploration game No Man's Sky, you've probably heard a few things about its incredibly large procedurally generated universe....
EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s monthly and yearly events
Anyone familiar with EverQuest II knows that Norrath likes to celebrate. The game is filled with so many holidays and festivals that it can...
Firefall loses its senior systems designer
Last Thursday the Firefall community had to bid a sad farewell to David "Cloudchaser" Severs, the senior systems designer for Red 5 Studios. Severs...
One Shots: Taking a breather
While one might get a sense that MMOs are nonstop adventures, with players shuttling to and fro on various important (and not-so-important) tasks, every...
The Daily Grind: Would you be into an MMO with constant reboots?
As much as I love the current version of Final Fantasy XIV and want the programmers to be able to visit their families, part...
Make My MMO: Vampire MMO Shadow’s Kiss is on Patreon (February 20, 2016)
So here's a new one for the Make My MMO crowdfunding column: We have a game that's actually vying for Patreon donations rather than...
World of Akria: The Underground lands on Steam Greenlight
Back in January, Massively OP reader Crow tipped us off to the development of The Underground, a cutesy 2-D MMORPG with a decidedly old-school graphical...
