Yearly Archives: 2016
MMO Week in Review: The Repopulation’s triumph (January 31, 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!
After...
Take a tour of a pair of Bless Online dungeons
For some, the meat of any MMO is in its dungeons, and it is here that Steparu has turned his attention in his journey...
The MOP Up: Dungeons & Drama Online (January 31, 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...
Choose My Adventure: Brewing disaster in Shroud of the Avatar
Hello, friends, and welcome to the final (belated) installment of Choose My Adventure: Shroud of the Avatar edition. Last week, I asked y'all to...
Why isometric sandbox Wild Terra is switching to 3-D models
Hardcore sandbox Wild Terra's latest dev diary digs into the guts of how it came to the decision to switch the sprite-based character animation...
Guild Chat: How to have fun as an MMORPG guild
Welcome along to another instalment of Guild Chat, my cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which we break down the issues and questions...
Destiny to celebrate V-Day with Crimson Days
We're staring down the barrel of Valentine's Day, which means that love and Cupid's arrows are in the air. But that's not enough for...
One Shots: Kneel before Zod
As if MMOs didn't already give us big enough heads, what with everyone treating us as if we were the saviors of the world...
Otherland is temporarily borked on Steam
If you're trying to play Otherland through Steam today, you might be noticing the store page is offline.
Drago Entertainment dev Lucjan told concerned fans...
The Daily Grind: How frequently do you want events in an MMO?
I have a mixed set of feelings about the various Star Wars: The Old Republic reputation events. On the one hand, it annoys me...
The Repopulation switches engines, announces survival spin-off ‘Fragmented’
The Repopulation has finally issued its promised announcement to the community following the long HeroEngine drama that drove it offline last month: Above &...
PSA: Star Citizen’s free-fly weekend and Squadron 42 split
We've got a double Star Citizen PSA for you this weekend.
First, Star Citizen is open this weekend for yet another "free-fly" event; anyone can...
Make My MMO: Smedley’s Hero’s Song ditches Kickstarter (January 30, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, John Smedley put an end to the Kickstarter for his OARPG Hero's Song, telling backers that Pixelmage Games had made "mistakes"...
Burn down your foes in Warframe’s Ring of Fire update
Things are heating up in the sci-fi action game Warframe. The latest update, dubbed Ring of Fire, adds the flame-flinging Nezha Warframe to the...
Guild Wars 2 promises less grind, faster progress with spring update
Can you believe that it's already been more than three months since Heart of Thorns came out for Guild Wars 2? As players settle...
Leaderboard: Massive servers vs. custom communities
One of the trends cropping up in the MMO industry in recent years is the Neverwinter Nights custom shard phenomenon. Games like Star Citizen,...
The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual’s Star Trek Online
If you're among the legions of Trekkies, then you are almost certainly aware of Cryptic Studios' Star Trek Online. Since early 2010, players have...
Conan Exiles includes purges, human sacrifice, and nudity
While the upcoming Conan Exiles will take place in the same fictional universe as Age of Conan and be made by the same studio,...
WRUP: Things I am afraid of edition
Rottweilers left in a yard without proper leads who are trained to jump, growl, and bark. The idea that there is a secret second...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of screenshake in MMORPGs?
Some people hate lockboxes, some people hate PvP, some people hate grind, some people hate jiggleboobs. But I hate... screenshake.
Seriously, if I could banish...
