Yearly Archives: 2016
Black Desert’s character creator tool available; CBT2 begins February 18
If you're most interested in when you can get back into playing Black Desert Online again, the answer is on February 18th. It's just...
Blade & Soul is live; here’s the launch roundup, gallery, and trailer
NCsoft's Blade & Soul formally launches in the west today, having spent the last few days in headstart. To celebrate how far it's come in...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for shy gamers?
A few weeks ago, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote about the intersection of social anxiety and MMOs. It was a surprisingly popular article, with gamers...
Heroes of the Storm announces Spring Global Championship
The past few years have seen MOBAs take over the competitive gaming landscape, with just a handful of games managing to attract millions of...
The Stream Team: Storm’s final steps to 60 in Marvel Heroes
It seems like level 60 is always just out of reach for poor Storm in Marvel Heroes; Massively OP's MJ keeps getting distracted by...
World of Warships embarks on community event ‘Project R’
Who would like a new destroyer? Wargaming just launched a five-week community event for World of Warships to bring the Kamikaze R destroyer back...
Wild Terra discusses dynamic world maps and PvE safe zones
Wild Terra's server structure is undergoing a transformation.
In a new dev blog, the developers explain that the sandbox's servers will each boast a unique,...
Worlds Adrift gives a glimpse of its lush flora
In the third episode of the Worlds Adrift Show, the devs show a tantalizingly brief glance of the game's new grass and flowers. Hope...
Dungeons and Dragons Online preps Gnome race and 10th anniversary dungeon
In 2016, Dungeons and Dragons Online is joining that elite club of MMOs that have been running for an entire decade. Yes, this year...
Firefall prepares for update 1.6 with more than a day of downtime
Here's the bad news for Firefall fans: the game is going down for maintenance on January 19th at 11:00 a.m. EST, and it's staying...
Improbable wants to build better MMO worlds
If you're looking for signs of what the next generation of MMOs could look like, then you might want to start checking out the...
You’re stuck in Manhattan for The Division’s launch
What's the best borough of New York City? If you said Queens, Brooklyn, or the Bronx (no one ever says Staten Island), you're going...
The Stream Team: Playing Evie in Paladins
It has been much too long since MassivelyOP's MJ caused a little mayhem in Paladins, the slightly whimsical objective-based team FPS. And with more game...
Wisdom of Nym: The next stop on Final Fantasy XIV’s magical expansion tour
The next expansion for Final Fantasy XIV will be announced this year. We all know it. I suppose there's a chance it won't happen,...
Get some useful tips on Blade & Soul before it launches tomorrow
Tomorrow's the big launch day for Blade & Soul for anyone not already enjoying the head start opportunity. Users on Reddit have helpfully compiled...
ARK: Survival Evolved plans to bring online more than 100 new Xbox One servers
Excessive popularity isn't always a good thing for an online game. ARK: Survival Evolved has been struggling with handling an overabundance of Xbox One...
Vivendi sells all of its shares of Activision Blizzard for $1.1 billion
Breaking up is always hard to do -- unless, of course, there's a whole ton of money in the mix to make you feel...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best pet class in an MMORPG?
I hated pets when I first got started in MMORPGs. Pets in early MMOs had such terrible AI and were such a nuisance to...
MMO Week in Review: Blade & Soul’s headstart
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!
Blade...
Fans are remaking RuneScape with Neverwinter Nights 2’s toolset
Most RuneScape fans would probably agree that Jagex's game is very fine indeed, but there are always those who look at an MMO and think,...
