Yearly Archives: 2016

Happy birthday, Path of Exile, and grats on quadrupling your team

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Path of Exile is celebrating its third birthday this week, and if the number of devs working on the game is any indication, the...
But now, it's more money.

Lord of the Rings Online interview grapples with premium housing and evictions

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In an additional pair of interview segments, LOTRO Community Manager Cordovan tackles several topics of interest from the community, including personal loot systems, crafting...

Guild Wars 1 fans petition ArenaNet for HD remake

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Here's some food for thought on an October morning: Would you be interested and/or willing to play a high definition remake of the original...

Jennifer Hale argues in favor of voice actor strike

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If you play video games with sound on, you've probably heard Jennifer Hale's voice more than once: She's a voice actress with countless credits...

The Daily Grind: Is the lack of an official server for an MMO a dealbreaker?

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In this midst of a newsroom discussion about Hero's Song last week, Justin, Eliot and I found an unusual chunk of common ground: All...

MMO Week in Review: You red you dead (October 23, 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! The...

‘MMO-lite’ Tuebor makes plans to move from Steam early access to launch

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"Tuebor is a 3rd person, cross-genre, competitive, multiplayer, action game set in a post apocalyptic, dystopian future." So reads the Kickstarter for Strength in...

The MOP Up: Neverwinter brings the thunder to consoles (October 23, 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...
So it justifies twice, at least. Maybe not three times.

Leaderboard: Will Blizzard ever port World of Warcraft to console?

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This past summer in a Daily Grind, we were discussing the issue of "dumbing down" in MMORPGs, specifically in World of Warcraft, when a...

Guild Chat: Trying out for a hardcore MMORPG guild

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Welcome along to another advice-filled edition of Guild Chat, the column dedicated to helping readers solve their guild-related dilemmas with both my help and...

Ingress player infiltrates, exposes UK cheater ring

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Niantic has two games running right now, Pokemon Go and Ingress, both of which suffer significant bouts of cheating, particular in the form of...

One Shots: Devil’s Night

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We had a tremendous response to last week's call for Halloween screenshots from MMOs, and I'd like to encourage you to keep sending them...
Was this the longest?

The Daily Grind: What’s the longest you’ve played a single MMO without breaks?

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I'm not actually sure what MMO I've played the longest without a single straight-up break. If I haven't unsubscribed, it's not really a break....

Make My MMO: Kickstarted MMO AdventureQuest 3D launches open beta (October 22, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, AdventureQuest 3D burst into open beta, rolling out to players on PC, Android, and iOS. The cutesy combat...

Revelation Online delays closed beta into November

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My.com announced today that it is delaying the closed beta test for Revelation Online another week, from October 25th to November 3rd. "QA has encountered...

The Stream Team: Cracking skulls in Elder Scroll Online’s Witches Festival

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For the first time, Elder Scrolls Online is hosting a Hallween event. You just know that means Massively OP's MJ has to dive in...

Eternal Crusade on why it’s rolling out ‘intermediate patches’

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Eternal Crusade Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson has updated Steam players on what's on the way for the newly launched Warhammer MMO. Next week's patch isn't...

Global Chat: The buzz over SWTOR’s December expansion

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The Force is strong with Star Wars: The Old Republic's new expansion, at least by all of the buzz that it's created thanks to...

Camelot Unchained reports great progress toward its beta build

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Camelot Unchained players must comfort themselves every day with this mantra: Beta is coming. Beta is coming. Beta is coming. And indeed it is, although...

Perfect Ten: Ten ways to bond with your kids over MMOs

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Back in 2009 I made the transition into parenthood, an advanced class that I still don't think I'm quite qualified for. Since then I've...

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