You can probably go ahead and stop calling Star Citizen vaporware, given this week’s demo at CitizenCon and tease that Squadron 42 is coming sooner rather than later.
This week, we also watched the Russian version of Black Desert implode, got our hands on Elder Scrolls Online’s Murkmire DLC, and saw several MMO’s launch updates, including Star Trek Online, LOTRO, Worlds Adrift, and DCUO.
Read on to catch up with the very best of this week’s MMO news and opinions today as every Sunday in Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Recapping Star Citizen’s CitizenCon 2018, plus the new Squadron 42 trailer - "Well, you can't accuse us of not running a live demo," Chris Roberts quipped today during CitizenCon when the Star Citizen demo he was showing on the big screen hit…
Black Desert’s Russian servers and accounts are toast as Pearl Abyss says transfer negotiations failed - Over the last month and change, we've been covering the news that GameNet, Black Desert's Russian publisher, was handing the service in the CIS region back over to BDO's owner,…
Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 23 Where Dragons Dwell is live today - [AL:LOTRO]Lord of the Rings Online's Update 23 is rolling out today - apparently, it's even taking some folks who don't frequent social media by surprise. BAM, dragons! Players will be…
EVE Evolved: Wars are literally ruining EVE Online - EVE Online is fundamentally about real conflict between players on massive scales, and yet I would venture to say that wars are literally ruining the game for a lot of…
The Game Archaeologist: The Death of City of Heroes - August 31st, 2012, was a Friday like any other. City of Heroes players were psyched for the upcoming Issue 24, which Paragon Studios had started teasing on the website. A…
Worlds Adrift is launching PvE servers today – if the griefing put you off, give it another look - Worlds Adrift is laying New Foundations today - literally, as that's the name of its 27th update. The downside with this update is that it includes a wipe and character reset…
Tamriel Infinium: First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Murkmire from the PTS - As I said at the time of my ESO PAX experience, "I got to spend maybe 15 minutes in Murkmire while in a crowded, loud room at the Hard Rock…
Bless Online says its early access met a ‘mismatch of expectations’ between studio and playerbase - Bless Online, as we've previously written, is due to launch for realsies at the end of October, but to say that its early access open beta was not without flaws…
Defiance 2050’s Trouble in Paradise update delayed until further notice on Xbox One - The folks at Trion Worlds have announced a few small changes to the release schedule of Defiance 2050's upcoming Trouble in Paradise update, and unfortunately, it's not great news for…
Chaos Theory: Secret World Legend’s 2018 Samhain is music to my ears - It's the most wonderful time of the year With radios playing and ghost that are slaying the ones who come near It's the most wonderful time of the year [AL:SWL]Ya'll…
World of Warcraft Hazzikostas Q&A covers Azerite Armor, class balance, and Siege of Zuldazar - Yesterday, World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas sat down for another live Q&A session on Twitch. The list of player-submitted questions was extensive, but perhaps not surprisingly, many of…
Diablo ‘Reign of Terror’ merch in Blizz store revives speculation on Diablo IV - Set aside your French history knowledge for a sec and consider the phrase Reign of Terror in a new light: a light that also falls on Diablo merch. That's because,…
Shroud of the Avatar’s Richard Garriott sheds CEO title for Creative Director role - It looks as if some corporate reorganization is going on over at Shroud of the Avatar studio Portalarium, as Richard Garriott's CEO title has apparently been dissolved. "As we have…
DC Universe Online’s Game Update 88 is live today - The latest game update for DC Universe Online is live today, bringing with it the new Cursed Gotham Time Capsule, a new Grant system, and a handful of other tweaks…
Elder Scrolls Online is giving away a free mount – if you can hang with its upcoming holiday events - Massively OP's MJ took a tour of the gorgeous Elder Scrolls Online Summerset reward house last night, and it's a reminder that ZeniMax is not doing promos in half measures…
New World’s world looks beautiful – we spy buffalo in the latest footage - Tired of screenshots and leaks and one-second videos of New World? Amazon has a new video out today that might suit you. It's footage of the alpha literally everyone got…
Fallout 76 modding is at least a year away, and then only for private servers - "Fixing" Bethsoft's games is a time-honored tradition among modders of all stripes, and no doubt the promise of mods in Fallout 76 had amateur tinkerers already champing at the bit…
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO systems that encourage alts - Here's how much I like having alts: I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI. Two games which are built on the premise of doing everything on…
Jagex investigates streamer following allegations of assault and sexual misconduct at RuneFest 2018 - According to a recent report from Polygon, RuneScape creator Jagex is currently conducting an investigation into multiple allegations of sexual harassment leveled against streamer Ali "Gross Gore" Larson by attendees…
Star Trek Online releases the first chapter of its Age of Discovery update today - [AL:STO]Today, Perfect World Entertainment has announced the release of the first chapter of Star Trek Online's latest major update, Age of Discovery. Going live on PC today and on consoles…
New partnership for CD Projekt Red hints that Cyberpunk 2077’s multiplayer may still be on the table - We learned a lot about Cyberpunk 2077 back in June, but one of the things we learned was that the multiplayer components discussed in the past appeared to just not…
EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s expansion prelude event, Against the Elements - Sometimes it feels like forever before the next expansion comes -- even when it's regular every year! That's what this year has been like while waiting for EverQuest II’s 2018…
Fallout 76 is essentially another ‘alone together’ MMO, previewers report - Bethsoft is on an all-out media Blitz for Fallout 76 today - even the Washington Post lowered itself to a hands-on with a video game, calling it "lonely" as a…
Wisdom of Nym: What can datamining tell us about the next Final Fantasy XIV job? - The datamining for Final Fantasy XIV is difficult, because the game is remarkably spare when it comes to pointers for the future. Most datamining unveils things that we already knew…
Elder Scrolls Online’s Murkmire DLC launches October 22, but you can start questing early and get it for free through dailies - October 22nd: That's when Murkmire will finally launch for The Elder Scrolls Online, at least for PC players. Consolers will be waiting another two weeks to November 6th to get…
THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS
Massively OP Podcast Episode 190: SWTOR Unite!
Battle Bards Episode 130: Oddballs 2
The Stream Team: A look at Star Trek Online’s Age of Discovery
The Stream Team: A real ARK: Aberration egg run
The Stream Team: Conan Exiles brings on the pets and the Picts
The Stream Team: Making the most of Warframe melee
The Stream Team: Secret World Legends’ Samhain is here!
The Stream Team: A Bless-ed Halloween
The Stream Team: Huge houses and DLC prologues in Elder Scrolls Online
The Stream Team: MapleStory 2 launches (with Ducky Rickshaw)
The Stream Team: Storming through EverQuest II’s Against the Elements event
The Stream Team: Halloween has cannon in TERA
AND FROM OUR FRIENDS AT BLIZZARD WATCH
About Blizzard hiding how to get the best rewards from Island Expeditions
New Battle Pets and goodies in WoW 8.1 (including the irradiated rat)
Why now is the perfect time to start playing Hearthstone
Every week, get caught up on the MMO genre’s latest news and Massively OP’s best content in our MMO Week in Review! Want more roundups of content? Try Friday’s Betawatch for MMO testing highlights, Saturday’s Make My MMO for MMO crowdfunding updates, and Sunday’s The MOP Up, which mops up all the bits of news we didn’t cover anywhere else.
