Justin Olivetti
The MOP Up: Ultima Online’s new home
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...
One Shots: Purple haze
Blocky and stylized though it may be, World of Warcraft's visuals represent impressive work by artists who pull every trick out of their bags to...
Mythros builds an MMO out of Minecraft
We've certainly been witnessing a rise of Minecraft-inspired MMOs over the past year, including Trove and SkySaga. Now there's an MMO that actually uses...
Nexus Telegraph: WildStar takes on Halloween with Shade’s Eve
While I can't decide if Halloween is my favorite real-life holiday (it's close, no matter what), I have no doubt that the spooky ooky...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite tale from the olden days of MMOs?
I have a notoriously poor memory for anything that happened more than five years ago. I might not have even been alive, for as...
League of Legends gives ‘fresh start’ to chat offenders
League of Legends rulebreakers who were dismayed to learn that they wouldn't be receiving any rewards for ranked play at the conclusion of season...
ArcheAge patches in Heroes Awaken, reveals server merge compensation
As of the writing of this post, ArcheAge players are twiddling their thumbs during a two-day period of downtime during which several of the...
Asheron’s Call comes back online after weeks of downtime
After over two weeks of being offline due to a data center move, Asheron's Call is back in business.
"The Asheron's Call worlds have reopened!"...
Guild Wars 2 Mordrem event stumbles
A brief Guild Wars 2 pre-expansion event featuring new baddies Mordrem has stumbled right out of the gate. Players have reported numerous bugs, problems...
Kingdom of Loathing mulls mobile version and spin-off, prepares for annual convention
There's a lot going on for the punny browser game Kingdom of Loathing, so let's bring you up to date on all of the...
RPG MO whips up an indie free-to-play sandbox
Someone must not have spread the word that "Mo" is our thing, but that's OK; we're not jealous. Apparently there's a new indie MMO...
Perfect Ten: The top 10 craziest skills in Project Gorgon
It's no secret that many of us in the Massively OP office have a little bit of a game crush on Project Gorgon. Personally,...
Eco finishes its Kickstarter with over $200,000 raised
Survival sandbox and learning environment Eco finished out its successful Kickstarter run overnight, raising $202,760 and just reaching its epic justice system stretch goal. Strange Loop Games' John...
Otherland opens its early access doors today
Does Otherland hold potential to be an immersive MMO? Fans today will get to find out as the title opens up its early access testing...
ArcheAge goes offline for two days for 2.0 and server merges
ArcheAge is beginning its great 48-hour blackout today as Trion Worlds rolls out Update 2.0 while simultaneously merging several servers in its "evolution" initiative. "It made...
Eco offers doomsday device Kickstarter tier, then pulls back from the brink
In the final hours of its successful Kickstarter campaign, the global survival sandbox Eco pulled out the big guns: a new tier that would allow...
Order & Chaos 2 is launching next week
Need a hearty mobile World of Warcraft fix? The best substitute for a while now has been Gameloft's Order and Chaos Online, which, while...
Dark Age of Camelot’s Otherworlds campaign hits halfway mark
Dark Age of Camelot's multi-month Otherworlds event is halfway finished as it enters chapter 5 this week.
As with the other parts of the campaign,...
Star Citizen changes forum permissions to combat harassment
Star Citizen is cracking down on forum abuse by instituting a new set of restrictions that went into effect yesterday.
CIG changed permissions so that...
Asheron’s Call still offline after two weeks
The entire Asheron's Call population has been homeless for two weeks and counting.
Back in late August, a serious problem was discovered when players were...