Hi-Rez Expo 2017: The future of Global Agenda, Global Agenda 2, and SMITE
Straight from the devs at Hi-Rez Expo 2017: Global Agenda is not dead, Global Agenda 2 is still a possibility, and the SMITE franchise is the studio's immediate future.
Grim Dawn recaps 2016, plans first expansion by summer 2017
Grim Dawn's latest "Grim Misadventures" featurette is a recap of its progress through 2016 in the leadup to its first birthday coming up in...
Frontier sues Atari over Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 profits
We may associate Frontier with Elite Dangerous these days, but there was a time in the early 2000s when the studio was widely greatly...
Steam sets new record with 14 million concurrent users
It seems like more or less everyone uses Steam at this point, yes? It's fairly ubiquitous? The service managed to hit a concurrency record...
MMOs Chronicles of Elyria, Dual Universe, and AQ3D were among top crowdfunded games of 2016
Fig, the gaming crowdfunding platform that surged in popularity in 2016 thanks to successful Wasteland 3 and Psychonauts 2 campaigns, has released a list of...
The Daily Grind: How often do you claim refunds on MMOs?
Chargebacks were a big deal in 2016: Black Desert, ArcheAge, and No Man Sky were all embroiled in community drama thanks to perceived chargeback...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: SMITE Rivals devs address copycat concerns and monetization
By now, it might be apparent that I am a bit enamored with the upcoming cross-platform SMITE Rivals. (Hey, it's the only game I...
The New York Times declares it’s ‘time for a reality check for virtual reality’
It's been a pile-on kind of season. First Superdata called VR the "biggest loser" of the Christmas holiday buying rush, and now The New York Times...
Atlas Reactor is going ‘fully free-to-play’ next week
Good things are on the horizon for Trion Worlds' plucky Atlas Reactor, which is getting ready to go into its second season next week.
According...
The MOP Up: A marriage forged in hell (January 8, 2017)
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...
Leaderboard: Which Daybreak MMO is most vulnerable in 2017?
In February 2015, following the SOE/Daybreak transition and ensuing mass layoffs, we polled our readers on the security of the rest of the studio's games....
Make My MMO: Refunds for Hero’s Song (January 7, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, refunds continue for Hero's Song, which was canceled the day after Christmas with the promise to reimburse all...
Betawatch: Crowfall claims 2017 (January 6, 2017)
Here we are, in 2017! It seems a lot like 2016 and things are still kind of awful. On the bright side, David Bowie...
Nexon transfers Atlantica Online to VALOFE next week
Back in July of 2016, we learned that Atlantica Online was being shut down by all of its respective operators: Nexon America, NDOORS, and...
Massively OP’s 2016 awards debrief and annual recap
As we did in 2014 and 2015, today I'm going to recap our annual awards and other meta articles from the end of 2016....
Nexon America’s leadership is getting shaken up
Nexon America is the American branch of Nexon, the company behind Riders of Icarus, MapleStory, Vindictus, and Mabingoi. It's also in the middle of...
Landmark is shutting down on February 21
Sad news for fans of Landmark who were happy to see it have its own life after the closure of EverQuest Next; Daybreak has...
Rumor: NCsoft might be working on Aion 2
So NCsoft is working on another MMORPG. This in and of itself isn't terribly surprising, since this is how the company makes money. You...
Perfect Ten: The best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2016 (that aren’t Legion)
Sometimes you have to exclude something from a list. I could, for example, praise World of Warcraft: Legion for being a really good expansion...
Crowfall reaches a funding stretch goal and aims for one last target
Back in November, Crowfall studio ArtCraft joined Indiegogo's fledgling equity crowdfunding platform, which makes use of brand-new laws that allow non-accredited investors to invest in...
