Warcraft film hits a roundly disappointing $24.4 million opening in the US
It might seem a bit baffling that the Warcraft film was released in China well before it was released in the United States (which...
E3 2016: Elder Scrolls Online accumulates 7M players, announces game-wide auto-scaling
Elder Scrolls Online took to its studio stage pre-E3 late last night to make a major announcement: The MMO will soon feature universal level-scaling for all players...
The MOP Up: EverQuest gets hardcore (June 12, 2016)
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...
Make My MMO: Elyria devs apologize for communication lapse (June 11, 2016)
In case you were worried that the Chronicles of Elyria team appeared to have fallen off the grid following its successful Kickstarter launch, you...
Betawatch: Paragon launches its essentials and plans for open beta (June 10, 2016)
If you're so eager to get into Paragon that you cannot wait another moment, you can buy in with the game's new Essentials Edition...
Tree of Savior will reopen for new players after dealing with bots and exploits
If you're waiting for Tree of Savior to return from limbo, your only question, we suspect, is when?
IMCGames removed the game from purchase on...
Massively Overthinking: 2016’s MMORPG zeitgeist
A few weeks ago, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wondered aloud about which MMO has had the best year so far. For this week's Overthinking, I'd...
The Division subtracts 30,000 cheaters from its playerbase
Cheaters are not wanted in The Division. They're not wanted in any game, really, but Ubisoft is taking a harder line against cheaters by...
Superdata: WoW, Lineage, SWTOR, TERA, and Blade & Soul top April P2P online games revenues
Superdata has a new seasonal report out on the state of the digital games market. The research firm's April figures show that World of...
Bigpoint is still working on a Game of Thrones MMO
Bigpoint has responded to a Redditor to confirm that it is indeed still working on the Game of Thrones MMORPG.
"The GoT MMO is being...
The Warcraft movie is going gangbusters in China
Poor overall film reviews or no, Warcraft is most certainly going to make some nice bank this summer. The movie opens in the US...
Nostalrius team believes Blizzard ‘want[s] to have legacy WoW servers’
The World of Warcraft vanilla emulator team Nostalrius, which undertook a mission into the depths of Blizzard's HQ this past weekend, has returned and...
Indie MMO Sacrament follows failed Kickstarter with Patreon bid
Indie studio Ferocity Unbound Core Studios, the group behind hardcore sandpark MMO Sacrament, has today kicked off a Patreon campaign designed to raise money for...
Cryptic’s Jack Emmert now heads up DCUO at Daybreak Austin
Jack Emmert, known to MMORPG players chiefly for his role as co-founder of Cryptic Studios, has been appointed CEO of Daybreak's -- yes, that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 68: Dark and light
Justin and Bree discuss Darkfall, Landmark, Marvel Heroes, ArcheAge, Neverwinter, and ESO, with mailbag questions on community negativity, streaming, and commenters.
WildStar is buffing its security ahead of its Steam launch
New security measures land in WildStar today. According to Carbine's blog post, the studio is implementing new IP checks upon login.
"When logging into WildStar,...
Warcraft movie premieres in the US, racks up huge ticket pre-sales
This is a huge week for the Warcraft movie. After releasing overseas, the motion picture adaptation of Blizzard's video game universe will be coming...
Blizzard and Facebook team up for streaming
Blizzard's just announced a new partnership with Facebook that will allow players to livestream their games on the social media platform and give Facebook...
Leaderboard: How many MMORPG Kickstarters have you backed?
Chronicles of Elyria's successful Kickstarter last week summoned many comments from our readers about how many games they've Kickstarted -- and how it's more...
Make My MMO: Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter bid ends in triumph (June 4, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Chronicles of Elyria's Kickstarter successfully funded at just over $1.36 million following its SpatialOS integration announcement and tech preview...
