Devilian revs up refer-a-friend program
When you're looking to bolster your game's population, there's nothing that makes a marketing department quite as happy as getting loyal players to work...
Black Desert details headstart compensation plan with ‘shitstorm matrix’
Black Desert has elaborated on the compensation and support it will offer players in the wake of its headstart issues:
"We all know that every game...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 53: The MMOs of winter 2016
Justin, Bree, and Matt discuss Blade & Soul, The Division, Black Desert, WildStar, Final Fantasy XIV, and a mailbag question on Destiny 2.
EVE Online compensates players with 200k skill points for server move downtime
EVE Online Executive Producer Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren has addressed EVE players in a new video posted to the official site. Nordgren apologizes for...
Neverwinter promises June campaign, Icewind Dale stories
Cryptic Studios has just released a positively massive state-of-the-game letter for MMORPG Neverwinter. Executive Producer Rob Overmeyer begins by recapping 2015, noting that last...
Camelot Unchained passes ‘send more programmers’ stretch goal
Camelot Unchained just announced that it's passed its "$3,900,000 - Send more programmers" stretch goal, which enables City State Entertainment to hire "two additional...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon is now in development
Are you interested in a Darkfall reboot? No, not the official one that rewrote the game's core structure, but something throwing the game back...
The Daily Grind: If an MMO has a cash shop, when should it launch?
Massively OP reader Leiloni pointed out to us something unusual about Black Desert: Its much-talked-about cash shop wasn't originally going to open until March 10th,...
RuneScape’s DarkScape will sunset in March
Jagex is retiring RuneScape's DarkScape "experiment" at the end of March.
"DarkScape offered an intriguing twist on the traditional RuneScape gameplay, and the experimental mode...
Perfect World’s Arc platform now offers its own daily quests
Perfect World's Arc platform is getting a big facelift, which is good news for anyone confused by the old layout and navigation, but the...
Daum compensates Black Desert players for headstart server mixup
A goof-up on the Black Desert headstart servers over the weekend saw some North American players unintentionally placed on the wrong servers, and Daum...
The Daily Grind: Is MMORPG voiceover/voiceacting worth the cost?
Last week, Justin and IÂ answered a podcast listener question about voiceover localization in MMORPGs, and I thought it dovetailed nicely with a question Massively...
The MOP Up: Top raiding guild quits World of Warcraft (February 28, 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...
Gabe Newell fires Dota 2 presenter, calling him ‘an ass’
Dota 2's Shanghai Major tournament got off to a shaky start this week with a slew of technical problems and controversy over presenter James...
Make My MMO: Grim Dawn and Descent Underground (February 27, 2016)
Grim Dawn is the toast of our Make My MMO crowdfunding column this weekend as the crowdfunded multiplayer action RPG has made it through the...
CCP is closing down EVE Online’s official EVElopedia
EVElopedia is soon to be no more. CCP Falcon told players yesterday that CCP has decided to shut down the EVE Online resource; it'll...
The Game Archaeologist: Meridian 59
A colony founded through a magical nexus, Meridian 59 had it all going on -- until, that is, the portal to the colony collapsed...
Betawatch: Tree of Savior is going international soon (February 26, 2016)
Good news, Tree of Savior fans - the game is slated to hit the international stage soon. How soon? That's still up in the...
WoW Factor: Is this the time Blizzard’s changes stick?
Well, folks, I promised you that this week I would talk about my further impressions playing through the Legion alpha. But then I spied...
Three staffers depart EVE Online after huge financial year for CCP
CCP Games staff have now seemingly confirmed on Reddit that EVE Online is about to become three people poorer. EVE is losing Lead Game Designer...
