The Repopulation untangles its core issues and works on a new patch
Do you still hold any hope for The Repopulation? There seemed to be a decided dip in interest for this sci-fi sandbox following its...
Video essay examines the indie MMO nostalgia trend
YouTuber The Hive Leader stirred up a lot of discussion this past weekend with a new video essay called "Nostalgia and Indie MMOs." In...
Warframe is rolling out the Revenant Warframe this week
You know how I know Warframe is kicking butt and taking names? Our tipsters are just nuts for this game, and the onslaught of...
WVU researchers post survey seeking input on video game character avatars
I suspect that most MMO players, especially the sort who hang out on forums and blogs and care deeply about the games they play,...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s weekly caps and whether they’re useful
One of the elements of Final Fantasy XIV that has remained remarkably uniform throughout the game's history is how Allagan Tomestones work. Aside from...
RIFT Prime will get the 2012 Storm Legion expansion this fall
Remember way back in 2012 when Storm Legion launched in Trion Worlds' MMO RIFT? You can remember all over again this fall, at least...
First impressions of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, part 4: Conclusions
Part four covers expansion odds and ends plus the conclusion to our series: the problem with Azerite, progression, and why the expansion isn't bad, just weakly executed.
Path of Exile has some nifty graphics improvements coming with Delve League
I don't know about you, but I've never thought of Path of Exile as a particularly ugly game in need of major graphical work...
Final Fantasy XIV prepares for another return of the Rising
Every year, the residents of Eorzea in Final Fantasy XIV gather up to think back to the end of the world as part of...
Camelot Unchained works on a 64-bit client and lovely new lighting
All this month, Camelot Unchained has been in the thick of its Beta 1 test, and so far, it doesn't look like the devs...
Forsaken Legends team gets diverted into zombie survival territory
It's been a very long, very strange road for Forsaken Legends. This ambitious fantasy sandbox garnered some attention when it began to sell prelaunch...
The Daily Grind: Should all MMORPGs have EVE-style player councils?
A couple of weeks ago, Worlds Adrift announced that it was rolling up a player council, and I did one of those tilt my...
MMO Week in Review: The war over WoW
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!
World...
EVE Evolved: Ship fittings for EVE Online’s Secrets of the Abyss event
EVE Online's recent Into the Abyss expansion has been live now for several months, adding the first ever solo instanced PvE game mode in...
The MOP Up: Warface heads to PlayStation 4 (August 19, 2018)
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...
Perpetuum is back from the dead thank to the Open Perpetuum Project, all with the original developer’s blessing
One of the biggest losses to the MMORPG genre last year was sci-fi sandbox MMORPG Perpetuum Online. The Avatar Creations devs threw in the...
Pokemon Go: New Pokemon, quality-of-life additions, and gen 4 hints
Niantic's Pokemon Go updates are still chugging along and providing fans with more than just new Pokemon. But new Pokemon are kind of the...
Archeage adds new content to its fresh start server
How long is a fresh start server really about a fresh start? You could argue at this point that it's more of a fresh...
One Shots: Supporting characters
When you look for famous characters in your MMO, you may be looking for someone complete different than the rest of the crowd.
Lt. Commander Hikari...
The Daily Grind: How kind are you to opposing players in an MMO?
The old expression is that character is who you are in the dark. I think that's true, but I also think character is who...
