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...
Make My MMO: Two canceled MMO Kickstarters and two languishing, but plushies for the win (August 18, 2018)
It's been a weird week in MMO crowdfunding. The Codename Reality Kickstarter isn't looking good; devs have raised under 2% of their original half a million dollar...
Age of Conan goes triple bonus on your tanned hide
While a typical summer vacation might involve hanging out at a beach and enjoying a tasty barbeque, in Age of Conan's world that beach...
A fluffy casual’s starting perspective on World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
Let me tell you a bit about me and how I play MMORPGs. Between two jobs and a family, my gaming time is relegated...
World of Warcraft’s voice actor roundup, R. Lee Ermey tribute, and Horde identity crisis
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth has elicited a lot of praise from the community for its superb voice acting. Blizzard Watch put together...
Ashes of Creation preps for September’s Alpha 1, shows off its action combat
Need a good dose of Ashes of Creation news to spice up your week? Intrepid Studios popped its head back up to talk up...
The Daily Grind: When have studios tried to ‘strong arm’ you into changing your MMO playstyle?
The other day when we reported how World of Warcraft had removed the auto-accept functionality from its group finder, Reader Kalech noted, "If people...
Betawatch: Fallout 76 shares details on PvP and crossplay (August 17, 2018)
There's still stuff happening with Fallout 76, even though players aren't testing it yet. You can at least test things out in your mind...
Crowfall: New marketing boss, bestiary entry, player mapping, and the Mother of Cats
Crowfall has a bunch of smallish pieces of news this week that we don't want to miss.
First, ArtCraft announced that it's picked up a...