Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s seasonal events, dungeon mining, and leaving Eorzea
Not every topic that I can talk about in this column is actually a good column topic because some stuff just... isn't robust enough.
I'm...
TERA’s next update arrives on August 9th
A new TERA update is hitting the live servers tomorrow after server maintenance, but you're going to have to experience it alone. Sure, you...
Kakao denies mass-banning on Black Desert forums
Black Desert players have been up in arms over several recently announced changes to the formerly buy-to-play game, including a de facto subscription and plan...
Pokemon Go: The San Francisco murder, the Iranian ban, and Twitch’s cheater crackdown
Pokemon Go has now been out for a whole month. Here's a look at the app's news from the weekend:
The Guardian reports that...
No Man’s Sky submits a sizable day one patch for your approval
Happy launch week for No Man's Sky, especially to those who have been waiting years for the exploration-happy title (and PC players will have...
The Daily Grind: Do you want to see more true mysteries in MMORPGs?
Last week, we wrote about Kharsek, the Tibia player who was pushing level 999... and almost able to enter a special door marked for...
MMO Week in Review: WoW Legion creeps closer (August 7, 2016)
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!
We've...
EVE Evolved: The single-shard sandbox economy
The debate about what makes a good sandbox game is as old as the term itself, and everyone seems to have a different view...
The MOP Up: Project Gorgon’s pig dance party (August 7, 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...
World of Warcraft walks you through two of its new Legion dungeons
Like a snake shedding its old skin in favor of the new, so too are World of Warcraft players wriggling with excitement over ditching...
Champions Online begins testing Shadow of Destruction update
Superheroes are notorious for staging spectacular comebacks after suffering defeat or even dying for the sixth time that week. So try not to act...
One Shots: Player barbecue
Oh, standing in the fires might look cool and give your character that mysterious aura that's so desirable among the trendy set, but in...
The Daily Grind: Do you care about MMO lore?
Lore is a big deal to me when I'm playing an MMO. For all the issues I have with Guild Wars 2, it genuinely...
The Game Archaeologist: Middle-earth Online
I suppose there will always be a special place in my heart for Lord of the Rings Online. Not only is it one of...
Leaderboard: Will Pokemon Go and the ARG genre stand the test of time?
GamesIndustry.biz has an interesting piece out this week examining the bandwagon effect of a game like Pokemon Go, as investors and venture capitalists begin...
No Man’s Sky delays PC launch to Friday
Hope you weren't taking off Tuesday: No Man's Sky's PC release has been delayed yet again, this time to August 12th:
https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/761694858562207744
Hello Games' Sean Murray...
The Daily Grind: Do you duel other players in MMOs?
The other day I was loading up Shroud of the Avatar, and whilst checking out its options, I selected "auto-decline duels" so fast that...
Betawatch: Elder Scrolls Legends opens up (August 5, 2016)
If you've been waiting for something a bit more scroll-happy before jumping on the virtual card game train, you'll be happy to know that...
Allods Online’s Unconquered Summit update arrives
With a name like "Unconquered Summit," you just know that this Allods Online is taunting you to come and try to beat it.
Patch 7.0.1...
Final Fantasy XIV releases its first short story for its third anniversary
It's something of a tradition now for Final Fantasy XIV to release short fiction around the time of its anniversary. As the third anniversary...
