International eGames Committee discusses e-sports championships and the Olympics
If you're looking for e-sports at the Summer Olympics, you have your wish... sort of. The International eGames Committee is hosting the 2016 eGames...
No Man’s Sky’s procedurally generated rods, tools, and junk
One of the things that always drives me nuts (pun intended) about user-created content in video games is the automatic assumption people have that...
Overwatch stares down the barrel of buffs, nerfs, and competitive play changes
Buffs and nerfs. Nerfs and buffs. They're a fact of life in any online game, but when it comes to competitive environments, even a...
The Stream Team: Exploring Evolve
MassivelyOP's MJ reveled in the chance to play the boss mob in Evolve Stage 2. And there have been quite a few updates --...
The MOP Up: The Dota 2 forum hack (August 14, 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...
Satellite Reign starts beta testing cyberpunk co-op play
Is Satellite Reign on your radar? If you're a fan of high-tech environments and don't mind some frantic isometric action, it really should be. According...
The Stream Team: Crawling through ARK caves
Caves hold many wonders in ARK: Survival Evolved. They also hold death. Lots of death! And danger at every turn. MassivelyOP's MJ is going...
War Thunder adds J.F.K.’s torpedo boat and other small sea craft
Coming this fall to a War Thunder near you: naval battles. The game is prepping a new theater of war -- on the open...
Path of Exile’s Atlas of Worlds expansion launches September 2
It's nearly that time again -- time for the next Path of Exile expansion! Few games can boast an expansion schedule that runs like...
No Man’s Sky addresses crashes and bugs ahead of today’s PC launch
Hello Games says it's "working quickly" on issues with No Man's Sky, including crash problems and pre-order bonus mishaps, like that that whole thing...
Of Kings and Men welcomes players to medieval war this month
For those who have often fantasized about riding around, living in, and fighting for a medieval country, Of Kings and Men would like to...
Riot Games sues the makers of League of Legends hacks
Blizzard has quite happily gone after cheat-makers in court before, but now Riot Games is getting in on the act by suing the biggest...
One Night in Karazhan comes out today for Hearthstone players
Players have clamored for more to do within Karazhan for years, and the good news is that it's finally happening today. The slightly less...
No Man’s Sky original LE box touts ‘online play’
Yesterday, we wrote about the multiplayer confusion that's entangled the launch of the sandboxy No Man's Sky (commenter JonBuck called it "Schrödinger's Multiplayer"). Adding more...
Path of Exile makes prophecies permanent
If you've really been enjoying the Prophecy League in Path of Exile, you'll be glad to know that the system is going to persist...
No Man’s Sky, the non-multiplayer multiplayer game
If you were confused about just how multiplayer No Man's Sky was going to be, welcome to the club. Inconsistent (or consistently contradictory) statements...
The Stream Team: Vampiric adventures in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends
There aren't many games where MassivelyOp’s MJ can run around as a vampire, and even fewer that combine a vampire with figurines on a...
Glimpse Lawbreaker’s high-flying Vanguard in action
If the none of the classes revealed for LawBreakers has tickled your fancy yet, perhaps the Vanguard will. Nexon released a short clip that...
Overwatch players are warned: use Lucio in Lucioball or face consequences
The whole point of Overwatch's Lucioball mode is that everyone plays as Lucio. The name of the mode is already "Lucioball," the only character...
No Man’s Sky launches today on console
In this episode, Larry, Brendan, and Tina debate next-gen MMOs, unfinished games, and MMO buzzwords.