Black Desert Mobile makes compromises to fit in your hand
When you take such a rich and full-featured MMO sandbox like Black Desert and try to fit it on mobile, it only stands to...
Life is Feudal is rolling out a clean-slate roleplaying server following shaky open beta launch
The MMO version of Life is Feudal got off to a shaky open beta start last week, not that our seasoned MMO veteran commenters...
Researchers document Pokemon Go’s vehicular casualties, Niantic raises $200M for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Pokemon Go developer Niantic just got enough money to build a second pool in which to put all that money to roll around in....
EVE Online patches in more alpha skills on December 5th
The next patch for EVE Online arrives on December 5th, and it's going to give Alpha players (or "free-to-play players" for those not down...
RIP Marvel Heroes
It's gone, gang, and I'm so sorry.
Following the disastrous silences and accusations that unfolded over October and November, Marvel announced that it had terminated...
Saga of Lucimia dev argues that minimaps destroy MMORPG immersion
Saga of Lucimia has made a name for itself during its long development as a hardcore old-school indie MMO with a focus on grouping...
‘Gaming industry vets’ form ‘crisis’ coalition to fight lockboxes and ‘unscrupulous’ studios [Update]
We've updated below with Forbes' investigation into the ringleader.
A group of "industry leaders and experts" have apparently formed what they're calling National Committee for...
Guild Wars 2 teases the next Fractal arriving with season 4
There's another Fractal arriving with the next portion of Guild Wars 2's Living Story tomorrow, but where will it take you? What will it...
Destiny 2 doubles level XP following last week’s botched event
Remember how Bungie bungled Destiny 2's XP scaling event and had to disable the whole thing after players found that the game was throttling...
Mother of Fortnite cheater claims that her 14-year-old son is being used as a scapegoat
Last month, Fortnite developer Epic sued two alleged associates of a cheating software site as part of the studio's hard-line approach to cheaters. Makes...
UK Gambling Commission hints it may fight lootboxes with age ratings
While you were eating turkey and buying loot this past weekend, the lockbox saga was trundling onward.
The UK Gambling Commission has formally stated that...
Raph Koster takes Rolling Stone to task over vanilla World of Warcraft
Don't ever test Raph Koster on MMORPG history, because you'll probably lose.
The Star Wars Galaxies and Crowfall designer challenged a recent Rolling Stone article and...
MMO Week in Review: The war on lockboxes is just beginning (November 26, 2017)
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!
If...
The MOP Up: League of Legends doesn’t want to grow up (November 26, 2017)
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...
ECO’s player housing is more beneficial than you think
In some online games, player housing is mostly a way to show off personal creativity and set up a space of your own. In...
Gloria Victis expands its map and adds some hidden treasures
There's even more land in Gloria Victis now, enough space that everyone has all the reason in the world to spread out and never...
Sea of Thieves devs razz each other during giant pirate battle
"The only thing that's sinking here is your dignity!"
It is that time once again for the Sea of Thieves development team to record themselves...
Hearthstone’s Kobolds and Catacombs dungeon run treasures are ‘blatantly overpowered’
Just because Hearthstone is a multiplayer card game doesn't mean that Blizzard is ignoring its solo player community. In fact, the upcoming Kobolds and...
Path of Exile digs to the bottom of the upcoming Abyss League
There's something nasty under the ground in Path of Exile. No, worse than those gross pillbugs you would find under big rocks when you...
Conan Exiles continues work on combat overhaul and Xbox One parity with PC
On Black Friday, Funcom was working - well, it was streaming Conan Exiles, at least, which is sort of like working. The devs sit...