Almost nobody is happy with Pokemon Go’s irritating ‘exclusive raid battles’ plan
Pokemon Go players are buzzing today over the release of legendary Pokemon Mewtwo at the Yokohama, Japan, event, which according to Niantic allowed "thousands"...
Ubisoft on Skull and Bones’ business model, ‘treasure chest’ lootboxes, and live events
If you thought that Ubisoft's Skull and Bones pirate MMO wasn't going to have lootboxes, seriously, what rock are you living under? (And is...
League of Legends skin based on soccer player Edgar Davids is going to cost Riot money
See the charming dark-skinned gent in the header image? That's the Striker Lucian skin in League of Legends. It also strongly resembles the kit,...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s Horns of the Reach DLC is live
Horns of the Reach is live in The Elder Scrolls Online today as ZeniMax's first major update since the Morrowind campaign/expansion rolled out in...
Dark and Light turns on three new servers, does a few magic tricks
Attempting to keep up with the current demand of the early access fantasy sandbox, Snail Games announced this morning that it is activating three...
VR is still on the table for Star Citizen
VR-centric website Road to VR has a brief quote from Cloud Imperium Games that might be good news to those of you still hoping...
Black Desert offers NA players a compensation package for emergency maintenance
Good news for Black Desert players in North America, you got some free compensation! The bad news is that it's to make up for...
A Dota 2 pro was beaten by Elon Musk’s OpenAI bot during this year’s International
Dota 2's The International 7 tournament is over, having concluded this weekend by crowning EU group Team Liquid -- which arrived to the finals...
Video games can grow or shrink your brain, study finds
Does your brain feel a little lighter or heavier this week? It could be because of your gaming habits.
A recent study on video games...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of Guild Wars 2’s non-traditional mounts?
Mounts are the big new thing in Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion, and as I've previously mentioned, I was initially concerned about...
MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire begins with actual in-game fire (August 13, 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...
Dead Maze shuffles into the crowded zombie survival gamespace
It's been years since slapping zombies into your game was a novel attraction, yet it still remains a popular feature for players and developers...
The MOP Up: Portal Knights splits up the party (August 13, 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...
Kingdom of Loathing spin-off West of Loathing launches
Sinister clowns. Demon cows. Filthy spittoons. You know you're intrigued already, but why stop at mere words when a world of western stick figures...
Arcfall delays PvP patch as it prepares to transition into alpha
Here's a little bit of bad news that's followed by a large dose of good news for Arcfall fans. The team announced that it...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen scrubs release windows from 3.0 schedule, Fig investors turn a profit (August 12, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen surprised backers by removing all "aim dates" from its weekly production schedule, which is intended to provide a roadmap...
Albion Online wings a week of extra time at players for DDOS disruptions
Albion Online emerges this week extremely battered and bruised after a prolonged series of DDOS attacks against the game and even demands for ransom...
Camelot Unchained lays the groundwork for NPCs
Bot battles is the phrase on everyone's lips over at Camelot Unchained as of late. The team said in this week's newsletter that it...
PSA: Guild Wars 2’s mounts may be causing motion sickness issues
Longtime readers will know that we take motion sickness from games pretty darn seriously around here, given that we have a writer who's been...
Secret World Legends to re-open Tokyo on Wednesday
Ever since Secret World Legends went live earlier this summer, there's been a large, Tokyo-shaped hole in the reboot's content offerings. Part of this...
