Dean Hall’s space sandbox MMO Ion is dead
Way back in 2015, Dean Hall announced Ion, a ridiculously ambitious sci-fi space sandbox MMO built using Improbable's SpatialOS. And now it's dead.
Eurogamer went...
LawBreakers plans closed beta weekend in March
Hey, remember LawBreakers? The Nexon-produced, CliffyB-designed online shooter that went semi-dormant last summer following alpha with plans to retool itself before beta? We already...
Conan Exiles previews 2017 plans, throws shade on early access abusers
Though it's fun for the broader industry, GDC has been a bit of a dud for our genre for years now. If you're willing to...
Virtual reality MMO OrbusVR has launched a one-week Kickstarter campaign
A week ago, we told you about OrbusVR, a full-scale VR MMORPG built for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift -- and today, the...
LOTRO has begun testing Mordor’s front yard
Update 20's testing is in full swing over at Lord of the Rings Online, so if you absolutely, positively cannot wait for the next...
Revelation Online soft launch is here! Check out our roundup and trailer
Revelation Online is officially official this morning, having soft launched into a no-wipe beta this morning. It's old hat to you folks who bought...
Path of Exile creates the industry’s first ‘transparent’ lockbox
We've all griped and grumbled about how MMO lockboxes are too much like gambling and tend to swindle players out of money for a...
The MOP Up: MMOs make math fun (March 5, 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...
Make My MMO: Crowfall’s crafting, RUiN’s Kickstarter, Ashes of Creation’s gameplay (March 4, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we sent MOP's Matt Daniel into Crowfall, from which he emerged with many opinions on the state of the game's...
Black Desert is due for a ‘full-scale graphic remastering later this year’
At GDC last week, Black Desert took center stage as the subject of a demo from Silicon Studio showing off YEBIS, its post-processing software....
Path of Exile lets loose with Patch 2.6 tonight
Just call it Patch of Exile.
This evening, the highly anticipated Patch 2.6 will go live in Path of Exile, and the relatively calm landscape...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse: Character customization, concept ships, and the commodities market
Persistent universe fans, heads up: On this week's Star Citizen Around the Verse, Chris Roberts is joined by Persistent Universe Game Director Tony Zurovec,...
Heroes of the Storm introduces supercute StarCraft ‘hero’ Probius
Say what you will about Blizzard, but the studio knows how to make wordless bots adorable. Such is the case for Probius, the newly...
Sea of Thieves talks about its voyage system, runs another technical alpha test
Ahoy maties, there's a new Sea of Thieves Inn-side Story video out this week that discusses the game's voyage system. This system is what...
Free Realms Sunrise emulator vows to bring back some of the fun
Were you there when they turned the lights out on Free Realms? The title went dark on this family-friendly MMORPG back in March 2014,...
Cloud Pirates has arrived on Steam early access
Cloud Pirates officially flew into early access on Steam yesterday, bringing its quirky blend of Allods Online dirigibles and MOBA combat to the platform....
Wakfu is throwing a birthday party — and you’re invited
Happy birthday Wakfu! The colorful isometric MMO is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week, and it wants you to be a part of the...
Overwatch announces new hero Orisa
At an art panel at GDC this morning, Blizzard confirmed that Overwatch's next hero is Orisa, a OR15 protector robot rebuilt and reinvented by...
Grab a Robocraft starter pack in time for today’s update and beta launch!
Online robot-builder-brawler-hybrid Robocraft officially hits beta today with a massive patch after racking up almost 10 million players during its alpha -- and now...
Hearthstone dev performs an epic Un’Goro rap
Consider this your weekly public service announcement to remind you that game developers are people too -- weird, strange, and totally geeky people. As...
