Massively Overpowered

Have you ever attended a birthday party that was thrown by the birthday boy or girl in question? It's a curious exercise in ego and tailored celebration, but sometimes that can be quite entertaining in and of itself. So welcome to Gamigo's birthday, as thrown by Gamigo. The gaming publisher is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month and is throwing...

It's the 11th hour for HEX, a fascinating title that attempted to blend MMO and card game mechanics together. Also, there were battle bunnies. In any case, the game only has a few months left of operation, as the team announced that it is "required" to shut HEX down on December 31st of this year. No overt reason was stated...

It's not every day that I stop what I am doing to mentally clap for a poster on Reddit, but user Rolling-in-the-Meeps prompted just that response from me back in August thanks to his post disambiguating "tab-target vs. action combat" and "rotational vs. reactionary." Essentially, he's arguing that what makes a game feel active isn't really about whether the combat...

Is Massively OP's MJ turning into a tomb robber? Well, she and her DDO group are going into Garl the Grey's tomb to appropriate it's treasure. The only thing standing in their way is... troglogytes. Lots of troglodytes! Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. for this next D&D night adventure. What: Dungeons & Dragons Online Who: MJ Guthrie When: 8:00 p.m. EDT...

I was chit-chatting with MOP reader (and prolific tipster!) Panagiotis the other day about Ultima Online's big news when he hit on a topic about isometric MMOs that leaped out at me as being really insightful. "I find the isometric games give a better fantasy feel at the cost of realism. Games with good realistic visuals feel more like playing...

Perhaps you feel that Blizzard is either taking too long to kick off the events leading into World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. or maybe you wish that everything was a bit more personal. Players on Moon Guard certainly wanted something more engaging and personal, but instead of waiting for it to happen, they just organized a gigantic server-wide campaign using...

About a year ago, we covered a brand-new survival MMO called Stars End, a Firefly-tinged space title that had just blasted its way into Steam early access. It's come a long way from then - in fact, it's come all the way to what it's calling open beta and its milestone 41 update. "The main features of this update is...

We're sorry to bring you some disappointing -- but not altogether unexpected -- news: Blizzard announced today that it will be delaying World of Warcraft: Shadowlands from its October 27th release date until "later this year." In a post on Twitter, Executive Producer John Hight said that the move is to allow for more time for polish, balance, and endgame...

Hobnanigans! Lord of the Rings Online! October 4th! That's about all the most recent tweet from the game promises, without providing you one whit of information about what Hobnanigans actually is supposed to be beyond time-limited. Fortunately, a bit of searching will reveal that it's really pretty simple, as it's just field hockey... played with live chickens. So you are...

A couple of weeks have slid by, which means there have been a couple of updates for survival sandbox Last Oasis. Last week saw the addition of the Panda Walker, a new vehicle that's custom-built to carry every type of Walker (except another Panda) and has a total of five slots to do so. As for this week, there's...