Massively Overpowered

Long time followers of Astroneer may recall that the game's early development crafting felt cute but incomplete. Despite the game already being in the wild, System Era Softworks decided it'd take player feedback and do a meaty crafting update. Yes, we've seen these kinds of things before, even for whole games, but they rarely feel successful. Astroneer, however, gained a...

Several developers from Code Club AB, the team behind Wurm Online, recently took to Reddit to open up an AMA and field a variety of player questions. As one would expect, many of the questions are related to the game's arrival on Steam, which reportedly exceeded expectations in terms of new and returning player arrivals. The devs did promise...

If you're a regular follower of how Final Fantasy XIV does its patch notes, then you likely know the drill by now: First it's the preliminary patch notes, and then it's the full notes, the latter of which have been shared online. This set of notes offers a bit more insight into a few of the upcoming changes that...

The all-digital Quakecon at Home event has come and gone for The Elder Scrolls Online, and along with all of the planned events for the game at the event, players also got to take a look at some dungeon gameplay from the upcoming Stonethorn DLC in video form. The video shows off some of the encounters that will be faced...

As you are probably well aware, World of Warcraft is on the cusp of making one of its most radical changes to the leveling experience in the MMORPG's history. Levels will be squished, expansions will be chosen, and newbie zones will be noobed. But the big question on a lot of veterans' minds is what Blizzard is going to...

A while back, I asked you folks whether you tried to become rich in MMOs, but that Daily Grind didn't go into detail on what we actually do with our accrued video game wealth. And sometimes I find that it's... nothing. See, I have a bad habit in real life of buying something consumable and loving it so much that...

Activision-Blizzard (shareholders) had some good news this week, as its Q2 2020 revenues actually improved year-over-year for the first time in six quarters, owing largely to COVID, WoW, and COD. Not that they ever quite report it that way. Unfortunately for the corporation, that was all followed by the news that Blizzard employees specifically are agitating for better pay....

Now that players of Mabinogi have helped their pets attain new levels of power, MMO logic dictates that power gets unleashed on some dungeon critters. That's just what the P.E.T. Part 2 update will let players do among other things. The update introduces the Forest of Four Seasons and Dynamic Lands dungeons that players and their pets can plumb for...

FreeSO, the rogue server for the late Sims Online, is getting into the spirit of the season with a whole bunch of beach- and pool-themed additions. ""Summer has finally arrived at Sunrise Crater," the team announced on August 2nd. "Your summer favourites are back and what's more, NEW OBJECTS have been added! Login today and enjoy while they last!" And this...

More quarterly financial reports are rolling in, this time from Nintendo and Nexon, and both studios are crowing about exceptional runs. For the big N, it's all about the runaway success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. During the quarter, the cheery online title moved 10.6 million units. This greatly helped Nintendo achieve $3.4 billion in net sales during this period....