Massively Overpowered

It would seem that the decision to launch on Steam was a good one for Star Wars The Old Republic as the 2011 MMORPG's community has generally seen a significant uptick in activity shortly after launching on the platform. A number of posts on the SWTOR subreddit chronicle the surge, with pictures of multiple instances that had to generate to...

I've heard of folks out there who intentionally pick crafts in MMOs because they're already experts at them - like the real-world politician who gets into EVE Online politics, or the lady who makes smithed gear for LARPers running a blacksmithy in a video game too. But I am not one of these people. It might be because most of my...

Lord of the Rings Online dominated headlines this week thanks to a week and a half of outages with feeble communication indeed. But the rest of the genre was busy putting on quite a show, as Star Wars The Old Republic surprise-launched on Steam and SEGA announced a sequel/update of sorts for Phantasy Star Online 2 coming next year....

There's certainly lots of quests to do in Elder Scrolls Blades already, but in the game's next update, there will be more of them. And they'll be repeatable. Which shouldn't be read as sarcasm, by the way, especially since grinding stuff is part of an MMO player's DNA anyway. These new Event Quests will not only be able to be...

The big conclusion of EVE Online's multipart Triglavian invasion is coming to a head with Quadrant 3: Zenith, which should hit soon. "Actions have consequences," said CCP. "Offering a wealth of new rewards and challenges, Zenith will encompass new live events, balance changes, brand-new content and huge visual updates that will unfold across the Quadrant amidst the roar of Triglavian...

With alpha 3.10 now in the PTU, fans of Star Citizen have a number of questions about the update. This past Friday's Star Citizen Live sought to address those questions with the help of game director Todd Papy and vehicle director John Crew. The video touched on a variety of 3.10-specific adjustments like how atmosphere changes the speed of aircraft...

So who remembers indie MMO Oath? In the spring of 2019, the game pulled in $67,000 on Kickstarter, in spite of concerns about the qualifications of the studio behind the game, Ready-Up. By the fall, we were covering a very public spat between Ready-Up and Ocean Spark Studios, which was apparently working on art for the game. Ocean Spark...

If you hear what sounds like a thousand dogs sniffing at something this weekend, it's because there was an apparent massive leak of Nintendo development assets full of source code and other files for a variety of classic games including Star Fox 2, Yoshi's Island, and Super Mario World. There's a sprite sheet with Luigi giving the fourth wall...

When you're such an amazing archer, you don't have to look at your target. When you're an expert at the bow, you can shoot three arrows at once and have them all hit bullseye. When you're Vincent, you shoot pure light in Final Fantasy XIV and make everything explode into moonbeams. Katness doesn't have anything on that. Last week, we...

Sometimes you just want something in an MMO that feels like chopping wood. It's productive, it's engaging enough that you don't dislike it, and it can last as long as you need it to. For me, that's dressing up my characters. I can spend hours just coming up with outfits, trying them out, finding pieces I need but don't...