Massively Overpowered

You know what's really fun? The build-up to an MMO's release, especially when you're really invested in that particular game. Some of my fondest memories in the MMO space come from before we ever get into the game itself as we gorge on the hype, developer videos, community excitement, reveal posts, and the whole beta testing rollercoaster. Today I wanted...

Black Desert's PC version is gearing up for summer, which means a deluge of events under the "Waiting for Summer" banner. Players will be collecting Fughar's lost crystal shards and tracking down Jimmy Brooks. Pearl Abyss has also tweaked monsters in Star's End and fixed a handful of bugs. The bad news is that the season servers, which were...

This guest Soapbox was commissioned through MassivelyOP's original Kickstarter back in 2015; the writer has chosen to remain anonymous. The opinions in guest Soapboxes traditionally represent the views of our guest author and not necessarily Massively OP itself, although in this case, we stand with our reader. Over the years I’ve considered a dozen possibilities for what to write here....

The launch of the Fleet Carriers update to Elite: Dangerous hasn't exactly gone off without a hitch, as a number of players are reporting a variety of bugs with the update. The good news (hopefully) is that Frontier Developments is well aware of the matter, creating a list of known issues and promising that "the development team are already...

Freedom! That's the shout of Overwatch players this week as they heard the news that Blizzard is removing hero pools from the competitive play side of the game. Previously, hero pools served to keep the meta from growing stagnant and encourage players to try different characters. However, Blizzard said that this artificial restriction was no longer needed. "We’ve found that...

The developers behind Star Trek Online are letting players boost up a Romulan. A new level boost pack coming soon allows you to start a Romulan character at level 65, with an assortment of high-level items while also letting you pick your faction, skills, and the like. There's also the prospect of a new legendary ship just for Romulan...

Apparently it's been a rough scene in both EverQuest games over the past few months. And this isn't coming from our readers; Darkpaw's Jen Chan came out to say as much in a lengthy letter to both communities. "We've been moving at a breakneck speed to grow into our newly formed Darkpaw studio and ensure that Norrath is around for...

Here's a topic that I'm torn on answering definitively because I think it changes from studio to studio when it comes to prioritizing the PC or console audience in MMOs. Some studios appear to favor one or the other, but I'm sure one's perspective is going to be biased based on which platform you prefer. For example, I think that...

When the next module arrives in Neverwinter, you can go to Hell. Specifically, the first layer of the Nine Hells, Avernus, a war-torn wasteland of scraps, rusted iron, and endless battles between devils and demons. It's not a vacation spot, in other words, and the newest preview is all about familiarizing you with the regions you'll explore as you do...

European players of Aion are facing the Wake of the Storm, which sounds pretty dramatic as update names go. Several of the patch's features include new accessory Odians; the ability to craft runes; Paralysing, Silencing and Heavenly Vision weapons; six new legendary apostle transformations and transformation collections; and the five-player Ara Infernalia instance. In addition to the new content, Wake...