Rend aims higher with its combat and streamlines its crafting
Acknowledging that Rend's combat was both imbalanced and lacking useful feedback, Frostkeep Studios has been hard at work this fall shoring up one of the game's core systems. This includes rebalancing weapons, adding visual and audio cues, including "noise discipline" and sound discipline, and letting you fire while jumping.
And combat isn't the only core system that got some major...
The Daily Grind: What great MMO grouping experiences have you had lately?
One gaming night that I look forward to every week is Friday evening, because I know that then I'll be dropping all other MMO interests to hang out with my regular Dungeons and Dragons Online group for a few instance runs. We may run dungeons on higher difficulty than is prudent and have rather death-prone Warlocks dashing right into...
Warface hits 5 million console players
It turns out that a lot of people with consoles will see a title like Warface and say "yeah, that sounds like a good ride." Specifically, five million people will download the game on console, according to the latest press release from My.com. That is a whole heck of a lot of people who want to have a war...
The Stream Team: Sharing the Paladins HRX loot
Massively OP'S MJ is back from the Hi-Rez Expo, and you know what that means! Here's a hint: She brought back Paladins goodies to share! She's got a couple Maeve Dreamhack skins and a few 3 million battle pass XP codes. Join us live at 8:00 p.m. to talk Paladins with us and to win some con loot for...
Fortnite Battle Royale announces Winter Royale online tournament series
Last month, Fortnite Battle Royale rolled out its online tournament system with the Fall Skirmish series, which has since come to a close, but competitive Fortnite players have plenty more to look forward to, as Epic Games has just announced the Winter Royale tournament series. Since the online tournament system "will be used next year to determine participants in...
Path of Exile elaborates on the changes coming to Hideouts with its next major update
The next big update for Path of Exile will shake things up for hideouts. No longer will you be deprived of your carefully crafted hideout with each new league, nor will you be forced to curry favor with a given master just to get a bigger hidey-hole. Still, as nice as all the improvements sound, they also come with...
Black Desert Mobile teases what will likely be an Awakening update
Wakey wakey, class upgrades and expanded skill selection... achey. That bit of wordplay didn't coalesce all that will, but the important thing here is that Black Desert Mobile (like Black Desert Online, but on your phone) has been getting its next major content update teased, and all signs point to the Awakening update. Those who are accustomed to Awakenings in the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 197: Crawl out through the fallout
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's Fanfest, Fallout 76, Hellgate, WildStar, plus patches for Black Desert, EVE, Secret World Legends, ArcheAge, TERA, and EverQuest II, with mail on MMO difficulty settings.
Saga of Lucimia’s creative director debates the merits of MMO business models
The debate over MMO business models is constantly ongoing: There are those who swear by monthly subscriptions, those who prefer strictly free-to-play, and those who think the sweet spot lies somewhere in the middle. In the case of Stormhaven Studios, creator of the in-development MMO Saga of Lucimia, the devs are firmly on the side of the subscription model,...
Elite: Dangerous drops a surprise Thargoid Incursion update for beta testing
Hello there, Elite: Dangerous testers! It's time for fighting off Thargoids in a surprise beta update with the inclusion of Thargoid Incursions and Conflict Zones for the fourth chapter of Beyond. All of the previously available content will still be present for testing, but players will now need to deal with the Thargoids picking out systems to enter in...
