Massively Overpowered

So here's a term Eliot couldn't possibly have dreamed up for our terminology columns: stream honking. So imagine you're MJ playing a gankbox on a stream. It wouldn't be unheard of for somebody to figure out where she is and come and mess with her, even try to kill her. (That death counter isn't gonna feed itself, after all.) But...

While many Star Wars: The Old Republic players might be looking forward to Game Update 5.4 later this month for its PvE offerings, the "other" crowd has a much different perspective on the release. When August 22nd hits, PvP Season 8 will conclude and a new one shall begin. Before moving on, there are a bevy of rewards that can...

Anyone a little excited about Guild Wars 2 these days? Probably not, but on the off-chance that there's a glimmer of hype and hope alive, here's a reminder that there's some stuff that was put out for the game and other stuff that's coming for the game. Deserty-stuff. "I don’t want to spoil much about the latest Guild Wars 2...

There are lots of things that I love about dungeons in Final Fantasy XIV, but one of the many is the way that you can often get groups willing to be flat-out hilarious. At one point, I had a group with a Roegadyn Summoner who helpfully informed me "I GOT U BAE" when he used Mana Shift on my...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen posted its monthly studio report along with its updated 3.0 production report as it works on the "User Experience Polish Pass." Players tracked only two delays in this report: the UI and the mission system AI. Cross your fingers that the Evocati test access begins next week as planned (it's actually looking...

The goal: finish off Path of Exile's Act IV boss and start Act V. The reality? For Massively OP's MJ, it was to be slayed by the dreaded Server Crash Beast yesterday. In fact, she was smacked down so hard that she traveled into the past! All her progress was wiped and lost. But that won't stop her from...

When money is put down on the counter and the word "launch" is used, it doesn't matter if you say your game is in "early access" or "alpha" or what have you -- customers will complain, loudly, if an update or glitch wipes out their progress. And this is exactly what happened with Fortnite this past week. The situation came...

In the future, alpha testers (and everyone else) will all be fully replaced by robots, no doubt. But right now, Camelot Unchained is putting bots to work alongside their human compatriots in the form of big bot battles. This week, City State says, it ran two tests with the bots in prep for beta 1. "We brought in 250 Bots...

Massively OP's MJ has switched her ARK server map to a new procedurally generated one, and now she's trying to start a new life there. But life is pretty much the opposite of her experience so far! By land, by sea, it doesn't matter: It's all deadly. Want a peek at what it's like to play as in a...

Victory. It's a fascinating place to begin an expansion, really. Most games like to set up a new threat, pit players against impossible odds, and have them struggle toward a final boss in some distant raid somewhere. Lord of the Rings Online, however, enjoys bucking trends now and then, and no more so than with its new Mordor expansion. The first...