Massively Overpowered

One of TERA's tentpole features is its crazy insane fights against plus-sized mobs, which it calls "big-ass monsters" (BAMs). Well if you think you've seen it all when it comes to BAMs in this game, then hang on: TERA is preparing super-BAM raids that will pit 30 players against creatures "10 times larger" than previous monsters. This news comes courtesy...

When I play MMORPGs with my friends, I am the helper. There are a lot of reasons for this, and it's not something I take on with any sort of disdain; it's just how things are. I'm the one who's going to be asked to explain something in Final Fantasy XIV, the one who has the money and the...

Everyone has mobs that they particularly enjoy offing in MMORPGs -- sometimes so much so that we go out of our way to get in that extra kill. Maybe the mob offends us in some way, we love the death animation (sadists!), or we imagine our character has a personal vendetta against those creatures. Blogger Murf lists the top five...

While it's pretty common to overlook text-based MMORPGs for their lack of 3-D visualization and sparkly particle effects, the truth is that these games often compensate for this factor by offering far more features and possibilities than you typically get in an MMO. Consider Torn (formerly Torn City) a lesson in how full-featured text games can become. This robust browser...

You never know exactly what you'll be getting in The Division's underground. You can be fairly certain it will involve going underground, of course, but the actual content therein is randomized, meaning that there's always an element of chance to diving in and unleashing bullet-based justice on your enemies. It's the central feature of the Underground expansion, and you...

The transition to Devilian's new megaserver technology is complete. Trion Worlds has merged all of the game's population into two plus-sized shards, one for North America and one for Europe. Europe's server went online last week, while the North American one activated this past Monday. These megaservers are capable of handling the game's entire population and have accepted the transfer...

The world of Albion Online is about to get a massive revamp when its final beta test lands later this summer and reveals the new map of the game. "We are not just talking about the new biomes you have already heard about," Sandbox Interactive cautions. "It is time to say goodbye to the current East and West continent, and...

While it's been safe to assume for most MMOs that a female character of any race would have a bosom, Guild Wars 2 challenged that norm by presenting both Charr and Asura women as being fairly flat-chested -- i.e., anatomically, they lack breasts. However, not all the armor sets in the game got that memo. Sharp-eyed players on Reddit have noticed that...

Fans of the original Star Trek series (TOS) know that, due to budget and technological limitations, there weren't a lot of different Starfleet ship designs in the show. Thus, for Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday, Cryptic's art team had to whip up new "classic" models that aligned with the look of the 1960s TV show. In a new dev...

DC Universe Online's Episode 25 and GU61 are live on the test server this week. Episode 25 itself features a level 30 solo adventure in the Penguin's Iceberg Lounge as well as a level 30 4-man operation called A Rip in Time, which is a freebie for subbers. GU61, however, is pants. Oh no, we read that wrong. GU61 has pants:...