Massively Overpowered

Ever wanted to try your hand at writing content for a production MMO on the fly? Appreciate old games that still maintain staff to create real live events for MMO players? How about be paid to be a really solid roleplayer and community rep? Ultima Online might interest you if so. The venerable 18-year-old game is on the hunt for new...

It might not have the persistence of Hellgate: London, but Dungeon Striker has released and been shut down once before. Alas, its second lease on life was no more successful than the first, and the game will be shutting down in Korea again on February 11th. Players can get a refund on some cash shop items, and anyone who had...

What, did you think that Marvel Heroes was going to take it easy and not churn out another small army of superheroes this year? Think again, buster, because the Marvel Heroes Advance Pack 3 is here, selling a batch of heroes, costumes, bank tabs, and other goodies for one meaty price. Advance Pack 3 starts at $60 and includes Angela, Black...

The player characters in Gloria Victis are not the only moving pieces in the game world. Even without players there, NPCs are still undertaking actions. The latest patch to the game's alpha highlights this with NPC battles - foxes sneak off to pick up chickens, opposing factional mercenaries will charge one another, and bears do battle with beehives in...

Have you ever become frustrated with a studio for its lack of communication and the perception that the developers are goofing off instead of working on vital fixes and new content? Hearthstone Senior Game Designer Ben Brode put together a new video to explain the dev side of this equation, saying that there's always projects going on behind the scenes that the...

The second part of ELOA's first big expansion is dubbed "The Smash," but it will be an exercise for readers how smashy the two new dungeons introduced really are. They could be extremely smashy, and one could theoretically be overseen by a character named "Smashtown Smasherson, Smash-Lord of Smashburg." Probably not, though; there are three difficulties available for each...

Hello friends, and welcome to the next installment of the Shroud of the Avatar edition of Choose My Adventure. Last week, as I'm sure you remember, I had but one choice for you to make: Should my Shroud of the Avatar character choose to follow the path of Truth (i.e., Mage), the path of Courage (i.e., Fighter), or the...

Being a god in Skyforge doesn't simply mean getting lots of power; it also means you need to face challenges and deal with greater risks over time. You need more power to ascend further, and that means entering more dangerous areas. Hence, a new area preview on the official site for the Hostile Territory known as Ontes Valley. It's...

Here's what will be necessary to start gliding in central Tyria once it's unlocked in Guild Wars 2: unlocking the start of the Mastery gliding line. That's it. Yes, it's no more complicated than gliding anywhere else. The biggest restriction that players will encounter is that a few areas have been designated as no-fly zones, chiefly to avoid people...

The Blade & Soul subreddit has been in an uproar the last few days over accusations that NCsoft EU GMs pre-claimed popular character names, rendering them off-limits for players who preordered in the hopes of securing their pet names during the name reservation event that began on Monday. NCsoft Director of Community and Social Omeed Dariani responded to a tweet...