Massively Overpowered

This year, we're taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into 2016. March 2015 was a great month for Massively OP -- you funded our Kickstarter! Crowfall's Kickstarter was a big success too, and it dominated headlines that month. MMO players were also reeling from Daybreak's...

Have you checked out the open beta for post-apoc online shooter Survarium? Developer Vostok Games wants to make it easier on you: It's given us a boatload of keys for Survarium Bandit Sets, worth $9.99, to hand out to our readers just in time for the holidays. Get a unique UZI Hurricane submachine gun, Bandit pants and jacket and join...

TERA is still riding high on the launch of its Knockout update and new Brawler class. Today, it's released a brand-new game guide video for Kalivan’s Dreadnaught, a new dungeon that released with the update. Enjoy it below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nePWjUdmcy0&feature=youtu.be Source: Press release

We all have those things in our lives that continue to pull at us, drive us, to learn more or do more. Sometimes it turns us into an obsessed captain Ahab chasing our giant white whale until it destroys us. Other times, obsessions can turn us into an industry giant like Steve Jobs. But most of us aren't Ahab...

One of my favorite things to do every year is look through Livefyre and round up the articles that you guys just would not stop talking in. So let's have a meta-look at the top 10 posts of the year 2015, by number of comments -- and commenters. Top posts by comments Top posts by participants Reflection Right away, it's clear that the...

If and when The Division releases, expect to find a game that's just as driven by its gear as, say, Destiny. In a brief interview with IGN, Massive Associate Creative Director Julian Gerighty affirmed that most of the RPG mechanics will revolve around the weapons and armor you carry. "The key to our RPG experience are the choices around weapons, skills,...

Let's start today with the bad news for Crowfall fans: While the Siege Perilous implementation was planned for February, at this point it looks as if it's going to be delayed until March. The reason behind this, as explained in the state of the game update (available for viewing just below the break), is that the combat mechanics are...

As announced earlier this week, PvP sandbox Xsyon is going buy-to-play on Steam today. "Although I personally still favor the subscription model, it’s clearly turning away too many players at the moment," the lead dev from Notorious Games wrote. "Without the subscription, new players will be more inclined to join and old players are welcome to return!" Press release: Xsyon: Prelude, the apocalyptic...

There's a changing of the guard for TERA in South Korea this month, as the title is changing up publishers. Bluehole Studio announced yesterday that Nexon will be taking over publishing duties following Hangame's decision to drop the title. This change will require a transfer from the current server to Nexon's own shard and will take place in January. To calm...

During the discussion in the World of Warcraft PvP gear flattening article last week, longtime Massively OP commenter SallyBowls wondered why serious PvPers bother playing MMOs. "Especially in 2015, if you really are about competing, then why are you not playing one of those games, typically an e-sport, where the balance is taken more seriously?" PvP causes balance issues for PvE, the...