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HeroEngine owner Idea Fabrik announced yesterday that it has made "several positive adjustments" in regard to its ongoing financial situation - namely, "reducing server costs, finish R&D and development plan, complet some very important testing and code review, and continu to work on several other special things behind the scenes." These new changes apparently include the resumption of HeroCloud...

A series of quotes on WildStar's subreddit this past weekend has caused quite a stir in that game's community, as alleged former Carbine developers have come out to badmouth the company and the issues the team has had behind the scenes. The posters claimed that Carbine had good insurance and that WildStar was and is a game with promise but that...

World of Warcraft fans shouldn't worry too much that the upcoming movie will be devoid of cheeky references to their favorite game. Director Duncan Jones posted a picture of a hero's call board from the set that contains several in-game references, including those for Hogger, Darkmoon Faire, and Brewfest. He challenged fans to spot all of those call-outs and...

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, before I worked for Massively, I called up SOE. I wanted to move my Star Wars Galaxies characters around my accounts and servers in a complicated chain of actions, enough that I wrote it down and ran through it mentally multiple times to make sure it would work. It was going...

Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! NCsoft's wuxia-driven action-combat MMORPG Blade & Soul finally launched in the west this week after years of play overseas. Impressions from around the blogosphere and from our own writers have been mixed, but the game is proving popular...

In all the time that I've been writing about EVE Online, one of the most common recurring comments is that the game badly needs some compelling avatar-based gameplay. Many people have been compelled to try EVE over the years after hearing some crazy story of a record-breaking heist or massive ship battle only to be put off that you spend...

The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some of it gets backlogged. That’s why there’s The MOP Up: a weekly compilation of smaller MMO stories and videos that you won’t want to miss. Seen any good MMO news? Hit us up through our tips...

In every competitive online game, there will always be people who are willing to cheat to get an advantage over other players and companies willing to develop those cheats for a profit. Developer Valve has waged a constant war against cheaters in its first person shooters since the days of Half-Life 1, using its regularly updated VAC (Valve Anti Cheat) system to detect hacks and ban those...

Don't fear the winter -- embrace it! That's the thinking of Path of Exile this month as it prepares to launch a new seasonal race that revolves around the theme of icy combat. The Winterheart race season begins on January 29th and concludes on February 25th. The main hook of the season is that characters move faster when on chilled ground,...

Diablo III is a game that deals in numbers, and given the sheer output of digits that a combat counter can produce, Blizzard's engineers have been struggling with the issue of what to display on screen without overwhelming the player. The team has come up with two solutions in the most recent update and penned a dev diary to explain...