Massively Overpowered

Even my most casual acquaintance will always know two things about me: that I have more hair than is healthy for a human male and that I hate jumping puzzles to the core of my being. It's probably a good thing that there are players like reader Matt, then, otherwise jumping puzzle designers would be out of a job...

I got my wife into MMOs by volunteering to buy her a copy of World of Warcraft. At the time, we had been best friends for years - since we had met back in college, in fact - and we were moving in the direction of romantic involvement. So we started playing together on a nightly basis, and that...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, former SOE/Daybreak CEO John Smedley revealed his new company, Pixelmage Games, and its first game, sandboxy OARPG Hero's Song, whose Kickstarter is live now and will run until February 18th. In fact, it's already added new pledge tiers to entice backers; a $25 pledge scores two copies of the $20 game at launch. Dragon...

While time travel has certainly been done as part of MMO quests, could an entire game revolve around the sci-fi concept? Dark Era, a new title from Game 321, thinks it can indeed. Launched this past week, Dark Era puts players in the role of Chrono adventurers who can hop through six time eras that span both eastern and western...

What to do when a snowy storm rages on out in the real world? How about rage a little yourself inside MechWarrior Online where the lasers are hot? OK, so we all know MassivelyOP's MJ isn't the most skilled at raging, but she does enjoy stomping around in her giant 'mech and lobbing missiles at the enemy. And that...

It's probably no surprise to anyone that Blade & Soul managed to rope in a lot of excited fans and curious casuals this past week. I mean, in the east it's been a popular and successful hit, and in the west its release has been hoped for and anticipated for literally years at this point. MMO bloggers are always on...

Trion Worlds has been so quiet about Atlas Reactor over the past few months that you can be forgiven for having forgotten the game was on the way this year. Well, perk up, sparky, because the studio is preparing a limited test for its turn-based team tactics title, and it's welcoming any and all sign-ups to be potential testers. The "sneak...

MassivelyOP's MJ has built up her flock of sky piranhas in ARK, and now she's starting an army of land piranhas. With four compies already, she needs to tame at least four more to get the swarm effect. The trick is finding one alone to tame, because facing a pack is not advised! Join us live at 12:00 p.m....

You might recall that last month, Petroglyph Games brought back Mytheon, a cute isometric MMO that's steeped in cultural mythology. You might also recall that the studio said that if all went well, it would dust off work that was done previously on a new Egyptian region and finish it up. Well good news, everybody: Egypt is already here for...

Today, we're going to reveal some marvelous true facts about - wait, what the heck is going on with that header? What is this? I specifically said that this week was supposed to be about something other than bees. I am tired of writing this column to try and compete with Weekly Bee Talk. Just once I want to reveal...