Massively Overpowered

As Albion Online's development has progressed, Sandbox Interactive has utilized player feedback to refine the PvP system, acknowledging that for all the hardcore PvPers in game, there are many more who aren't into it very much for various reasons. The devs' goal was to keep PvP an integral part of the game while still allowing new players to ease...

Spatium is a new MMO thing on Kickstarter, and while MMO Kickstarters are a dime a dozen these days, this one might just stand out from the crowd. As the game's backstory makes clear, this isn't a quest to save the world, or the galaxy, or the human race, but rather yourself. Instead of killing, looting, and questing from zone...

Did you miss Shroud of the Avatar's Friday update? I did; I was too busy stuffing my face with leftover turkey and dressing to pay attention to MMO industry news. Thankfully the internet never forgets, so we can go back and peruse Update of the Avatar #153 even though it's a couple of days old at this point. It features a...

Guild Wars 2's first PvP League season starts December 1st, which, not coincidentally, is tomorrow. ArenaNet has published a how-to post for those of you who are looking to sign up. If you're a veteran, it's as easy as queuing for ranked play via the PvP panel. If you're a newbie, you'll need to achieve rank 20 by playing...

When it launches, Crowfall is going to have to deal with the problem of winning. The most recent Ask Me Anything event for the game on Reddit touched upon the reasons why PvP games have tended to have difficulty holding on to players, but also touched on one of the major issues facing Crowfall with new campaigns and new...

Blade & Soul has released a class overview for the Assassin. NCsoft describes it as "a complex class that excels when they have the freedom and time to set up their attack, and can be defined by their strategic approach to combat." Playing an Assassin well involves mastering position, timing, and skill chains to ensure that your opponents lack the...

Mo demos his MMO's new dye combos for his most discerning buddy Amilya.

If you missed out on our giveaway for survival sandbox Wild Terra back in September, then today marks a second chance. Juvty Worlds has granted MOP 50 Wild Terra early access keys to pass along to our readers; they come with five premium days included. Clicky the Mo button below (and prove you're not a robot) to grab one of these keys...

Students of MMO history might recall that Mythic Entertainment wasn't the first studio to take a crack at the Warhammer IP. In fact, before Mythic was Climax Studios, which had worked on Warhammer Online for several years before dropping the project due to lack of a funds. YouTuber Ravi Abbott put together a few videos to document the Climax era...

Part of me wonders if there's someone in the Blizzard Entertainment offices with a very close eye on Final Fantasy XIV. Is it a coincidence that after a couple of years during which FFXIV has been doing great and garnering a great deal of praise, World of Warcraft announces an expansion which ties very heavily into the idea that...