Massively Overpowered

A Massively OP commenter recently opined that "without gear progression, is a MOBA not an MMORPG," and I would really love to talk about that because I've seen similar sentiments crop up a lot in the last year. Many of my personal favorite MMORPGs are usually those that do away with gear progression or render it unimportant. Classic Star Wars...

This past week, news about Black Desert's IP blocking has reminded me once again how IP-blocking, region-locking, and the resulting isolated MMO communities are becoming far too normal and making it harder than ever to meet and team up with people around the world, which is part of the magic that brought so many of us to the genre...

Camelot Unchained has partnered with Merchline to produce an assortment of t-shirts, hoodies, posters, and the like, all of them related to the crowdfunded RvR fantasy sandbox MMO. The store FAQ page has all of the pertinent details, including where exactly your money is going. "Every dollar in profits from the sale of swag will go directly to the development...

Release the kraken! OK, now with that expected joke out of the way, we can proceed to telling you about League of Legends' newest champion, Illaoi. Illaoi is the "Kraken Priestess" whose shtick is being able to summon hard-hitting tentacles to reinforce positions. In fact, hunkering down and protecting areas is where she's the strongest, and if given enough time...

Diablo III fans, were you perhaps a little giddy to hear at BlizzCon that Papa Blizzard wasn't giving up on your game of choice? The studio is making good on its word to bring a meaty content update to the game by moving Patch 2.4 into testing yesterday. There's a lot of meat in this patch, including the exploration zone of...

Are you subscribed to Star Wars: The Old Republic? Do you want rewards for continuing to subscribe to the game? Because the good news is that the developers totally agree that you should get rewards for subscribing. But what should those rewards be? Well, that's where your opinions on the matter come into play. That's also the good news. Community...

Eco will open itself up to alpha tier backers on November 23rd. So says the latest Strange Loop dev blog, while also mentioning the recent progress made by the crowdfunded sandbox's dev team. Skill mechanics have been integrated into crafting, which basically means that crafting time, material requirements, and byproducts can be independently changed based on skill. "For example, the...

Warframe's got Steam on the brain this week, thanks to Digital Extremes' decision to bring its multiplayer space ninja grinder to Steam Workshop and enable Steam controller support. The Steam Workshop allows enterprising community members to submit player-generated content for consideration, while the recent launch of Steam Hardware enables PC gamers to "expand their Steam gaming experience to any room in...

If you are into raiding in The Secret World, today is a good day to die... or live and loot, depending on how things go! Today's 1.12.6 update opened up two new nightmare versions of familiar raids; both The Corpse Island Nightmare Raid and The Corrupted Agartha Nightmare Raid are now live on servers. The update also served up a...

So, Moonlight Blade looks pretty awesome. How do I know? Well, because Steparu has thrown a couple of the game's G-Star videos up on YouTube. Moonlight Blade is a martial arts MMO with plenty of eye candy, including the cinematic stylings of two Hong Kong action masters. It's developed by Chinese megacorp Tencent and it will be published in...