Massively Overpowered

Justin, Bree, Eliot, MJ, and Larry discuss MMOs in 2015, the MOP 2015 awards, and their hopes for 2016 on this staff roundtable 'cast.

Early access has become a bit part of the gaming landscape over the past few years, with many games launching into it. ARK: Survival Evolved is indisputably one of the big success stories of the past several years. In a recent interview, co-creative director and studio co-founder Jesse Rapczak cautioned against using early access as a funding model, specifically...

City State Entertainment is planning a big end-of-the-year Camelot Unchained Twitch stream today at 3 p.m. EST, with crafting on the agenda, along with some coding and art updates and a bit of alpha footage. Watch along with us, and stay tuned for our special coverage after the event. https://twitter.com/CityStateGames/status/679357614334066688

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...