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Give people a game about flying around in space and the first question you hear is, "When can we walk around on a planet?" You walk around on a planet every day! But Elite: Dangerous will let you walk around on a planet with its first expansion, and a brief new video shows off a demo build of the...

Daybreak Executive Creative Director Jens Andersen admitted on Reddit that PlanetSide 2 isn't doing as well as it should: "The game is really struggling, and it isn't just on PS4 to be honest, and we are actively looking at things that can try and help change that in the short term. I hope everyone will be open minded that in...

As we've reported previously, Funcom's financials aren't in the best of shape, and as of this morning, the company is appealing to its bondholders to lend a hand in keeping the studio running. The studio has summoned its bondholders to a meeting on October 26th in which they will vote on a proposal to reduce the conversion rate of each bond and extend the bonds' maturity...

A whole bunch of Star Citizen-related stuff happened this past weekend, and I've got a lot of catching up to do since I missed it on account of my vacation. One thing I did notice was the A-list cast for Squadron 42, and while I've never been one for cutscenes or actors in my MMOs (I'll make my own story,...

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. See any good MMO news? Hit us up through our tips...

Will Asta succeed in the west after it failed in the east? That's the question that we're inching toward answering, as Webzen announced that the fantasy MMO import will be hosting a public beta for the month of November. The beta test will commence on November 3rd and be open to anyone who would like to try out this so-called...

It's pretty common knowledge by now that Lead Designer Romain Amiel really likes to give teasers and spoilers for The Secret World. Unlike Twitter, which limits these little peeks to only a short sentence and an image or video clip, the official dev livestream can pack in the information. And this week's The Streaming Ones definitely delivered! During this...

I really enjoy being a guest on Larry Everett's video series Massively Opinionated, a series in which MMO enthusiasts answer some tough questions and argue the case for their answer to trump the other guests' submissions. On each episode, Larry asks his guests to design their own MMO based on certain prerequisites or criteria. It's a really fun question...

Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! Star Citizen's CitizenCon pretty much owned this weekend, and yeah, it was the "convention" kind of con, not the other one. Here's a quick run-down of the big news: Star Citizen's mo-capped, CGI single-player campaign, Squadron 42, will star Gary Oldman, Mark Hamill,...

Look up on that building! It's a bird! It's a gargoyle! It's... MOP reader Epelesker showing off his hero in Champions Online! "Unlike a grand majority of people, superheroes were my first foray into the world of MMOs," Epelesker writes. "I have a lot of fond memories of my experiences with them and... don't ask about the characters. Nailing down just...