Massively Overpowered

Interested in being a deadly threat at a distance? Then you should pay attention to Camelot Unchained's archer archetype, which comes in three class varieties: Winter's Shadow, Blackguard, and Forest Stalker. "At a minimum, we are using differences in the type of ammunition, power of bows, camouflage abilities, and other factors to differentiate them, but we are also using some...

The header picture is of my Shaman in World of Warcraft. I made her with the launch of The Burning Crusade because of course I made a Draenei Shaman; it was just what you did. She was meant to be a bottom-tier character whom I occasionally played, not a priority. Years later, I've been playing her consistently as a...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Divergence Online landed on Steam Greenlight, bolstering its ongoing Indiegogo campaign by rocketing to #15 on the platform's Greenlight list. The developer has vowed to push out daily patches and reminded Steam voters that "any contribution at or above $30 on  means you already get a free copy of the game when it's released...

A group of Landmark players have posted a heartwarming tribute video to the folks at Daybreak working on the game. Players Denghe, Oxillion, and Xyloriel, who say they've logged almost 10,000 hours of playtime among them, thank the devs for what they call "a hell of a game." Actually, they thank far more than the devs: We would like to extend our gratitude...

RuneScape's customer service team has lined up for its very own horn-tooting infographic, and if the stats are accurate, the team deserves those toots. According to the infographic released yesterday, the sandbox game employs 41 mods who've helped 420,000 players helped in the last year, nuked 1.4 million bots, moderated 4.8 billion lines of chat ("more than double the lines...

Computer RPG players in the late '80s and early '90s were surely familiar with Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and its now-famous Gold Box series. The series, so named because of their distinctive gold packaging, ran on a solid engine that helped the company churn out over a dozen titles within a five-year span. From Pool of Radiance to Buck...

"Keyword: onomatophobia. Thesh protocol, phase one" is what the Jedi told MJ's character to get her to do exactly what he wanted. But all you have to do to get MJ's character to do what you want is to vote in the chatroom! Welcome to the 8th day of the 12 days of TOR, when the Stream Team plays through...

Because I am me, I bought and played through Transformers: Devastation this week. It's based pretty heavily on the G1 cartoon, which is largely terrible and not a setting I really needed to see more of ever, and it mashes that up with bits of plot from the IDW comics in the worst way possible. Also, Frank Welker and...

Every time I start a new alt in Star Wars: The Old Republic, I like to gift him or her with a cool-looking cosmetic armor set. For my Jedi Sage, I went with a suit of second-hand power armor that, judging by the battle scars present, was probably peeled off its previous owner's corpse. I love it so much. Give...

The good news is that Camelot Unchained will indeed be hitting the shores of the land of betas. The bad news? It's not going to be until next year, presumably before the end of the winter. Hopefully you weren't planning to do that, like, this weekend. Other beta news that arrived at our doorstep coated in slime and precious stones: Aima...