Massively Overpowered

When I backed Star Citizen in 2012, I opted for a couple of the $60 pledge tiers. One of these I gave away, and the other I kept for myself. I haven't upgraded my pledge since then, which means that when I log into the alpha dogfighting module, I'm limited to flying starter ships like the Aurora and the...

Don't let WildStar's upcoming free-to-play transition distract you from a more immediate reason to celebrate on Nexus: The sci-fi MMO is marking its one-year anniversary on June 3rd. And what would a birthday be if there weren't gifts to go around? Carbine announced that it will be giving several goodies out to players for the event. These gifts include a...

It is a truly difficult thing to create something completely new and original, especially in storytelling and setting. It's perhaps impossible in this day and age, as we tell variations on time-worn tales. But what is almost as good of a substitute is to take two elements and put them together to make an interesting new mix -- such...

The 10th issue of Camelot Unchaineds Unveiled newsletter is filled with tidbits on lore, design, the community, patch notes, and more. There's even mention of a dragon and screenshots of a village created in C.U.B.E. It's a pretty lengthy read, so if your time is limited, here's a sampling of what you'll find. There's plenty of talk about archers alongside...

I don't think I can properly express how much I love the Ikthians in WildStar. The Ikthian Crawler is seriously something I would... well, not kill for, that's extreme, but I'd punch a dude. Unfortunately, you all remember a couple of months back when we were all unceremoniously fired with no forewarning, and thus I had to make a...

Wander kind of surprised me. I've been aware of it for some time, but due to its lack of a launch date and my year-long MMO malaise, I haven't paid it much mind. Now, though, it has a launch date (June 4th), and as such I've been devouring all of the trailers, interviews, and gameplay footage that I can get my hands...

We don't usually list expansions in our little master list, but Guild Wars 2 has started doing some testing of its first expansion. In very, very small doses. Another dose of the Stronghold beta is also due for the game in the not-too-distant future, hopefully ameliorating the current lack of information about when the expansion will actually launch. Other beta...

If you love Blitzball, you just might get the chance to play it in Final Fantasy XIV someday. In an IGN interview, Game Director Naoki Yoshida said that he'd spoken with Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase, producer of Final Fantasy X and X-2 from whence the popular underwater sport originates, about it adding into A Realm Reborn. While it is...

Frontier talks up the forthcoming Powerplay patch in this week's Elite: Dangerous newsletter. The titular patch feature "makes the galaxy a hotbed of activity," as players choose power blocs to back in "an epic battle for galactic conquest and control," Frontier says. Aside from that, the patch will turn mining into a money-making proposition via dedicated missions, variable density extraction...

Last night Bungie posted a weekly update that addresses participation, bugs, and cheaters in Destiny's recently introduced endgame PvP, Trials of Osiris. Since the House of Wolves expansion launched, over 118.5 million kills have occurred in nearly 3.8 million matches, and close to 300k guardians have achieved a perfect scorecard. Check out the two handy heatmaps below to see...