Massively Overpowered

Shroud of the Avatar has been selling players the right to run their own towns for a while, which is a good thing. It also does create certain limitations, though, since if you have too many player towns out and about, the world feels less like a fantasy adventure realm and more like the New York City metro area....

Remember when it became clear that major league baseball was awash in drugs? That drugs weren't just a problem that some players had but an accepted way of life for the game's players, that steroids and amphetamines were just everywhere? It didn't do much for anyone's regard of the sport. Keep that in mind when you watch an interview...

If you're busy today, don't worry, we understand. We can assure you that this post does not contain a direct link to another 11,000 word manifesto, although Derek Smart claims that he's working on a third piece on the whole Star Citizen hornet's nest that he's kicked over. A tweet from Smart indicates that he suspects Roberts Space Industries...

Well, you know that someone had to be the sneaky one and record the Warcraft movie footage from the San Diego Comic Con. And now we have it. The crowd at SDCC was shown several minutes of cobbled-together movie clips from the upcoming World of Warcraft film as an exclusive reveal, with the public trailer coming later this year. One...

Dungeon finders -- they're great, right? They take away the hassle of forming groups and get scads of players into some of the most detailed hand-crafted content of MMOs. Ever since dungeon (LFG) finders landed on the scene and became game staples, experiencing group content in MMOs has become easier than ever. Dungeon finders -- they're horrible, right? They've created...

Have you been missing EverQuest Two-sday? Well, it's back! And there are so many different adventures MassivelyOP's MJ wants to get to before the progression servers open up. Tonight she'll focus on more high-level Heritage Quests; the question is, how fast can she do them? Can she start and finish one all in one go, or could she possibly...

Dark Age of Camelot got a new patch today. Version 1.118 allows players to form groups quicker thanks to some tweaks to the casual group finder system. The update also reduced the difficulty of Darkness Falls mobs, fixed New Frontiers pathing, and added new character stat caps. Broadsword also posted a short notice regarding an update to DAoC's character and...

I love a good customer service story, because it reminds me that a lot goes right behind-the-scenes at MMOs that's hardly ever reported. Braxwolf recently related a heart-warming account of how his son accidentally deleted a pet in Marvel Heroes and Braxwolf's subsequent encounter with the game's CS team. I'll let you read the entire saga for yourself, but here's...

Another day, another hardware rollout for Trove. Trion's voxelbox is a pretty hot ticket, if login queues are an accurate measure of demand. The firm updated a forum post today with news of additional servers coming online, after saying much the same thing earlier. "There are limits on how quickly we can open them up," the company says, "and we're...

Shards Online has officially kicked off its second pre-alpha phase. Project lead Derek Brinkmann posted an update on the game's website today, saying that the Shards server is now in the hands of pre-alpha admins who are running their own servers and learning the fantasy sandbox's modding system. Brinkmann also says that he's working closely with the admin backers to...