Massively Overpowered

In the ongoing, neverending sandbox-vs.-themepark MMO debate, the folks on the side of sandboxes want one thing: more. Actually they want a lot more. They want more to do, more to see, more to experience. They aren't content with linear, level-based, content-poor design tracks scrambling to be the next floundering WoW-killer. They definitely want more than just another online murder simulator. They...

Do you like to explore stuff? You know, wander off into the wild blue yonder in zones and just see what you can see? The Elder Scrolls Online will let you do that. Why, it has a new video out just today to shine more of a light on the exploration options available in the game. If you're a...

Explorers rejoice! On June 4th, those who revel in the non-combat aspects of MMOs will be able to meander aimlessly through the wilds of Wander when it launches on Steam and on the PlayStation 4 in Europe and Asia. Players will start off lumbering across the lands as a tree, learning and communicating with others using Wander's own glyph...

Odds are good that you've had experience with H1Z1's Battle Royale gameplay by now if you've played the game for any length of time. So how could that mode expand without adding in a bunch of Japanese teenagers killing one another? By going hardcore. A new dispatch outlines the changes of the new Hardcore Battle Royale, which ups the...

No one would debate whether or not it's appropriate to ban players for cheating, but there is space to debate whether or not it's appropriate to state which players were banned. MechWarrior Online has opted to do just that, and its recent banning of 64 players comes along with a full list of account names. The players in question...

Listen up, bub: The era of using rare retcon potions to reset your Marvel Heroes characters is about to end. Gazillion announced yesterday that it has decided to make retconning -- the act of resetting power and omega points -- an unlimited feature with next week's second anniversary patch. "With the evolution of the Marvel Heroes over the last two...

Critics, current players, former players, people who had briefly heard about the title from friends and family - a lot of people didn't think that WildStar could keep its subscription model forever. The question, for most observers, was when it would go free-to-play, not whether. But Carbine Studios has remained silent on the subject... until now. Yes, WildStar is going to be transitioning to...

I have no doubt that Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is going to be big, both for the studio and its playerbase. It's looking to add zones, new forms of progression, a new class, specializations for existing classes, and all other manner of goodies. Right now, it's one of the hottest beta tickets in town. And yet the more...

What's up with Shards Online this week? Well, quite a bit according to project lead and Ultima Online veteran Derek Brinkmann. MassivelyOP recently caught up with the Citadel Studios founder to ask him about the sandbox title's development roadmap, some new additions to the dev team, and his opinion on the game industry's recent pay-for-mods controversy. The full interview is just past...

Got the urge to prove your PvP skills and get rewarded for it? Xsyon is holding its first ever Capture the Flag event this Saturday, May 30th, starting at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Just as you'd expect from such a contest, teams of participants will infiltrate each others' forts in an effort to abscond with the enemy flag and return...