Massively Overpowered

Remember when you were in your first raiding guild, and it was nothing but drama from start to finish on your guild forums because no one had invented social media yet? Fast-forward to today, when Reddit is the global equivalent and the drama continues. Apparently provoked by the firing of the Reddit employee responsible for AMAs (ask-me-anythings), the AMA sub locked its...

Ever have a day when a confluence of posts and quotes lead you to one big MMO-related question? This post is that question, and this is what led me here: Massively OP's Jef voiced annoyance for a certain in-dev game that releases frequent behind-the-scenes vids: "It's a day that ends in y, here's a video update! Just make the game, dudes;...

The streets of Tokyo are tough in The Secret World. That's why it's important for players to collect a second full set of AEGIS controllers beyond the initial one the entry mission provides. Since her set is still incomplete, MassivelyOP's MJ is running the tower defense mission to nab another piece. Tune in live at 9:00 p.m. for a...

This week's Massively Overthinking question comes from KS donor Morreion, who asks, Do you think that MMO server-wide communities will ever make a comeback? I suppose we must first agree that MMO server-wide communities have fallen off to begin with, right? Let's do just that and then tackle Morreion's topic. Brendan Drain (@nyphur): Individual server communities obviously still exist in sharded games like...

Post-apocalyptic sandbox Xsyon got a developer update post this week. Notorious Games' blogged briefly about changes to the game's infirmaries and guides, which it says will be ready for a public patch after some "minor improvements." You can help test infirmaries and provide feedback by logging into Xsyon's test server. Notorious is also seeking feedback on upcoming death penalty tweaks, so...

The survival sandbox Tree of Life has plans to vastly expand its territory, promising that it will soon grow to encompass four times the current area of the game. Of course, with growth comes growing pains, as the devs are warning that they will be wiping out all of the existing buildings when this happens. Tree of Life has also...

Citadel has published the latest issue of its Shards Online newsletter. Project lead Derek Brinkmann pens an intro that touches on everything from worldbuilding progress to content to the animal taming system. He also mentions that pre-alpha admins should watch their inboxes for details on the upcoming player-run server event. The newsletter also says that all alpha backers will be allowed...

Skysaga's burgeoning community has a new way to grow closer today, as the game has opened the doors of its PvP arena to testers. Alpha Patch 4.5 might not have many line items in its patch notes, but each of what's there looks to be fairly significant. The voxel sandbox now features faster leveling, more quests, improved AI, and cheaper...

Here's another Crowfall news bite! Today's drop takes the form of a video Q&A with design lead Thomas Blair and creative director J. Todd Coleman. The duo spends the better part of 10 minutes addressing questions like "should the PvP community continue to be concerned about more PvE features" as well as bits about the UI, the item drop/discard...

CCP's latest dev blog address changes to EVE Online's customer support. More specifically, New Eden has a new customer support help center courtesy of third-party cloudware firm Zendesk. CCP says the new system benefits customers due to "greatly improved self-help tools, search features, a rating system, social media integration, chat support features, and a much smoother overall experience." The new...