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This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor TheChiHawk, and it's coming from an unusually not-so-massive corner of gamesdom for us: Are there any MMORPGs that employ a Left 4 Dead 2 type of "director feature"? It occurred to me that I still play L4D2 somewhat regularly because it continues to be fun due to the random...

Star Trek Online lead systems designer Phil Zeleski has penned a new dev blog concerning fleet veteran heavy destroyers. These tier six vessels will be added to the game in an upcoming update and may be obtained by players who are 1000-day veteran subscribers or lifetime subscribers. They cost 20,000 fleet credits and one fleet module. They gain 10 percent...

Crowfall has published another installment of its combat chat video dev blog. Featured are designers Thomas Blair and Tully Ackland, who spend nearly six minutes answering combat-related questions from the crowdfunded title's community. Most of the discussion centers on DoT effects, projectiles, and the stamina system. Today's vid is part one of two, with the second part scheduled for next week....

World of Tanks players are quite familiar with their heavy armor -- but what would it feel like to actually be inside those terrifying death machines? Wargaming invites you to find out, as the studio has created virtual reality tours with the help of Google for Tankfest 2015. Google 360's technology allows you to watch the videos as you would...

Got a lot of questions about Tree of Savior? We bet you do, you curious kitten you. Well now it's time to get them answered, as IMC Games has posted a 139-question (and growing) English FAQ on the official site. If you're looking for details on upcoming beta tests and launch dates, you'll be out of luck, however. A vast...

"The shadow of doubt has passed, and the state of the game is strong," City of Titans President Nathaniel Downes trumpets in his newest letter to the community. Downes said that for the first time since City of Titans' Kickstarter campaign concluded, development for the title is firmly "on track" and moving in the right direction. "We have a live...

Now that you've had a day or two to properly ooh and ahh over the reconstructed New Lion's Arch in Guild Wars 2 like a tourist, you might be curious about how the devs went about making this new hub. A behind-the-scenes dev blog is your semi-access pass to the minds at ArenaNet as the team explains the decision behind...

Blizzard sure is proud of World of Warcraft's timewalking mechanic, at least if the number of related dev blogs is any indication. Today the firm released another one, this one focused on The Slave Pens and featuring a map, a boss breakdown, and some gameplay tips as well as a blurb about associated achievements and reputation. The blog post explains that...

Marvel Heroes' second anniversary month is going out with a bang. After three weeks of cow invasions, free heroes, and escalating XP bonuses, Gazillion is bringing back its craziest event: the Big 10. Basically, Big 10 is a whole bunch of events running simultaneously. Players will get extra log-in bonuses for the next week and enjoy activities such as Odin's...

Did you get enough SWTOR news this week? Either way, why not join Massively OP's Larry and MJ to talk about it all as they continue to try and cram in as much story XP as possible? You might also see more evil flow: Larry's convinced he can get MJ to fall deeper into the clutches of the dark...