Massively Overpowered

So, Heroes of the Storm launched this week. And Infinite Crisis called it quits. That's an interesting and slightly regrettable one-two punch from my perspective, but I suspect I'm in the minority there. Regardless, Blizzard's latest game is everywhere, from television commercials (people still watch television?) to honest trailers to hard drives the world over. What about you, MOP readers...

Albion Online's latest video highlights the fantasy sandbox's guild vs. guild feature. The four-minute clip details how the game gives you "the freedom to conquer the world." The gameplay involves a lot of politics and territory conquests that take the form of 5-on-5 battles, which the devs say ensures that the battles are determined by player skill rather than...

Surely you've heard of the honest trailer phenomenon, wherein a guy with an action movie trailer voice narrates footage of popular films, TV shows, and games to humorous effect. Blizzard's newly released Heroes of the Storm MOBA got the honest trailer treatment this week, and while the original honest trailer guy seems to have gone on vacation, his stand-in has some memorable...

Bummer: A giant creature named Tuska is heading toward RuneScape's world with the full intent of gobbling it up. Wait, did we say bummer? We meant awesome, because that means a fun new summer event for players. Players will be banding together to fend off the intergalactic beast, and to do that they'll need to make deals with gods and...

CCP has published a blog post detailing the results of its latest PLEX for Good fundraising drive that provided assistance for victims of the recent Nepal earthquake. A total of $103,650 USD was donated, which equals 6,910 PLEX or 575 years and 303 days of game time. The sum is the second largest in the history of EVE Online's PLEX for...

Not every MMO patch has to be a field of explorable content through which adventurers romp barefoot and fancy-free. Sometimes the unglamorous work of bug fixes and tech upgrades need to take priority with the dev team. Such is the case with Istaria (formerly Horizons), which posted a preview of what's coming for the game. The team says that the...

Wargaming is shining a spotlight on World of Warships' achievement system. The dev team is aiming for a system that allows for actual gameplay utility instead of the usual badge collection minigame. For example, players who die as a result of magazine detonation will receive an achievement as well as a corresponding crate that rewards a signal flag. The flag then functions...

The countdown has begun for PlanetSide 2's invasion onto the PlayStation 4. Daybreak announced today that it will be releasing its MMOFPS on the console on June 23rd in both North America and Europe. The title has been in beta on the console for the year to date, with "tens of thousands" of testers putting the game through its...

Funcom's mount patch for The Secret World went live earlier today, and while we've talked a lot about the motorcycle in recent days, the new functionality got me to thinking about what else the devs might have up their sleeve. What about watercraft? Or hang-gliders? Or skateboards? Pogo-sticks? It could happen. What kinds of mounts would you like to see?...

With a large roster of potential classes, how will Crowfall balance it all? By starting small, of course. The devs wrote a new post today explaining how they will begin testing the game's combat systems by picking a trio of classes on which to experiment: the Confessor, the Knight, and the Legionnaire. "We'll be concentrating on the basics of combat...