Massively Overpowered

Last winter I pre-ordered that Mercenary Edition pack for Elite: Dangerous through Frontier's online store. While I enjoyed playing the space sim at the time, I haven't played it much since then because a) other games and b) I've been waiting for the devs to make good on their promise to deliver Steam keys to people who have already purchased...

WildStar has taken a drubbing in its first year of operation, and much as I don't like saying so, it's deserved it. The game had some really terrible habits that I discussed back on Massively-that-was (which I don't want to link simply because, you know, that Frankengadget thing ain't us), and it has watched its market share decrease to...

For a writer on a multi-MMORPG news site, following pretty much every online game's Twitter feed comes with the territory. It's always interesting to me to see what "personalities" each feed develops over time, from the shy guy who posts only once a month to the toddler-esque accounts that repeat the same information every hour on the hour so that you can't...

When you're a minor god in Skyforge's world, you need to aim for big goals. One of the biggest that you and your friends can achieve in the game is to assault and conquer a Celestial Temple in Skyforge's Pantheon Wars system. The team posted a new dev diary to explain this complex feature. Basically, Pantheon Wars is a mix...

Armored Warfare, Obsidian Entertainment and My.com's tank MMO shooter, entered early access yesterday and had already counted a million registrations. Let's add a few more today! We've got 100 early access keys for Armored Warfare to hand out to the first lucky clickers. Onward to the giveaway! Here's how to redeem your key: Create and log into your Armored Warfare account. Go to...

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...