Massively Overpowered

Is virtual reality just a fad that happens to come around every once in a while? Entropia Universe is banking that it's here to stay this time, as its studio is laying out plans to support and integrate VR in its virtual worlds. Entropia Universe AB announced yesterday that it will be fully supporting several virtual reality devices, including Oculus...

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Blizzard behemoth World of Warcraft loses a bunch of subscribers, the internet loses its mind, and we lose a lot of sleep policing the comments of the corresponding news article. Activision-Blizzard's latest earnings report says that WoW is down to 7.1 million subscribers, which is 2.9 million less than the 10 million reported...

RIFT crafters may soon have a good reason to get out of their safety bubbles in the city and get their hands dirty to further their tradeskills. According to a short post on the official forums, the team is currently working on a new type of crafting system that interfaces with the game's signature rifts. In reference to a player...

I'm hosting some online friends at my meatspace house this month, and last March I flew out to stay with some other friends I'd been gaming with since 2004 but had never met in person. It was a blast and something I hope to do more of, travel logistics and costs notwithstanding! What about you, MOP readers? How often do you...

With the first two Skyforge closed beta tests out of the way and the third one currently running, it's of course time for The Big Numbers Show, starring our good friend, Mr. Infographic! Thank you, thank you. The devs put together many mind-bogglingly huge numbers from the tests so far, including reports that players have undertaken 810,000 adventures, killed over...

BioWare has outlined its approach to the latest Star Wars: The Old Republic 12x experience event which is now active. The boost enables subscribers to level from 1 to 50 via their class missions, which means those of you who'd like to experience BioWare's story but wouldn't like to experience the mind-numbing planetary mission grind can now commence with your happy...

If you wake up in the morning and find yourself just unable to get enough early access sandbox titles to whet your appetite, you'll be happy to know that Tree of Life is coming to Steam as an early access title. What is it? Imagine Wurm Online, only Korean, and you'll be at least halfway there. Tree of Life plans...

In this episode, Larry, Jason, Justin, and Tina debate the MMO free-to-play business model: the best takes, the western market, and awful F2P ads.

The bad news: You've been sentenced to prison and are severely outnumbered by powerful, ancient beings. The good news: The warden has allowed you to bring your weapons in with you. Destiny players will be performing a prison break-in with the game's next major content update, House of Wolves. A new three-player co-op arena called the Prison of Elders is...

To spoil or not to spoil; that is the question. When it comes to The Secret World, that's a very serious question indeed! As much as I really, really hate spoilers, how could I ever decline a sneak-peek tour of much-anticipated Issue #11 with Funcom Lead Designer Romain Amiel and Communications Manager Tor Egil Andersen? The answer is, I couldn't. After...