Massively Overpowered

Are you enjoying flying through space in Elite: Dangerous but not how the game's news cycle has quieted down? Let's change that. A trademark has been registered for Elite: Deadly covering computer games, online interactive games, and more or less anything that would qualify as more Elite on either your home computer or console. Or even your tablet, possibly. The trademark owner...

Friends, it pains me to say this, especially when dinosaurs are involved, but it might be time to give up hope on The Stomping Land. After far overshooting Kickstarter goals for his dinosaur survival sandbox, The Stomping Land creator Alex Fundora has seemingly abandoned the project. Freelance artist Vlad Konstantinov, who had been hired work on the project, said that he...

As I write this, I'm almost finished with the second season of Guild Wars 2's vaunted living story. Without any specific spoilers, I have to say that the season was a step up from the first, with a tighter delivery of narrative and the ability to replay episodes at one's leisure. However, I never felt truly drawn into what...

If you've ever grumped that MMOs don't feel so "massively" these days, then here's something that might put a smile on your face before it gets eaten right off: a game where players control hordes of survivors and zombies duking it out via tower defense in a cute post-apocalyptic setting. While it may not be an MMO in the strictest...

World of Tanks may prove to be one of the most unstoppable online gaming invasions of the past five years, as the WWII sim has dominated practically every platform to which it's been ported. Now Wargaming has its sights set on a plum prize indeed: Xbox One. Wargaming said that it will be bringing World of Tanks to the console...

CCP's latest dev blog talks up the fast-approaching elections for EVE Online's 10th Council of Stellar Management. The voting opens on February 25th, and active accounts with a minimum account age of 30 days are eligible to cast a ballot. Why should you vote? Hell if I know, democracy or some such. Outside of that, CCP is also gifting 10...

Trion posted a preview of Defiance's new Alcatraz update this week. Expeditions, which are "evolving co-op matches that pit players against increasingly tough enemies for ever-increasing rewards," will debut with the patch. Expeditions are tiered so as to provide optimal challenge for Ark Hunters based on their EGO ratings. While high-powered players will be "scaled down" upon entering lower tier...

A new promotion from the Star Wars: The Old Republic team highlights how players can make key decisions in their characters' story. The following Choose Your Path trailer shows abbreviated snippets of a Sith's journey through the MMO and her increasing embrace of the Dark Side. The one-minute commercial doesn't reveal anything new for players, but it is uplifting to...

One of my favorite aspects of World of Warcraft's soundtrack is its devotion to giving the in-game taverns catchy and cozy tunes. I always loved swinging into an inn between adventures just to soak up the ambience and take in the score that was more relaxing than any tankard of virtual ale. You can imagine how glad I was to...

Would you pay for a season pass to H1Z1's popular battle royale content? And if so, how much would you shell out for it? Daybreak President John Smedley was publicly musing about this idea on Twitter yesterday. "Seriously considering doing a season pass for BR. What would the right price be for a season pass?" he asked. In a follow-up...