Massively Overpowered

Justin and Bree discuss The Secret World, Daybreak's layoffs, Crowfall's B2P model, WildStar, Nexon vs. NCsoft, SWTOR 3.1, and Elder Scrolls Online's B2P relaunch, with mailbag questions on SWG's PvP system and traditional MMOs.

What is it about outer space that elicits the cutthroat nature of sci-fi MMOs? Well, get ready to go on that adventure again, as Nebula Online is running a crowdfunding campaign to build an "old-school hardcore sci-fi" MMO that corrects the mistakes of games such as, oh, EVE Online. "Some people may think that it is just bad copy of...

Final Fantasy XIV patch 2.51 is expected to drop on February 24th, and it's bringing the long-awaited Manderville Gold Saucer as its main attraction. A recent live letter from producer and director Naoki Yoshida explained several of the Gold Saucer mechanics and events in depths, including Chocobo Racing and the Triple Triad card game. And now there's an official...

We can't blame World of Warcraft fans for being in an excitement tizzy (that's a thing, right?) over the upcoming Patch 6.1, as it looks to add a slew of improvements to the game. While we can't shorten the wait for you, we can point you to the following informative video interview with Blizzard Lead Game Designer Ion Hazzikostas. Hazzikostas...

In the midst of this rebirth of Massively, I found myself suddenly placed in charge of my Star Wars: The Old Republic guild. We are on a roleplay server because we like to be friendly to roleplayers, but we are not strictly a roleplay guild. I'm actually happy with that stance. I would like there to be more roleplay in my guild...

How do you prevent a hostile takeover? In NCsoft's case, you buy something. Specifically, you buy a large portion of shares from Netmarble while also engaging in a large-scale swap of stock between the two companies to provide a buffer against Nexon's moves toward a hostile takeover. The deal in question involved a purchase of $345 million worth of...

Crowfall developer ArtCraft Entertainment has announced today that the game will employ the Voxel Farm technology platform. If that name sounds familiar, it's because Voxel Farm is licensed to several other high-profile MMORPGs, including Landmark and EverQuest Next. The best part is how the studio leads describe what they're doing with the tech. "We want to create hundreds of unique worlds, with unique...

Das Tal's latest dev blog is live, and with it all manner of detail as to what the team's been up to lately. Last month's build update led to a couple of serious bugs -- including player invisibility -- which have since been squashed. The blog also gives readers a sneak peek at the sandbox PvP title's next world map...

The face of war is changing in EVE Online with the Tiamat update, and not just because of the introduction of a mysterious new faction known as the Drifters. Players will have to deal with a new Tech 3 destroyer capable of transforming into three modes with an eye toward projectile weapons, which comes along with a rebalancing and...

The other day one of our readers, Joe F., pointed us at a conversation between Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman and an ArcheAge customer who was banned. In the exchange, Hartsman said he reviewed the chat log that led to the ban, concluding, "In 2015, those two words aren't 'cussing.' One is hate speech, the other racism. We wish...