Massively Overpowered

If one weapon is neat, then two must be twice as great, right? That seems to be the thought process behind dual-wielding in video games, although it's not something that pans out so well in real life (at least when it comes to guns). Just about every MMO I know allows players to dual-wield in some form, whether it's two...

Path of Exile has another big update on the way! It has fun new skills like Golems, Warcries, and Golemcries! Maybe not so much with the last one. The point is that there's an update, it's in testing, and you can help test it if you follow the right steps. Glorious! Other testing news from around the test-web-blog-o-sphere (patent pending...

Want to get a glimpse behind the curtain of character design and development in the MMO industry? The latest Worlds Adrift dev blog may interest you, as it features some early sketches of the sandbox title's human avatars as well as concept art featuring proposed (and later, scrapped) "little chibi animal-based characters." Bossa Studios says that it now has a...

EverQuest Executive Producer Holly Longdale dropped a few info-bombs on the community today with an update letter on the game. The biggest news was the announcement of a new type of content release called campaigns. Campaigns will begin this fall and will be twice-a-year DLC packs for the game (presumably in lieu of further expansions, much like how EverQuest...

There's lots going on in the world of ArcheAge this week, and most of it is summarized in a Trion website update focused on the upcoming Dread Prophecies update. For starters, there's an event happening this weekend that grants bonus labor points. Next weekend will feature a trade pack turn-in contest with loyalty point rewards and various prizes for...

Crowfall is delivering a two-for-one dev update today, starting with lore behind the Myrmidon. The Myrmidon is a minotaur that made it into the game thanks to an early stretch goal. According to the game lore, the Myrmidon was created by a trickster god so that "the hunter must never forget how it feels to be hunted." The devs also...

Massively OP's Larry just can't keep his hands out of everyone's pockets in The Elder Scrolls Online. Luckily, MJ is there to chronicle the hilarious results! Can Larry actually go five minutes without stealing? Or will MJ break down and join in the pickpocketing spree during the duo's next adventures? Place your bets now and tune in live at 3:00...

It's 1989. My buddy and I are in a comic store and raising our eyebrows at this odd little one-shot called Gotham by Gaslight. You probably know it; the cover is all greens and blues with a gargoylish and scarier-than-usual Batman perched on a 19th century rooftop. We didn't realize it at the time, but we were looking at the first in...

There's a feature sitting right in your Garrison in World of Warcraft that you might have barely used, but it's something that pet battle enthusiasts really do want. If you've never even tried out pet battles, you might not even realize it's there. It's the Menagerie, and a new development post provides a quick guide to unlocking and using...

Path of Exile's next major update, The Awakening, is introducing not one, not three, but two new types of skills to the game. There are more than a dozen new gems for players to use on the monsters of the game, and among those new skills are Golems and Warcries. The former allows players to summon specialized minions that...