Massively Overpowered

There's no doubt that the MOBA genre is a behemoth in the industry right now, with titles like League of Legends and DOTA 2 raking in millions of players and Ebenezer Scrooge-amounts of revenue. However, one author says that other studios chasing these numbers with their own MOBA offerings are heading for a trap of dire proportions. Over at Gamasutra,...

Long-running indie sci-fi sandbox Vendetta Online published a new build last weekend. Version 1.8.331 improved high drain power cells, it buffed extreme drain power cells, and it tweaked turret weapon auto aim functionality. Additionally, the patch made some behind-the-scenes changes to billing on Google's Play Store and Amazon, which developer Guild Software calls "critically important" in the case of a large...

Mo undertakes his first kill-ten-rats quest and boggles at the array of loot those tiny rats possess.

Looking forward to paying for your World of Warcraft subscription with in-game gold? You don't have long to wait at all; the WoW Token will be going on sale after maintenance tomorrow, April 7th. Tokens can be purchased for $20 of real money and sold via a special in-game interface, with the initial price being pegged at 30,000 gold. Once...

So what is the Temple of Elemental Evil? Is it a temple devoted to evil performed by elementals? Is it a temple devoted to the element "evil," which isn't really an element but makes about as much sense as considering "fire" an element? Is it simply a temple devoted to the most basic or elemental form of evil? Tell...

It happened, just as expected. A day after I posted a lengthy column discussing Final Fantasy XIV's last big pre-expansion patch, that patch dropped, and wouldn't you know it, nearly every single thing that I predicted turned out to be largely wrong, mostly because of carefully constructed misdirection, which is a trick I respect immensely. It made for a more...

The most recent update to Shroud of the Avatar had a bit of a bunny theme. It was intentional, a bit of a nod to the Easter holiday. The most recent official development update highlights the fact that players have taken the opportunity to run with that for a few... disturbing screenshots, here and there. Maybe if there had...

Welcome to MMOception: an MMO within an MMO (or if you want to get technical, an MMO within a "virtual world"), By using scripting and the tools available in Second Life, an enterprising team has fashioned an MMO that exists within that virtual world. Remnants of Earth is a "cyberpunk western" romp through a post-apocalyptic Earth in which players go on...

It might be hard to believe, but it's been a whole year since The Elder Scrolls Online launched. Specifically, it was a year as of Saturday, since the game launched on April 4th, 2014. Whether you've been playing the whole year or just jumped in after the game swapped to its buy-to-play model recently, the game has seen its...

The crumbling of the once-promising crowdfunded sandbox Greed Monger continues, as project lead Jason Appleton announced that he's abandoning the project and giving control to his former compatriots: "I have officially signed the agreements that give James Proctor and Joel Hager complete ownership and control of the Greed Monger IP." Appleton admits that his being a "very passionate and outspoken...