Massively Overpowered

Earlier this year, when City of Heroes Homecoming first scored a license to operate from NCsoft, my kid fell hard into econ PvP over there. I can't really blame him, either; I also love that game's auction hall system and how it rewards patience, cleverness, and math. He was logging in to flip auctions every day, not even really...

After weeks of needling, Amazon finally delivered a roadmap for New World this week: The studio is introducing what it's calling "seasonal worlds," the first of which will revolve around a throwback open PvP ruleset. Meanwhile, Corepunk officially launched into early access after years of delays, we pondered the popularity of the MMORPG genre, Throne & Liberty teased a new...

It turns out that a large swath of RuneScape players have indeed been nice this year, because Papa Jagex is giving them the keys of the Christmas Village and not banishing them to the coal mines. What? Of course Jagex has a coal mine. How did you think it made its profit margins? In any case, the Christmas Village and...

"What started as an office joke about a giant turkey with laser eyes turned into an actual world boss when one of our AI designers made Turkulon on the side. Here is the origin story for Aeternum’s most fearsome turkey," said New World. And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for a roundup of other...

While Thanksgiving is technically over, MOP's Chris is continuing to feel the holiday mood of togetherness here on OPTV, and that means it's time to be with family and friends in Final Fantasy XIV once again. Join them for another chilled-out Eorzea Sunday today at 2:00 p.m. EST! What: Final Fantasy XIV Who: Chris Neal When: 2:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, December...

Pokemon Go's winter seasonal update, Dual Destiny, has at least frontloaded some of the details on what would normally be mystery events, so I'm thankful for that. The rest of the preview, however, suggests that Niantic severely underestimating the negative feedback of last season's new feature, Max Battle raids, as it's seemingly trying to monetize system shortcomings instead of,...

It would seem as if the shaky Squadron 42 prologue shared during this year's CitizenCon has caused some firings to occur. Or at least that's the presumption, as a now-former member of CIG's staff has reported that another round of layoffs has impacted the Star Citizen developer. According to Insider Gaming, developer Gill Eadesseo has claimed on Twitter that CIG...

The irony of going on lengthy adventures to exotic settings in MMOs is that your character usually doesn't bring a smartphone to take pictures of these discoveries. So did they actually happen? Or is the player him or herself a floating phone documenting the trip? As you ponder that, take in Greaterdivinity's stellar shot: "Getting the latest legendary starter kit in...

Yes, folks, this is truly the time of excess for those of us in the USA, when we all gorge ourselves on about four hundred million calories of turkey and then invent reasons like "lots of tryptophan" to justify feeling sleepy afterwards. But food isn't the only thing we can indulge in. Don't you "citation needed" me; we all...

It's been over 12 years since Star Citizen's record-setting Kickstarter, and while the game is still being dragged through alpha, its crowdfunding has only increased: This week, the space MMO passed $750M in total crowdfunding in the middle of its free-fly event as people just can't seem to stop throwing money at this unfinished game that was originally supposed...