PAX West 2017: Ashes of Creation’s PvP demo trailer - Yeah, we're way far off from PAX West, but so what! Ashes of Creation has released a trailer today featuring PvP arena content that will be demoing at the Seattle…
City of Titans and Ship of Heroes team up for City of Heroes successor panel at PAX West - There will be a City of Heroes panel at PAX West... after a fashion. The game may be gone, but the City of Titans development team will be there to…
Ashes of Creation gives an early glimpse of its PAX demo environment - At first glance, Ashes of Creation's PAX demo environment looks like pretty typical desert scrub: jutting rocks, occasional patches of flora, pools of water sitting in the middle of cracked…
Ashes of Creation talks up its PAX West public demo, hires six more devs - If you're heading to PAX West in September, you might want to make plans to visit the Ashes of Creation booth at the show. The team will be on hand…
H1Z1 Invitational returns to TwitchCon with a $500,00 prize pool - Daybreak's stream darling is starting down the road to another grand tournament, as the H1Z1 Invitational was announced to be returning to TwitchCon this October. A half-million dollar prize pool…
Guild Wars 2 takes Path of Fire on tour, prepares big balance update - With the news of Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire out there, ArenaNet is kicking it into high gear this summer to prepare for next month's launch. If the team…
Final Fantasy XIV shares its plans for PAX West 2017 - [AL:FFXIV]With Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood out and being enjoyed, you might think that the team behind the game would be taking a vacation. Not any more; maybe that was last…
The PAX West City of Heroes and Ashes of Creation panels are a go - A few weeks back, we reported on the City of Heroes-themed panel coming to PAX West in Seattle at the beginning of September. With the release of the PAX schedule on…
Ashes of Creation shows off live combat, preps for major PAX West push - The growing Ashes of Creation community is abuzz over the team's recent livestream in which the MMO's combat system and UI was shown in greater depth than anything seen so…
Guild Wars 2 preps PAX West party, sound panel, and video teasers - [AL:GW2]If you're heading to PAX West in Seattle this weekend, you've got only two opportunities to gather with Guild Wars 2 fans. The first is the party on Friday night, open…
Digital Extremes announces retro permadeath MMO ‘Survived By’ - Warframe developer Digital Extremes just announced that it's partnered with Human Head Studios for a new MMO "roguelite" with a pixel-art style. It's called Survived By, and the teams are…
Blade & Soul’s PAX West e-sports tourney has a $170,000 prize purse - [AL:BaS]NCsoft's taking another stab at MMORPG e-sports, this time with Blade & Soul, which will serve as the focal point of the company's tourney at this weekend's PAX West. "The…
Ashes of Creation previews PAX pre-alpha tutorial, plans ‘alpha zero’ for December - If you can't make the Ashes of Creation demo and panel at this weekend's PAX West, don't fret: You can still check out the game's current state in its new…
Hi-Rez and WESA announce 10-member Paladins Premier League - Blizzard isn't the only studio having a go at a massive pro league for its star shooter: Hi-Rez announced this morning what it's calling a Premier League (PPL) for Paladins,…
The Daily Grind: What wishful-thinking PAX West MMORPG announcement would blow you away? - Massively OP's MJ Guthrie is at PAX West (formerly known as PAX Prime, a much catchier name if you ask me!) for us this weekend as it kicks off today,…
PAX West 2017: ARK announces underground Aberration expansion with ziplines and spelunking - With an expansion and official launch released in that order, ARK: Survival Evolved is busy at work on its next expansion. Announced at PAX West this weekend, ARK: Aberration will…
PAX West 2017: Rend expands world size, adds more MMO elements - Wondering what happened to Rend since its big debut at PAX East? Frostkeep Studios went decidedly quiet over the summer after the three-faction sandbox's first alpha. Did something happen in that alpha…
PAX West 2017: Ashes of Creation reveals December 15 alpha zero, Bear McCreary as composer - During the Ashes of Creation panel at PAX West, Founder and Creative Director Steven Sharif announced the exact date of the upcoming Alpha 0: Come December 15th, 2017, some players…
PAX West 2017: Ship of Heroes’ demo trailer outlines testing for 2017 and 2018 - During the superhero MMO panel last night, Ship of Heroes' CEO, Casey McGeever, demoed the game in a new trailer that heralded several announcements for the game: It's planning a…
PAX West 2017: Ashes of Creation documents its event showing - We have to admit that after years of MMOs being downgraded on the exhibit floor of PAX, it's great to see some titles getting a nice showing this year at…
PAX West 2017: Trove’s next big patch will focus on clubs - [AL:Trove]While most of the focus at PAX West 2017 for Trove was on the Eclipse expansion that just released (with its new Atlas, Shadow Tower lobby and bosses, subclasses, and…
PAX West 2017: Watch the full Ashes of Creation panel - This past weekend at PAX West, Ashes of Creation made sure to drop a few announcement bombs on its community that showed up to check out and support the game.…
PAX West 2017: Atlas Reactor’s next freelancers are a hamster and a dino - Atlas Reactor has come a long way since it first opened its doors. When I very first tried the alpha back in February, there were only 13 freelancers to choose…
PAX West 2017: Dual Universe demos its persistent, seamless, sandbox universe - If you were hoping that another title would pick up the idea of a voxel world and run with it, you're getting your wish. I met with Jean-Christophe Baillie, the…
PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Amazon’s Breakaway - When I first went for my hands-on appointment to try out Amazon Game Studios' upcoming mythological sports brawler Breakaway at PAX West, I didn't realize I would break Amazon! All…
PAX West 2017: Total War Arena’s hounds of war and World of Tanks’ war stories - [AL:WOT]When you think about Wargaming, you don't really think about characters or troops -- you think about war machines. But Total War: Arena's inclusion into the studio's publishing portfolio is…
PAX West 2017: Ship of Heroes on exploration, community, and recapturing the magic of City of Heroes - Sometimes MMORPG players might get the feeling that game companies will let just about anything slide in order to keep the most revenue streaming in, but that's not the case…
City of Titans plans 2017 pre-alpha, crowdfund to ‘take things to the next level’ - City of Titans studio Missing Worlds Media has just posted a recap of its presentation at last week's PAX West and a status update on the game. "For City of…
PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Dauntless’ new behemoth - Although I'd recently played a bit of Dauntless, I was looking forward to my hands-on at PAX West. That's because I was primed to see -- and hopefully face --…
PAX West 2017: Trion’s PvE MMO shooter Defiance deserves a second look - I admit that before PAX West 2017, I hadn't logged into Defiance in a long, long time. I couldn't even say how long. Even so, I still have very fond…
PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Amazing Eternals - If I had to pick a PAX West booth to give an award to for sheer fun factor, it would go to Digital Extremes’ new board/card/computer game combo The Amazing…
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMOs of 2017’s PAX West - PAX West 2017 has come and gone, and though MJ is still feverishly working on her last few articles, we wanted to pause a moment to reflect on everything we've…
PAX West 2017: Taking a closer look at En Masse’s Closers - [AL:Clo]When I visited the En Masse offices during PAX West, it was a crash course in learning how to use a controller -- which I haven't picked up in years…
PAX West 2017: Taking ‘control’ of TERA on console - [AL:TERA]It's all about the controller: My En Masse Entertainment PAX West office visit last weekend included a hands-on with TERA on console. Now, I have played TERA before, and it…
PAX West 2017: Playing Kritika Online’s upcoming Psion class in Shattered Table - [AL:Krit]En Masse recently introduced the newest class coming to Kritika Online, and while visiting the studio's offices during PAX West 2017, I was able to dive in and play it.…
PAX West 2017: Ashes of Creation’s combat, crowdfunding, characters, and the infamous hat - You don't have to be a massive MMO studio to have a big showing at PAX West - Intrepid Studios proved that. The indie studio developing Ashes of Creation had a…
PAX West 2017: How RIFT is making player exploration worth the effort - [AL:Rift]Although much of the RIFT demo at PAX West focused on showing off the Celestial Storm update, it was another aspect that captured my attention. While I was speaking with…
PAX West 2017: Life and death in Digital Extremes’ new MMO Survived By - While there were plenty of established games on hand at PAX West 2017, there were also a few new ones offering players a taste of the future. Survived By by…
PAX West 2017: A closer look at H1Z1 King of the Kill’s combat practice - If you've been away from H1Z1 for a long time, you need to known that Daybreak's been making it easier to get back into the game, both for former players…
PAX West 2017: Hand of the Gods’ Japanese pantheon and the possibility of 2v2 - While the full Hi-Rez portfolio wasn't in attendance at PAX West, Hand of the Gods was on-hand with a fan tournament as well as machines to introduce folks to the…
PAX West 2017: SMITE’s new conquest map, Paladins Strike, and the fate of SMITE Rivals - [AL:Smite]Just because SMITE and Paladins weren't available to play at PAX West doesn't mean that there wasn't stuff to learn about the games from Hi-Rez! I got the low down on…
Massively OP Podcast Episode 135: PAX in the P.M. - Justin, Bree, and MJ discuss PAX West, Secret World Legends, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, WoW, ArcheAge, and WildStar, plus a mailbag question on Destiny and raiding.
MassivelyOP’s complete PAX West 2017 coverage - Massively Overpowered was on the ground in Seattle for PAX West 2017, bringing you expert MMO coverage on Ashes of Creation, Ship of Heroes, Dual Universe, and everything else on…
PAX West 2017: ArcheAge’s Corgi Conundrum, anniversary update, and the 4.0 expansion - [AL:Arche]Nothing may quite compare to last week's big server evolution in scope of change for ArcheAge, but there are more changes coming over the next couple of months. The good news…
PAX West 2017: Chronicles of Elyria’s monetization philosophy, tribe evolution, and the PvP sandbox stigma - What is Chronicles of Elyria? We first learned about the game and its goal to redefine the MMORPG genre back in 2015. Since then, CoE has been developing steadily, especially…
PAX West 2017: A peek at PAX in pictures - With travel, hotel accommodations, and time off work, the logistics of attending your favorite convention doesn't always pan out. Heck, even when you get to go there's no possible way…
PAX West 2017: ARK Survival Evolved on optimization, the Aberration expansion, and future development - This past summer, ARK: Survival Evolved finally officially launched, ending its stint as an early access game just three days before PAX West, then promptly announced its second expansion on the first…
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