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The MOP Up: Destiny 2’s class roster (June 18, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Make My MMO: Broke Protocol launches early access after failed Kickstarter (June 10, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Minecraft-meets-GTAO MMO Broke Protocol's Kickstarter ended unsuccessfully on Thursday, but the good news is that the game launched its early access...
Betawatch: Secret World Legends opens the beta doors (June 9, 2017)
If you're an active player of The Secret World, you can get into the Secret World Legends beta at this point. Really, you can!...
Worlds Adrift offers an update on the next batch of Founder’s Packs
There's a strange allure to something you want but can't have. There's testing available right now in Worlds Adrift, and the developers are happily...
MMO veteran Bill Roper joins SpatialOS dev Improbable
MMORPG fans know well the name Bill Roper: He's the former Blizzard developer who went on to helm Flagship's Hellgate: London and Cryptic's Champions Online...
Worlds Adrift’s character creation options will be limited at launch
The team behind Worlds Adrift put out a new video showing the game's character customization options as it stands right now. The takeaway? It's...
Make My MMO: Legends of Aria’s alpha, Ashes of Creation’s lofty ambitions (May 27, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Legends of Aria -- which we'll probably never stop accidentally calling Shards Online -- began its alpha, introducing testers and...
Betawatch: Shot Online Golf is hosting its first beta test (May 26, 2017)
Golf! It's technically a sport, but it's mostly a waste of space and resources under the guise of one. Rather than actually wasting water,...
Worlds Adrift’s closed beta turnout exceeded studio expectations
Worlds Adrift's closed beta kicked off earlier this week, and this would be one of those times to admit it's gone a little too well. Bossa...
Worlds Adrift’s closed beta has begun, founder packs are now on sale
Worlds Adrift's closed beta has just begun, Bossa Studios just announced. "If you’ve played the game before, you’ll see that the world has been completely redesigned and...
Improbable’s plan for rescuing the MMO genre from ‘nuclear winter’ involves a crapton of money
Improbable keeps popping up in news stories relating to MMOs lately -- that's thanks to SpatialOS, what the company is calling a "distributed computing...
Worlds Adrift’s closed beta begins Wednesday
Make your last farewells to the Worlds Adrift alpha servers: They're going dark tomorrow. That's because the game's closed beta is about to begin,...
Massively Overthinking: Being Uncle Owen in MMORPGs
Ever since the tone-deaf SOE proclamation that nobody wanted to play Uncle Owen in an MMORPG, contrary me has consciously fought that very stupid...
RuneScape’s Jagex is the latest MMORPG studio to employ Improbable’s SpatialOS
Add another gaming studio partnership to Improbable's file: RuneScape developer Jagex announced today that it's teamed up with the tech company to deploy SpatialOS...
Betawatch: Secret World Legends is coming in June (May 13, 2017)
Everyone who predicted Secret World Legends would miss its original spring target date gets a cookie. Turns out the game is launching soon, but...
Virtual world creator Improbable receives $502M investment from SoftBank
Here's another reminder that we really shouldn't take our eyes off of Improbable Worlds, even for a second. The five-year-old software company, which is...
Worlds Adrift shows off player-made islands debuting with the beta
With Worlds Adrift's closed beta delayed a few extra weeks, players have extra time to build build build, and Bossa Studios is busily plucking...
The MOP Up: SMITE’s console mea culpa (May 7, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Perfect Ten: Exploring MMORPGs from the far corners of the world
Have you ever noticed that while there's an entire world out there, most all of the MMORPGs we discuss and play tend to either...
Make My MMO: Crowfall adds geomancy and architecture skills (April 29, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Crowfall canceled its weekend playtest, but not before issuing a dev blog updating the community on some of the crafting changes...