action combat
Everyone’s a kumas in TERA’s Aces Wild update
What else besides the Manglemire dungeon does TERA have up its sleeve for July's Aces Wild update? How about turning everyone into kumases in...
Blade & Soul’s Soul Fighter update is live today
The Soul Fighter does not actually fight souls in Blade & Soul. No more than any other class, anyhow. It mostly fights with soul,...
Phantasy Star Online 2 reveals the full details of its collaboration with Final Fantasy XIV
Are you eager to play Phantasy Star Online 2? Wait, scratch that; the ship has pretty well sailed on that and most of the...
One Shots: Cave art
True fact: One of the earliest attempts to screenshot the action in an MMORPG took place as prehistoric cave paintings in France. Another true...
E3 2016: A look at Blade & Soul’s new class, the Soul Fighter
Blade &Â Soul hasn't yet been out for a year and it's already gotten several updates, all good news for the players. While I had...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs for mature audiences only
As with mainstream movies, it seems that the MMORPG industry has settled comfortably into the PG-13 zone for its approach and themes. Sure, there's...
TERA’s 2016 plans include the largest BAM ever; game to sunset in China
One of TERA's tentpole features is its crazy insane fights against plus-sized mobs, which it calls "big-ass monsters" (BAMs). Well if you think you've...
DCUO teases GU61, Episode 25, and the Tides of War summer event
DC Universe Online's Episode 25 and GU61 are live on the test server this week. Episode 25 itself features a level 30 solo adventure...
TERA previews its July update, Aces Wild
The next big update for TERA is arriving in July, which isn't far in the distance, but it's not something that's happening tomorrow. Still,...
Blade & Soul shows off the new Soul Fighter class
At long last, players of Blade & Soul will be able to properly fight souls with the new Soul Fighter class. It's a class...
PSA: The E3 Humble Bundle is full of online gaming goodness
Is your favorite MMO going to be at E3 this year? There are some games there and many that aren't, so it's a bit...
Age of Conan’s revamped item shop draws ire from players
Cash shops are pretty much a standard feature in most MMORPGs these days, whether you like them or not. It's always a tricky balancing...
Superdata: WoW, Lineage, SWTOR, TERA, and Blade & Soul top April P2P online games revenues
Superdata has a new seasonal report out on the state of the digital games market. The research firm's April figures show that World of...
Guild Chat: Giving a newbie Blade & Soul clan purpose
Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, my cosy wee corner of Massively Overpowered in which I break down a reader's guild related...
One Shots: Two hearts beating as one
It's not every day that you get married, either in real life or in a video game. Reader Kanbe managed to impress me by...
The Secret World is losing its lead writer
The Secret World is losing its lead writer, Funcom's Romain Amiel has told players on the official forums.
"We are sad to announce that Joshua...
Blade and Soul reveals 2016 content plans, including the Soul Fighter class
NCsoft Producer Nico Coutant has a big community letter out today for Blade & Soul fans discussing the state of the game and where...
Blade & Soul’s Vengeance Breaks update has arrived
The main story of Blade & Soul starts off with a very clear tale of revenge. Some lady shows up, wrecks your stuff, and...
A TERA/Devilian mobile crossover game exists
All right. So what do you get when you combine TERA with Devilian? No, not the concepts of those games, the actual games. What...
One Shots: Bride of the comments section!
While I love any of you forever if you email in One Shots submissions, I think it's time once again to delve fully into...
