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The MOP Up: Path of Exile’s Q&A bonanza (July 10, 2016)
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...
Betawatch: World of Warcraft and the art of pre-patch trolling (July 7, 2016)
We have a launch date for World of Warcraft's next expansion, but we don't have a date for the pre-patch before the expansion launches....
LawBreakers hosts its third closed alpha this weekend
Anyone eagerly awaiting the next LawBreakers closed alpha test will be happy to know that the wait is almost over. There's still a wait...
Das Tal plans both US and EU servers for summer alpha
Are you getting hyped for Das Tal's summer alpha? If not, was it because Fairytale Distillery planned only an EU server for the test,...
New Dawn is the survival sandbox that pits natives against pirates
Game studios are a bit like Klondike gold rushers, always scurrying to jump on the current hot trend. So witness, friends, the swelling of...
Play dinos with us! The ‘MoPark’ ARK: Survival Evolved server has relaunched
Massively Overpowered is all about gamers who love games talking about games. And sometimes, we even get to play games together! This post heralds...
Betawatch: Riders of Icarus moves into head start (July 1, 2016)
Riders of Icarus has not launched yet; it's in head start. Yes, head start before open beta, rather than before, like, launch or something....
The newest ECO patch adds food, buildings, and power
ECO's alpha 4 update is now live, and boy is it a major patch for the upcoming sandbox. Several major systems have been added...
RIFT’s summer patch includes starter guilds, dungeon veterans, and the 64-bit alpha
Summer is the perfect time for cookouts, beach parties, sunburns, and meaty MMO patches. At least RIFT thinks so, as Trion Worlds is preparing...
Chronicles of Elyria has three prologue experiences in the works, including a MUD
While the full MMORPG portion of Chronicles of Elyria may be a year and a half off (or more), the team is working hard...
Take a good, long look at Escape from Tarkov gameplay
One-minute trailers can give you a tiny taste of a game, but they can never truly give a feel for the game or show...
Betawatch: Shroud of the Avatar prepares launch without launching (June 24, 2016)
It's important to note that Shroud of the Avatar is not actually going to launch on July 28th. It's just not going to wipe...
The Stream Team: A first look at Master X Master’s alpha weekend
MassivelyOP's MJ is all about peeking in and checking out new games, and what's newer than the first alpha weekend of NCsoft's upcoming Master...
Pantheon highlights non-instanced dungeon group gameplay
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's livestream Thursday night took a deep look into the gameplay possible in the pre-alpha client. Visionary Realms' Brad "Aradune" McQuaid...
Shards Online gets greenlit and adds player-run merchants
We all remember those important milestones in our life: Our first lost tooth, our graduation, our wedding, and of course, our debut on digital game...
Vigor Roads’ Kickstarter ends unsuccessfully, Project Genom plans crafting
As we covered in our last Make My MMO, the Kickstarter for NeuronHaze's post-apoc MMO Vigor Roads ended unsuccessfully over the weekend. The studio accepted the...
The Skies is still on track for a 2016 PC beta, 2017 console beta
Post-apoc F2P MMORPG The Skies has been busy since launching its early access alpha on Steam last month. Last week, it performed a mass...
Betawatch: A whole lot of E3 news (June 17, 2016)
This week was all about E3, and for MMO players, it didn't feature a whole lot of new titles. Oh, there was plenty of...
Crowfall’s seventh class is the mighty minotaur
One of the neat aspects of Crowfall's archetypes is how the team is scouting a wider range of fantasy races for its inspiration. Move over,...
E3 2016: LawBreakers is holding a test this weekend and makes plans for early access
The development team behind LawBreakers is getting ready to let players start roaming around in the game sooner rather than later. Sure, the game's...
