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Chronicles of Elyria AMA on alpha, middleware, griefing, and B2P
The Chronicles of Elyria team submitted itself to the wilds of an AMA on Reddit earlier this afternoon, allowing players to bombard the developers...
Life is Feudal’s MMO test is finally underway
Early in 2016, we spoke to Bitbox about Life is Feudal, an ambitious sandbox that was scaled-down midway through development to be a "pocket"...
Chronicle: RuneScape Legends launches on Steam today
It's full Steam ahead today for Chronicle: RuneScape Legends as the CCG-meets-tabletop game not only launches but launches on Steam. To celebrate, devs will start...
Asta officially launches with its first major expansion
It is just a little bit odd that Asta: The War of Tears and Winds is launching when its first expansion drops. Those two...
Overwatch shares plans for bringing back competitive play
Every match in Overwatch is, by its very nature, a competition. You have two teams struggling to complete an objective; it's not going to...
Riders of Icarus on open-target action mode and phase three of beta
Everyone has their own pet peeves when it comes down to a game's combat. Some people really like to just have the traditional MMORPG...
The MOP Up: Mark Hamill’s new tour of duty (May 22, 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...
Riding Out gallops out of the MMO starting gate next week
If you're looking for an answer to the obvious question, no, we can never have too many equestrian MMORPGs in the world. There are...
Betawatch: AdventureQuest 3D shows off its cross-platform performance (May 20, 2016)
You would think that cross-platform play for games would generally be a thing by now, but the fact that I can only get a...
Beta testers actually used Overwatch’s commendation system for good
Still feeling bereft of Overwatch in this period between the beta and the launch? Can't help you there, but Blizzard has expounded on its...
Enter to win a Riders of Icarus founder’s pack from Nexon and Massively OP
In celebration of Riders of Icarus' closed beta and brand-new trailer, Nexon has granted Massively OP three legendary founder pack keys for Steam for our readers.
The...
AdventureQuest 3D is the cross-platform MMORPG that might hook you
If you're anything like me, you've hopefully realized that there can be just as much anticipation in your life over small, interesting games as with...
Albion Online on hardcore-vs.-casual player sandbox synergy
Just a day after launching its massive Darian patch, Albion Online has posted up a Q&A video and roadmap summary for its summer goals....
Players vote to change Elite Dangerous: Engineers progression
Are Elite Dangerous players happy with how Engineers' endgame progression is in the beta or do they want a change? According to a poll...
Paragon to host free beta weekend on May 26
Whenever the cry of "free beta!" goes out across the valley, you can be assured that you will get two types of people flocking...
Elder Scrolls Legends explains prophecy card mechanic
Can Bethesda crack open the Magic: The Gathering market with its own upcoming digital card game? Many game studios have tried, to varying degrees...
Square-Enix sunsets Lord of Vermilion MOBA in June
We're sorry to report today that Square-Enix is sunsetting Lord of Vermilion Arena. We first covered the MOBA, which was based on the Lord...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 65: Make yourself at home
Justin and Bree discuss Gigantic, NCsoft, WildStar, KingsIsle, Star Trek Online, Legion, and Crowfall, plus a mailbag question on media embargoes.
Guild Wars 2’s 64-bit client launches along with PvP Season 3
Guild Wars 2's 64-bit client is out of beta as of today, according to the patch notes released this morning. "The 32-bit client will...
Giveaway: HeroWarz closed beta keys
HeroWarz's closed beta kicks off this week -- on May 18th, to be exact. If you're in North America, Australia, or New Zealand, you...
