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Ship of Heroes’ map is ‘larger than the starting maps in City of Heroes’
If you're a City of Heroes fan - or any kind of superhero fan - then you're gonna want to check out the brand-new...
Chronicles of Elyria demos its character creator in front of a live studio audience
Who's ready to look super-duper freaky? Chronicles of Elyria, that's who!
The in-development indie MMO demonstrated the first iteration of its character creation system in...
Crowfall Q&A turns its focus to NPC creation
Don't be fooled by the PvP nature of Crowfall -- the game world (or worlds, plural) will feature many NPCs to add flavor and...
Worlds Adrift is trying to melt its servers and getting rid of a major currency
What are those wacky devs up to over at Worlds Adrift? Apparently trying to "melt the servers" with this Thursday's update and stress test....
Sea of Thieves says 5000 people logging in per minute – 1M users total – are why the servers are struggling
No MMORPG player will be surprised to hear that Sea of Thieves' biggest problem right now is that too many people are wanting to...
Trion plans Defiance 2050 closed beta for April – here’s how to sign up
Defiance players itching to give the game's reinvention as Defiance 2050 a spin are going to get that chance in April.
"We’re thrilled to announce...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s devs take you spelunking in the pre-alpha
Here's a neat two-for-one deal for fans of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. The developers recently hosted a livestream in which they showed pre-alpha...
Bless Online interview: On soft launch, monetization, classes – and no lockboxes
Earlier today, we posted up Bless Online's new trailer and big news: That's it's launching on Steam early access as a buy-to-play title this coming...
Ship of Heroes turns a critical eye to February’s combat alpha
Last month, Ship of Heroes ran its first alpha combat test with backers, and it was a blast (literally). With enough time to process...
Magic: The Gathering Arena moves into the next phase of its closed beta
Wizards of the Coast's most famous card game continues to prepare its newest multiplayer version for public consumption. This Thursday, Magic: The Gathering Arena...
Legends of Aria is pushing out a quality-of-life patch ahead of PAX East
The next big patch for Legends of Aria does not signal the start of the next beta phase. Instead, it signals moving to a...
Here’s when Sea of Thieves officially launches around the globe
Ahoy and avast and all that, pirate peeps. Are you ready for Sea of Thieves' official launch? If you're in Australia, you're already in....
Camelot Unchained works on crafting and building prototypes
Building blocks and baby steps: This is the approach that Camelot Unchained is taking in developing some of its key systems for the upcoming...
The MOP Up: Enter the Phantom Halls — if you dare! (March 18, 2018)
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...
Reign of Guilds moves toward alpha testing, talks about the game’s creation
With 15 developers now on staff and progression toward an alpha build, Reign of Guilds is slowly but surely taking shape as a hardcore...
Pantropy cancels its Kickstarter, rejects publishing offers, plans a new Kickstarter
As we've been covering in Make My MMO, the Kickstarter for sci-fi MMO shooter Pantropy hadn't been going as well as developer Brain Stone...
Betawatch: TERA does the beta warp again (March 16, 2017)
The first round of open beta testing for TERA on consoles went well. (According to the developers, at least.) What can be done to...
Don’t lose your head in Crowfall — but you probably will
It's not too common to see game developers giddy about beheading, but then again, most developers aren't part of the Crowfall team.
ArtCraft is giving...
Ship of Heroes looks at ways to boost performance on older computers
While it is certainly too early for Ship of Heroes to be posting its full system requirements, the team did discuss some of the...
Sea of Thieves has more content than you think
One of the concerns that some players have held about Sea of Thieves, especially after its public betas, is that the pirate game appears...
