character creation
The Stream Team: Peek into Darkfall New Dawn during free trial
If you've wanted to get a peek for Darkfall: New Dawn before it launches, here's your chance. Massively OP's MJ is taking advantage of...
Perfect Ten: 10 tips for crafting a unique MMO character name
Tell me if you've ever been here: You just finished spending way too much time pouring over options in the character creation screen and...
One Shots: To new beginnings!
It's a new year and a new you! Well, probably the old you a few days past the expiration date, but that doesn't mean...
The Daily Grind: What’s the exact MMO character you would never play?
While I typically love character creation screens in RPGs, when it comes to MMOs, I find that I limit myself more often than not....
Exclusive: Ship of Heroes’ Casey McGeever on the superhero MMORPG genre
Ship of Heroes is super-jumping right into 2018 with two documents of note. The first is a retrospective of what the Heroic Games team...
Black Desert Mobile shares some details about account linking, character creation, and items
Curious about the play experience of Black Desert Mobile? The developers have put out a helpful FAQ about the game's features, mechanical changes, and...
Chaos Theory: 2017 was a big year for the Secret World IP
Well, 2017 was interesting. It's not often that your favorite game starts off as one game at the beginning of the year and then...
Wild West Online teases character creation and PvP faction choice in new video
Still fretting over the Wild West Online's surprise move from FFA PvP to faction-based PvP? Today's video is a quick look into the character...
Chronicles of Elyria dives into friends and family alpha
While Chronicles of Elyria's backers should be getting into the game's alpha and beta tests next year, a select fortunate few are already enjoying...
The Stream Team: Starting SWTOR’s Knights of the Eternal Throne
It finally happened! It took a year, but Massively OP's MJ and Larry have gone from character creation in SWTOR all the way through KOTFE....
Roll a Mystic in Black Desert for fun and profit starting today
Fancy yourself a new Mystic toon in Black Desert? You can't play her just yet, but you can roll one starting today. The MMORPG...
The Daily Grind: What feature from another game would you import into your favorite MMO?
One of the everlasting points of contention between me and the MMO industry is that no game gets everything right. Gah! Can't you mold...
Pocket Legends Adventures brings the Spacetime magic back to mobile
Once upon a time, Spacetime Studios was well-known as one of the few heavyweights in the mobile MMO space, putting out a stream of...
Slay-to-win: Massively OP’s hands-on with the Dauntless closed beta
The end of September marked a major milestone for Dauntless, the upcoming monster-slaying action-MMORPG from indie developer Phoenix Labs, as it officially concluded its...
Soak up these Moonlight Blade videos from G-Star
Wait, which one is Moonlight Blade? Oh, it's the one where gravity doesn't appear to exist for special individuals who flit through the air...
Crowfall opens up dozens of race and class combos
It's a good time to be a Crowfall pre-alpha tester.
The select elite are being treated to a new build today that adds in all...
The MOP Up: EVE Online eases you into its universe (November 12, 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...
Black Desert Mobile’s character creation is no slouch
Concerned that there is no way for Black Desert Mobile to keep up with its big brother in the character creation department? You may...
Ship of Heroes plans even more improvements for its character creator
With Ship of Heroes' beta test about a year away, fans of the sci-fi superhero MMORPG have a lot of time on their hands....
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth’s allied races, the knockoff factor, and future hopes
Every so often, when I can think of no better introduction, I put some genuine musing into the opening of What Are You Playing....