character creation
The Stream Team: Blade & Soul’s headstart
Although Blade & Soul doesn't officially launch until the 19th, the headstart begins today. And that means MassivelyOP's MJ gets to jump in and...
Bless Online begins Korean open beta this month
If you're keeping tabs on Bless Online, it might cheer you up slightly to hear that it's revving up its Korean open beta later...
Should you play Black Desert or Blade & Soul?
Just the other day we were discussing in the office the differences between Black Desert and Blade & Soul, and I said that I...
First impressions of Black Desert’s closed beta test, part two: Crafting, gathering, and economy
On Friday, I took a look at the classes, combat, and tricky mechanics of upcoming sandboxy Korean-import Black Desert's first western closed beta test....
The Daily Grind: Is two-faction PvP ideal for MMORPGs?
Be they sandbox or themeparks, plenty of MMORPGs have hopped on the two-faction PvP bandwagon. A player rolls up on the red side or blue side at character...
How to abuse Blade and Soul’s character creator for evil and amusement
There are two types of MMO gamers when it comes to character creation. The first group attempts to craft a character that looks terrific...
First impressions of Black Desert’s closed beta test: Classes, combat, and mechanics
Over the course of my first day in Black Desert, I did a lot of the things you'd expect from the first day in...
Global Chat: Wrapping up 2015 across the MMORPG blogosphere
As the final pages turn on 2015, MMO bloggers engage in a favorite pastime of recalling their best and most notable gaming experiences of...
Dogma: Eternal Night nears the end of its Kickstarter campaign
The sun is setting on the Kickstarter campaign for vampire-themepark Dogma: Eternal Night, and at the time of this writing, the future doesn't look particularly...
The Stream Team: Inside Black Desert’s closed beta
We've been hearing about Black Desert for quite a while now, but what's it really like? Today's your chance to find out! MassivelyOP's MJ...
Valiance Online releases screenshots and a promise of more to come
The team behind Valiance Online has been rather quiet lately, but a long string of silence was broken recently with a quartet of new...
Hands-on: Blade & Soul’s early beta has solid mechanics, but not much else
I've had some time to think about Blade & Soul, and I'm still not sure exactly what I want to say about it. I...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has the best character hairstyles?
We talk a lot about systems for changing the look of what your character is wearing, but what we don't talk about nearly enough...
Ever, Jane touts new beginner experience
Ever, Jane is anticipating being a gateway for people who have never played video games or MMOs before, which is why the team has...
Albion Online’s PvP zones and flagging explained
As Albion Online's development has progressed, Sandbox Interactive has utilized player feedback to refine the PvP system, acknowledging that for all the hardcore PvPers...
The MOP Up: Tera’s expansion launches in Europe (November 22, 2015)
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...
WoW preps patch 6.2.3, teases Gnome Hunters
Ready to timewalk back to the days of World of Warcraft's third expansion? Or are you just looking forward to being able to use...
Martial arts MMO Moonlight Blade is freaking gorgeous
So, Moonlight Blade looks pretty awesome. How do I know? Well, because Steparu has thrown a couple of the game's G-Star videos up on...
The Game Archaeologist: The PLATO MMOs
In tracing the history and pre-history of MMORPGs in this column, we've spent a lot of time outside of the 2000s and into the...
Battle Bards podcast listens to MMO character creation music
Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns to listen to the oft-neglected character creation themes. What music do composers create for...
