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Check out Legend of the Ancient Sword gameplay in action
If you enjoy keeping your eyes on Chinese MMOs that may make their way stateside, you'll want to keep your eyes on Legend of...
Hearthstone nerfs bothersome Quest Rogue deck, skirts around Chinese lockbox regulations
Following Hearthstone's most recent expansion, Journey to Un'Goro, one deck has come to dominate pretty much all others -- and Blizzard now says that...
Transformers Online moves to open beta in China
3Are your primary complaints about Overwatch the fact that it doesn't exclusively star giant robots while being a Chinese-only title? Because that's exactly what...
E3 2017: Path of Exile’s Jonathan Rogers on the Fall of Oriath and markets beyond
Despite the recent release of Path of Exile's Fall of Oriath's recent beta release, Grinding Gear Games sent Technical Director Jonathan Rogers out to E3 2017...
Shroud of the Avatar adds East Asian-themed town, kicks off Q&A
Fancy a bit of the Far East in your MMORPGs? Shroud of the Avatar is making that wish come true with its unclone of...
The MOP Up: Destiny 2’s class roster (June 18, 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...
The MOP Up: EVE Valkyrie lowers its price point (June 11, 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...
Blizzard is using a loophole to keep selling Overwatch lockboxes in China
There's a law on the books in China that states you can't sell random loot boxes in an online game without disclosing the odds...
Twilight Spirits starts open beta testing later this month
Craving your next fast-paced action MMO fix? Netease is currently prepping Twilight Spirits for open beta, which is scheduled to arrive on June 29th.
Twilight...
Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss prepares IPO in Korea
Multiple Korean outlets are reporting that Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss is preparing an initial public offering and seeks a fall listing on the Korean stock...
Blizzard announces Overwatch Contenders e-sports ‘development league’
Blizzard has just announced "Overwatch Contenders," what it's calling a "development league for aspiring Overwatch League professionals."
"Over the first year of organized Overwatch competition,...
The Game Archaeologist: When Hellgate London got Flagshipped
It seems that it really wasn't too long ago that I was filling in the time between night classes by boning up on video...
NetEase has a smashing good first quarter 2017 thanks to mobile sales and Hearthstone
Chinese operator, developer, and publisher NetEase posted its Q1 2017 financial report this week, and the news is quite good for the company. NetEase...
The MOP Up: SMITE’s console mea culpa (May 7, 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...
Overwatch: Hero leaks, lockbox probabilities, and Korean political humor
As Asian countries are cracking down on online games with lockbox gambling, gaming companies are complying with transparency. To wit: Blizzard's Chinese Overwatch website...
Perfect Ten: Exploring MMORPGs from the far corners of the world
Have you ever noticed that while there's an entire world out there, most all of the MMORPGs we discuss and play tend to either...
Echo of Soul is heading to China (again)
Good news, Echo of Soul fans in China: The game is coming back. (It's not coming back in North America, it never left. It's...
Overwatch hits 30M players, makes Chinese free-to-play test plans
Blizzard has just announced that Overwatch has just counted 30 million players. That's buyers, mind you, as the game is buy-to-play.
However, a limited free-to-play Overwatch is...
Neverwinter claims 15M registered players across all platforms
Neverwinter has cause for celebration today: PWE has officially announced that the D&D MMORPG has counted over 15 million registered players on PC, Xbox...
RuneScape’s Jagex flourishes under Chinese ownership
Following Jagex's sale to China's Fukong Interactive Entertainment back in 2016, there's been some concern and curiosity over the fate of the studio and...
