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RuneScape dev Jagex helps form new Chinese company, saw ‘record profits in 2015’
Back in June, we were finally able to confirm the rumored $300M March sale of British MMORPG studio Jagex to China's Shandong Hongda, a...
Paladins expands e-sport tourney after early access ‘Steam success’
Hi-Rez is touting Paladins' successful early access open beta launch in a press release out earlier this morning.
The studio says that "within the first...
Analyst: China should port MMOs westward (carefully!) as mobile competition stiffens
China is the biggest game market in the world. So why the heck do so many games exported from there to here seem to flop?
That's the...
Diablo III gets a special Chinese Mahjong set for the series anniversary
Are you a big fan of Diablo III and mahjong both? Can you scarcely bear to be playing one without the other close at...
Perfect Ten: The worst-squandered IPs in online gaming
There are always going to be differences in opinion about what should be done with an IP based upon a franchise. That's just natural....
The MOP Up: Destiny prepares for Rise of Iron (September 11, 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...
The Stream Team: Watch and win a Neverwinter 7-day VIP key
Do you want seven days of VIP access in Neverwinter? Did you miss your chance during the giveaway last month? Then you are in...
Superdata: Online games account for 60% of digital PC revenue
Superdata has published its MMO and MOBA Games Market Report for the 2016 cycle, and let me just warn you before we dig in:...
New report says South Korean MMORPG companies are ‘facing a crisis’
The Financial Times blog has a doom-and-gloom report out this week on the gaming market of South Korea, specifically the MMO genre.
"The country’s online...
Superdata’s July 2016 data show Guild Wars 2 surging, Pokemon Go on top
Superdata's July report on online gaming revenues is in, and there are some predictable bits and some surprises. On the P2P MMO front, the...
Pokemon Go’s popularity appears to be waning
The mobile ARG powerhouse of Pokémon Go appears to be losing players, and not just drivers who hit people due to focusing on the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 78: Hot dog!
Justin and Eliot discuss WoW, FFXIV, RIFT, No Man's Sky, Q2 financials, Path of Exile, and Trove, with mailbag questions on turn-based RPGs and console MMOs.
Trion is taking Trove to China, touts ‘millions’ of players every month
Trion Worlds has confirmed that it's bringing voxel sandbox Trove to China. It demoed the game last week at ChinaJoy through its local partner,...
Superdata’s June report shows Overwatch, WoW still on top
Superdata's latest report on the worldwide digital games market is out, and Overwatch owned the month of June on PC, to no one's surprise,...
New Transformers mobile MMO vows to be ‘more than meets the eye’
Could the Transformers MMO that you've desired for so many years be finally coming... to mobile?
At ChinaJoy this past week, Hasbro announced that it...
Ragnarok Mobile shows its stuff at ChinaJoy 2016
Are you an old fan of Ragnarok Online desperate to bring the game along with you on your smartphone? The bad news is that...
Snail Games resurrects massive sandbox Dark and Light
Boys and girls, today we are going to talk about Dark and Light. You might recall it as a mid-2000s MMO that had a...
You can buy the Warcraft movie in September
Did you miss out on seeing Warcraft in theaters? Or did you see it so many times that the producers put a special mention...
Tencent reveals Transformers Online, a team-based Chinese shooter
Do you lie awake at night and think that what would really compete with Overwatch is a team-based shooter based on Transformers? Apparently, the...
Rumor: Lost Ark plans beta announcement
Steparu reports this morning rumors flowing on Korean sits that OARPG Lost Ark is on the verge of announcing a big upcoming beta test,...
