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The Daily Grind: So are you playing Overwatch?
Sure it's not Project Titan, but Overwatch is the next big thing, and it's well and truly sucked the air out of the room....
Don’t hold your breath for Black Desert’s class awakening system
In response to a lengthy (and apparently frequently posted) player complaint thread about class balance and the pace of class awakening delivery, Black Desert's...
The Daily Grind: How long do you expect a 2016 MMORPG to live?
One of the many features touted by Chronicles of Elyria is a 10-year storyline, over the span of which your characters will "die"Â probably 10...
The MOP Up: Mark Hamill’s new tour of duty (May 22, 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...
Guild Chat: How to get real-life friends to join your MMORPG guild
Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, my cosy wee corner of Massively Overpowered in which we can all come together to help...
One Shots: Post-murder spree bliss
When all of the enemy mobs lie defeated at your feet and you've rifled through their corpses for any valuables, there's this precious slice...
WRUP: The first rule of Punch Club edition
The first rule of Punch Club is that you do not talk about Punch Club. The second rule of Punch Club is that you...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs do you admire from afar?
Ain't nobody got time to play every interesting-looking MMORPG out there (unless, of course, you are of the persuasion that none of them is worth...
AdventureQuest 3D is the cross-platform MMORPG that might hook you
If you're anything like me, you've hopefully realized that there can be just as much anticipation in your life over small, interesting games as with...
Lord of the Rings Online suspends digital sales until June
We've included Turbine's statement to us at the end of this piece.
Lord of the Rings Online is suspending its online sales for the duration...
Trion CM Celestrata has big plans to clean up ArcheAge’s ‘toxic community’ image
ArcheAge Senior Community Manager Seraphina "Celestrata" Brennan has this week unveiled serious plans to clean up her game's community image. In the first of what...
The Daily Grind: Is MMO ‘open’ development really good for the genre?
Massively OP's Andrew Ross and I were recently discussing how to approach an opinion piece on Chronicles of Elyria when he reminded me that...
Monster Hunter Online’s unofficial English patch is due for release on May 30th
The good news for fans of the Monster Hunter franchise is that the Chinese version of Monster Hunter Online is pretty much totally accessible...
Spiral Knights, Puzzle Pirates to be preserved by former devs’ new company
Fans of tiny older MMORPGs on the verge of extinction have cause for a bit of celebration this spring: A new patch to five-year-old...
See your future in Path of Exile’s Prophecy mini-expansion on June 3rd
I see something coming in the future... something that will be of interest to Path of Exile fans. And it will arrive on June...
Linkrealms launches Steam early access today
Linkrealms is launching into Steam early access today. If you're thinking, "Hasn't that game been around for a long time?" know that you're not...
Perfect Ten: My highlights from pre-launch MMO hype
Maybe the hype and anticipation of an upcoming MMORPG leaves you feeling burned out and turned off these days. Considering that some titles can...
Players vote to change Elite Dangerous: Engineers progression
Are Elite Dangerous players happy with how Engineers' endgame progression is in the beta or do they want a change? According to a poll...
Blizzard and Twitch address harassment defiling game event streams
In case you had forgotten since yesterday's news that RuneScape had to ban players for running around in-game wearing KKK costumes and shrieking racial...
The Daily Grind: Do big MMO announcements get you to come back?
I hate the thought that I'm a wishy-washy gamer, easily influenced by big PR announcements and current trends, but I'd be lying if I...