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Gigantic introduces founders packs for semi-open beta
Gigantic's beta doors swing open today -- but not quite all the way open. Anyone with Windows 10 or an Xbox One can slip...
Dragon Quest Heroes II is hitting the PlayStation 4 in April 2017
Are you eagerly anticipating the day that Dragon Quest X graces the shores of North America? Well, too bad; that's not the announcement we've...
China is cracking down on MMORPG lockbox vendors
Violently authoritarian government regulates nasty video gaming monetization exploit, and gamers are cheering? Yep, China is cracking down on lockboxes. A notice from the creepy Ministry of...
Elite: Dangerous charts a course for the PlayStation 4 in 2017
Elite Dangerous is coming to the PlayStation 4 -- and while it is not bringing its lost colon, it's bringing everything else. Frontier CEO...
Choose My Adventure: Assassinating randoms in The Elder Scrolls Online
It's weird how attitudes towards death vary depending on the video game and the structure set up. In Saints Row the Third, a friend...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online juggles making money and making content with Crown Crates
I think it's fair to say that the $15 subscription model just isn't cutting it for MMORPGs anymore. I understand that. The $15 pricetag...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 94: Play this expansion, meatbag!
Justin, Bree, and Larry talk SWTOR KOTET, Elder Scrolls Online lockboxes, GW2, Black Desert, Daybreak, and Crowfall, with a mailbag question on the Nostalrius WoW emulator.
Stardew Valley comes to console next week, updates multiplayer progress
Chucklefish Games announced today that adorable farm sim Stardew Valley is destined for console, and soon: It launches on Xbox One and PlayStation 4...
ARK: Survival Evolved launches on PS4 today, plans spring 2017 ‘final product’
Welcome to ARK: Survival Evolved, PS4 players. Watch out for the dinos.
Yes, Studio Wildcard's dino survival sandbox has launched for the Sony console today...
Trove raises the roof on its console release party
At Trove's house, the party never stops. Well, to be more accurate, it just goes on for a very long time.
Back in early November,...
Interview: Everything we know about Elder Scrolls Online’s player housing
The Elder Scrolls Online plans to release its next big update in February 2017. No solid date has been revealed, but we do have a name...
Star Trek Online drops support for Windows XP and older graphics cards in 2017
Fans of Star Trek Online, it is time to update your computers! At least, it's time if you've been putting it off for a...
Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s Machinist
About a year and a half ago, I first put (digital) pen to (theoretical) paper about Final Fantasy XIV's Machinist. At that point, Heavensward...
Anybody wanna ‘Gatecrash’ EVE Valkyrie this Wednesday?
EVE Valkyrie is getting its third major update this week: Gatecrash.
"Gatecrash inaugurates new gameplay possibilities, a pilot personalization system and the Gateway multiplayer map,"...
Supergiant’s next game, Pyre, will feature a multiplayer mode
If you played Transistor or Bastion, there's probably no universe in which you will not also be buying and playing Pyre. Supergiant Games kind...
Epic MMO Battles of History: Star Trek Online vs. Star Wars: The Old Republic
Asking whether Star Trek or Star Wars is the better science fiction series is like asking whether Game of Thrones or The Tudors is...
Multiplayer space game Dreadnought is coming to the PS4
Dreadnought publisher Greybox announced today that the game is coming to the PlayStation 4 -- the only console it'll launch on. What's Dreadnought? It's a "multiplayer space...
The Dawning arrives in Destiny on December 13
The spirit of the holidays can mean many different things to many different people. To some people, it's all about togetherness. For others, it's...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 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 Game Archaeologist: A talk with the man behind EQOA’s revival project
This past week we reported on an ongoing attempt by a small group of faithful EverQuest Online Adventure fans to bring back the MMO...
