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Massively Overthinking: MMOs that need VR
Man, our Kickstarter backers are fixated on virtual reality. It's almost as if you guys are really tech-savvy and into gaming immersion or something!
Today's Massively Overthinking question...
Destiny is going to get way better with The Taken King
When Destiny's The Taken King comes out on September 15th, it's going to be adding so many features and making so many changes that...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs coming soon to a pocket near you
It may be true that interest in playing and developing mobile games has peaked, although personally I very much like mobile gaming. On the...
Final Fantasy XIV previews its anniversary event
It's been just about two years since Final Fantasy XIV relaunched and surprised more or less everyone by being an enormous success story. Not...
SMITE has officially launched on the Xbox One
Hi-Rez has officially launched SMITE on the Xbox One. The firm says via press release that its mythology MOBA is in fact the first...
More layoffs for ZeniMax (Update: Confirmed)
The end of this post has been updated with confirmation from Bethsoft as of August 20th.
Comments by a gaming industry recruiter and tech consultant have sparked...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s events, anniversaries, and content
I don't know whether we're actually going to have a proper two-year anniversary event in Final Fantasy XIV. It feels very strange to say...
Final Fantasy XIV launches in South Korea to solid internet cafe stats
Final Fantasy XIV's launch in South Korea happened too recently to make any declarations about its long-term fate. What can be said with certainty,...
Destiny trailer teases Taken King, tomorrow’s Twitch reveal
It's hard to believe that Destiny is almost a year old, but it is. Today Bungie released a teaser trailer for the Twitch reveal...
Eternal Crusade loses creative director, plans closed alpha sooner than expected
Eternal Crusade has reported that another one of its team has fallen on the field of development battle, as Creative Director David Ghozland announced...
Not So Massively: Star Citizen demos live gameplay; Dota 2 team kicks member after $6m win
Last week, Star Citizen released impressive Gamescom 2015 demo videos showing live gameplay footage of players walking around a space port and a mission...
Elite: Dangerous brings back lifetime expansion passes before Horizons
The first expansion for Elite: Dangerous is on its way, but as a buy-to-play title there's a bit of confusion about who gets what...
Phantasy Star Online 2 coming to PS4 in 2016, still no word on Western release
The western-elusive Phantasy Star Online 2 is making the jump to the PlayStation 4Â in Japan next year, bringing along a brand-new episode.
The news comes...
The MOP Up: Fishing Planet will rule all
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...
Player housing is coming to Elder Scrolls Online
While it might be a while coming, player housing has been confirmed as an upcoming feature for Elder Scrolls Online. Start picking out your...
One Shots: They’ll swallow your soul
Sometimes you can't help but take a screenshot of what is otherwise nightmare fuel, because perhaps in freezing a scene in its tracks, you...
Destiny’s weekly update talks security
Did you catch Bungie's weekly Destiny update? There's a lot of stuff in it. Of note, the company's "Security Response Team" explained how it...
Neverwinter nerfs high-level mobs, grants increased XP
Neverwinter is making some changes to the leveling curve between 60 and 70. A dev blog released this week says that the team has...
Massively Overthinking: How seriously do you take MMO lore?
Kickstarter donor Alien Legion has proposed an intriguing question about lore in MMORPGs.
"Back in my World of Warcraft days, I mentioned to a friend that I would...
DCUO’s September episode features Black Lanterns and better power armor
The Catwoman is out of the bag, as Daybreak has revealed the next major update for DC Universe Online.
Coming this September is Episode 16,...
