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World of Warcraft CM Zarhym leaves Blizzard
Long-time World of Warcraft Community Manager Jonathan Brown has left Blizzard, according to a brief notice on his Twitter account. There was no explanation...
Sea of Thieves starts a fan contest to play the game before anyone else
If you've managed to forget what happened at E3 last year, recall that Rare announced that it was making a shared-world pirate game titled...
Vendetta Online demos its VR capabilities at GDC
Vendetta Online was the very first MMORPG with support for the Oculus Rift way back in 2013, and you can see those VR capabilities...
EVE Evolved: Analysing EVE’s new Economic Reports
EVE Online's massive and largely player-run economy has been a frequent topic of discussion on MMO blogs and gaming news sites over the years. The unregulated...
SMITE and Paladins tournaments coming to Dreamhack
Dreamhack 2016 is set to be one of the biggest competitive gaming events of the year, with a 10,000-seat LAN party crammed into the Elmia...
No Man’s Sky pricing leak rumour sends fans into a tizzy
There's been a huge degree of fascination with indie game No Man's Sky since it stole the show at E3 2014. The game promises seamless exploration of...
EVE Online compensates players with 200k skill points for server move downtime
EVE Online Executive Producer Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren has addressed EVE players in a new video posted to the official site. Nordgren apologizes for...
Massively OP’s sneak peek of Atlas Reactor, Trion’s turn-based strategy MOBA
I first experienced Atlas Reactor just before Trion made its big announcement at the PAX Prime party last summer. At the time, I didn’t...
EVE Evolved: The right way to reboot DUST 514
This week we heard the news that CCP Games will be officially shutting down PS3 online shooter DUST 514 in May to start work on...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse on feedback, griefing, and the Starfarer
This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse video is up! Cloud Imperium's Sandi Gardiner and Ben Lesnick discuss PAX South and the ongoing free-fly...
DUST 514 will sunset on PS3 in May, replaced by new PC FPS
CCP Games has just announced that it will be sunsetting its EVE-universe shooter DUST 514 on the PlayStation 3 platform on May 30th. The...
The MOP Up: Dungeons & Drama Online (January 31, 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...
Massively Overthinking: The cynicism of modern MMO Kickstarters
This week we've been abuzz about Smed's Hero's Song Kickstarter cancellation - the KS more than the game, mostly because the game is happening...
Chris Roberts talks Star Citizen two-step verification, griefing, and Star Marine’s status
Star Citizen's Chris Roberts is taking a break from signing swag for PAX South to answer another batch of 10 questions from the community....
The Division’s DLC is definitely coming out for the Xbox One first
Back at E3 2014, future players were told that The Division would release DLC as timed exclusives for the Xbox One. Of course, back...
EVE Evolved: Should CCP start developing Walking in Stations again?
In all the time that I've been writing about EVE Online, one of the most common recurring comments is that the game badly needs...
WoW Legion makes major changes to specializations and transmog sets
Are you tired of dealing with dual specs in World of Warcraft? It was revealed at BlizzCon that the existing spec system was going...
Games industry sees strong promise in e-sports and virtual reality
If you're tired of hearing how hot e-sports is and how the industry is gunning for it as the future of gaming... perhaps you...
EverQuesting: A 2016 franchise forecast for EverQuest Next, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Landmark
We've looked back at 2015 for the launched games EverQuest and EverQuest II, the long-lasting beta of Landmark, and the MIA-and-presumed-dead (by some) ...
WoW celebrates Diablo III’s latest patch with Demon Hunter tmog gear
In honor of Diablo III's latest patch, Blizzard has something special in store... for World of Warcraft players who also play Diablo III:
We’ve added something...
