convention
How the best devs are ‘fleeing in droves’ to escape the abusive games industry
My only nephew is something of a math prodigy, and the fact that he wants to be a game designer when he grows up...
EA hypes Anthem trailer and combat ahead of its pre-E3 EA Play show
We're just a week and change away from E3, and you know what that means: Every major game company is going to be trickling...
Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization
Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...
Would you attend a Path of Exile con in New Zealand?
How does an ExileCon sound to you? Grinding Gear Games wants to know if you'd be interested in traveling down New Zealand next year...
The Game Archaeologist: Warhammer Online
When it comes to notable years in the MMORPG genre's history, 2008 stands out as one of the most significant. World of Warcraft's debut...
Pantheon reveals its Ranger, Rogue, and Monk classes
This month's Pantheon newsletter is a doozy for folks eagerly awaiting the details of the game's classes. Visionary Realms has revealed three: the sneaky Rogue...
The Crew 2 posts new trailers for its May 31st closed beta run
Just ahead of this year's E3, Ubisoft is rolling out The Crew 2's closed beta - that's May 31st through June 4th, and yep,...
Guild Wars 2 game director talks about the free market and lootboxes
Convenience and cosmetics. These are the foundational pillars of Guild Wars 2's microtransactions, and back at GDC earlier this year, Game Director Crystin Cox...
The MOP Up: Diablo levels up in Heroes of the Storm (May 13, 2018)
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...
Choose My Adventure: Ultima Online, we didn’t need to do this
Yes, this is going to come in as the shortest Choose My Adventure series, but I feel it's got a good reason to be...
Rend starts its first public alpha test today
After all the talk and hullabaloo, we can understand being eager to take on Rend as an actual game instead of a concept. Good...
EVE Online prepares major conversion of player outposts and conquerable stations
As Brendan detailed in his EVE Fanfest coverage last month, EVE Online's structures are due for a huge overhaul, be they NPC fortification or...
Ashes of Creation reflects on its post-Kickstarter year
If Kickstarter truly kickstarted the gaming public's interest in Ashes of Creation, then the team is not complaining. In fact, Intrepid Studios sent out...
Unpacking the Star Trek mission crate (with Star Trek Online)
When it arrived, my administrative assistant in my day job -- who just so happens to be a die-hard Star Trek fan -- brought...
Massively OP Interview: Dual Universe demo shows off advances in city building, space travel
When you work in video games, you often get asked what new titles you are looking forward to. While experience has been teaching me...
EVE Evolved: Getting ready for EVE Online’s Abyssal revolution
If you've seen the news recently coming out of EVE Fanfest 2018, you've probably heard of EVE Online's upcoming expansion: Into the Abyss. Pockets...
Massively Overthinking: How accountable should MMOs hold players for out-of-game toxicity?
Brendan's discussion with CCP Falcon at EVE Fanfest last week included an interesting chat about out-of-game harassment and whether gaming companies had an obligation...
Impressions of Sea of Thieves, one month in: Deep-diving retro world PvP
It's really hard for me to not to gush hard about Sea of Thieves. I know many out there won't agree, and it's easy to say why,...
EVE Fanfest 2018: CCP Falcon on EVE’s community team layoffs and having Hilmar as a CEO
It's safe to say that it's been a rough year for CCP Games, with the company pulling out of VR game development and laying...
‘We all can be heroes:’ An interview with Star Trek Online’s Chase Masterson
With a dozen members of the all-star cast of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine returning to reprise their roles for this June's Star Trek...
