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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...
Psychochild on what it’s like to make a crowdfunded MMO
Camelot Unchained senior engineer Brian "Psychochild" Green has published a blog post examining his experiences on CityState's crowdfunded RvR title. While he doesn't offer...
Get a recap of Star Citizen’s development journey to date
Star Citizen's development is already the stuff of legends and bardic tales, and it isn't even close to being completed yet.
If your memory of...
New crowdfunding platform aims for actual gamer investment
You know how gamers who don't understand Kickstarter sometimes refer to their donations as an "investment?" Well, a new crowdfunding platform called Fig aims to allow...
Crowfall releases two vids, one with Legionaires and one with kittens
Good news for Crowfall and its fans today, as ArtCraft has announced that a round of additional equity financing to the tune of $1...
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...
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...
Make My MMO: August 15, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Project Gorgon topped another couple of stretch goals. The funky fantasy sandbox thing with cows stands at just...
Descent: Underground opens up to pre-alpha testing
Last week, Descent: Underground made its debut at the Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, Texas. Pretty neat for fans of the game who could...
The Soapbox: Why I’m hopeful for the future of MMOs
Earlier this week, Justin asked what gives you hope for the future of the MMOs. As you might expect, the responses were many and...
The Daily Grind: Do you play on private servers for dead MMOs?
Massively OP Kickstarter donor Igor aka Slaith proposes we debate private servers for dead MMOs for today's Daily Grind -- specifically, he mentions Warhammer Online.
This is...
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...
Crowfall updates its legalese, releases animator blog and vid
Ready to drink from Crowfall's information firehose? That's good, because Artcraft has published a few more updates for its throne war simulator. First up...
Project Gorgon might feature cow-only guilds
Project Gorgon's Kickstarter still has 10 days to go, so the devs at Elder Game have published a new set of stretch goals. They...
TUG improves its AI, adds grid-snapping object placement
Nerd Kingdom published a new alpha update for TUG yesterday. Incidentally, Nerd Kingdom is quite possibly the greatest game dev name of all time....
Massively Opinionated: Which MMO dev handles offensive people the best?
In this episode, Larry, Jason, and The Cosmic Engine answer Patreon questions on which MMO studio best handles trolls.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 25: Project Gorgon interview
Justin and Eliot interview Project Gorgon's Eric Heimburg and hit the highlights of Gamescom 2015, including the WoW: Legion reveal.
Crowfall shows off new and improved animations for the Knight
The Kickstarter for Crowfall showed off the Knight in some of his glory, but not in all of his glory. After all, that was...
Project Gorgon hits musical expansion stretch goal
With 12 days left to go in its Kickstarter campaign, indie MMO Project Gorgon is crossing off stretch goals left and right. The fantasy...
