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Ascent’s lead dev offers insight on the Star Citizen controversy
Last week, the Massively OP podcast hosted guest James Hicks, the developer behind impressive indie space sandbox MMO Ascent: The Space Game. You won't...
Not So Massively: Gamers rally around Total Biscuit (October 19, 2015)
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
The MOP Up: Heart of Thorns countdown (October 18, 2015)
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: Divergence ‘goes for broke’ (October 17, 2015)
It was another good week for Star Wars Galaxies offshoot Divergence Online, which cracked the top 10 on Steam's Greenlight list and settled into...
The Daily Grind: How would you mix MMO features to create the best one ever?
Today's Daily Grind question -- more like command! -- from Massively OP Kickstarter donor Tim is short and sweet:
Mix features to create your perfect MMO.
It...
Divergence Online cracks Steam Greenlight’s top 10, starts work on combat
It's been a very good week indeed for Divergence Online, as the upcoming sandbox MMO has shot into the top 10 list of Steam...
Make My MMO: Divergence Online takes Steam by storm (October 10, 2015)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Divergence Online landed on Steam Greenlight, bolstering its ongoing Indiegogo campaign by rocketing to #15 on the platform's Greenlight...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 raid beta impressions
I don't believe I've ever been more excited -- and simultaneously nervous -- about a beta test than I was for Guild Wars 2's third beta...
The MOP Up: How long would you last in your MMO? (October 4, 2015)
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: Pantheon’s seed financing (October 3, 2015)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, fans of Brad McQuaid's Pantheon fantasy MMO got some good news. It seems as if Visionary Realms has...
The Daily Grind: What kind of physics-based gameplay do you expect in a next-gen superhero MMO?
When I first read Massively OP Kickstarter donor MagmaFist's Daily Grind submission, I suspected him to be a big fan of Gravity/Force Fields Controllers in...
What you need to know about Patreon’s data breach
Patreon, the platform we use for ongoing crowdfunding of Massively OP, recently suffered a data breach. We do not have any reason to believe that...
Glitch art book makes digital edition available for purchase
If you're a Glitch fan and you missed out on buying The Art of Glitch through its Indiegogo campaign back in 2013, you now...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen gets investors, development is continuing
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen missed out on its Kickstarter goals, but that wasn't the end of the road. Visionary Realms, after an extended...
Star Citizen studio ‘grows’ dev team, claims layoffs are ‘streamlin[ing]’
It's never exactly calming to hear that a large project is laying people off before release, and that's the rumor swirling around Cloud Imperium...
The MOP Up: A rebirth for Star Wars Galaxies
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 Daily Grind: Are you hopeful about crowdfunded MMOs?
A few years back, we were all discussing the frankly dizzying amounts of money going into crowdfunding MMOs. Speculation ran rampant that this was...
Make My MMO: September 26, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Divergence Online continued to raise eyebrows. First, head honcho Ethan "Lord of Edge" Casner spoke with MOP regarding...
Massively Opinionated: Which MMO would be the most innovative if launched today?
In this episode, Larry, Troy, and Jason debate underrated games, MMO development cycles, and the most innovative MMOs.
Divergence Online adds consensual PvP server stretch goal
Yesterday, we published a detailed interview with Ethan Casner, one of the devs behind Star Wars Galaxies-inspired Divergence Online. The response was more or...
