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Neverwinter's Maze Engine expansion is live today for PC players -- you'll be taking on Baphomet’s demonic army and venturing into Castle Never itself,...

The barrier between console and PC players has lowered a notch this week with an announcement from Microsoft concerning the Xbox One. The company...

After the "big missteps" involved in Elemental Evil, Cryptic is looking to put Neverwinter back on top of its game with this week's Maze...

While it might be more exciting to check out a brand-new MMO, I find that it's often easier and requires far less energy to...

Indie sandbox Shards Online is barreling toward its 2016 launch, promising a creator's paradise for those willing to steer their very own servers. Today, Citadel...

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...

Personally, I don't get the appeal of fishing in MMOs, mostly because I get super-fidgety if I have to stand still in-game for long...

Neverwinter's latest dev blog zeroes in on the most important thing in any MMORPG: the players. Just kidding! It's loot. The Maze Engine expansion will...

The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...

Class-based systems are one of those holdovers from tabletop RPGs that work surprisingly well in MMOs. I basically put up with class systems in...

The Romulan Republic has been in the background for a bit in Star Trek Online. Obviously the faction is still important, considering that it's...

Cryptic Studios has just released a positively massive state-of-the-game letter for MMORPG Neverwinter. Executive Producer Rob Overmeyer begins by recapping 2015, noting that last...

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...

Who's afraid of the big bad demon? In Neverwinter's latest dev blog, Senior Content Designer John Hopler described the big baddy of Never Castle...

Crushing on Deadpool? Champions Online clearly is too, as it's made its "Specialist" archetype, which usually costs 1150 ZEN in the cash shop, free for...

You can always tell when a Neverwinter content release is nigh, as Cryptic will unleash a flurry of dev blogs. The latest? A look...

Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert 's cash shop, H1Z1, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge's laundry, Devilian, Grim Dawn, FFXIV, and TSW, with mailbag questions on voiceover localization.

If you thought you were done with Drizzt, think again. Adventures aren't over in Neverwinter’s Underdark; players will continue with the story that was...

I make no secret of the fact that I'm very fond of Star Trek Online, but I also make no secret of the fact...

Just because Neverwinter's Underdark takes place underground doesn't mean that it's going to be a bunch of dark generic caves. Cryptic's art team is...