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Make My MMO: Shards Online’s January alpha, Star Citizen’s Star Marine (December 24, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Shards Online announced it'll kick off its alpha early in the new year, on January 13th. "Based on the...
Make My MMO: Descent Underground (July 16, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Descent: Underground released a major AI update this week -- the Moon Collider’s advanced Kythera AI system -- plus...
The MOP Up: Paragon recruits Sevarog (April 3, 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...
Online RTS Grey Goo releases free Descent of the Shroud DLC
It's been a tough year for online RTS Grey Goo, which released in January 2015 to less than stellar reception. The game promises classic RTS gameplay and...
Elite Dangerous has launched Horizons beta
Pilots, mission control has given you the go-ahead for planetary landings. You may begin your descent.
The beta for Elite Dangerous: Horizons is officially underway...
Battle Bards podcast listens to MMO character creation music
Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns to listen to the oft-neglected character creation themes. What music do composers create for...
Not So Massively: LoL pro Doublelift kicked from e-sports team (November 2, 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...
Descent is in early access, but at least it ditched microtransactions
Descent: Underground, an officially licensed prequel to 1994's Descent vehicular shooter, is now available to the general public as well as all of its crowdfunding...
Tamriel Infinium: Six great things to do in Elder Scrolls Online that aren’t endgame
Two weeks ago, ZeniMax launched the Imperial City DLC for Elder Scrolls Online, and yet I have little desire to check the new content...
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...
Betawatch: August 14th, 2015
We all thought that Otherland was dead due to something as silly as a very long silence and the complete failure of its development...
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...
‘Twas Hollywood, not Bungie, that pulled Peter Dinklage from Destiny
Peter Dinklage's voice work in the Destiny alpha is one of those gaming memes that transcends knowledge of the game in question. We leave...
Massively Overthinking: When IPs are wasted on mediocre MMOs
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Aldranis, whose query neatly dovetails with the IP-related question we answered on the...
LOTRO Legendarium: Eight years, eight pictures, eight stories
I might be a little tardy in doing this, but every spring since I started to write about Lord of the Rings Online, I've...
Could this algorithm detect a forum troll?
We've all known trolls who love to dwell in dank forum posts and shadowy comment sections, ready to spread ill will and spark flame wars...
Make My MMO: April 11, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we said goodbye to Descent Underground's fundraising campaign. It was a fond farewell, though, since the sci-fi space shooter reboot topped...
Descent Underground wants your help to meet its Kickstarter goal
Are you a fan of Descent? If so, and if you'd like to see a new franchise entry, you'd best be heading to Kickstarter...
Not So Massively: Descent’s Kickstarter woes; Heroes of the Storm’s $450K tourney blunder
Descent: Underground has passed the 50% mark on its Kickstarter campaign and promised to add singleplayer to the title but has only four days...
Descent: Underground gets the thumbs-up from Steam Greenlight
Just as Descent: Underground passed the halfway mark in its Kickstarter funding, the project also got the official greenlight from Steam. Descent was approved...
