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Chekov joins Star Trek Online in Agents of Yesterday
Over the years, Star Trek Online has become a high school reunion of sorts for actors from the movies and various series. One of...
How Elder Scrolls Online converts veteran ranks to champion points
ZeniMax has just posted a deep-dive into the veteran rank system obliteration coming with The Elder Scrolls Online's Dark Brotherhood DLC. "The goal for...
Empyrean is building ‘MMOs you can beat’
Empyrean Interactive is coining a new acronym this season: PCA, which stands for persistent cooperative adventure, a "radically different" take on the MMO genre.
Studio...
Star Trek Online’s tale of two Leetas
If Star Trek has taught us anything, it's that midriffs and goatees signify that you're from an evil parallel universe -- and that more...
Chronicles of Elyria roars past $422,000 in its Kickstarter campaign
Two days into its Kickstarter campaign, Chronicles of Elyria is hardly slowing from its sprint out of the gate. The fantasy MMO sandbox has...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Weighing in on the Guild Wars 2 WvW poll
The first WvW poll is about to close and the votes have been flying in during the last few days, driving home that Guild Wars...
Elite: Dangerous expounds on engineers and ship modifications
The latest edition of Elite: Dangerous' newsletter is out, and it shines a spotlight on the engineers. A special type of NPC, the engineers...
How MMORPG character gear is made in APB: Reloaded
APB: Reloaded has posted a new dev blog this week all about how character wearables are designed and inserted into the game.
"The character and...
Chronicles of Elyria embraces ‘earn-to-play’ model
Chronicles of Elyria understands that not everyone can game around the clock, and through a couple of systems the team is striving to make...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood DLC lands on the PTS, opens Anvil, nukes veteran ranks
ZeniMax has set a rapid pace for fleshing out Elder Scrolls Online's recently announced Dark Brotherhood DLC, which lands on the PTS today. The...
ArcheAge has big plans to merge its auction houses
ArcheAge economy players, listen up: Big changes to your market system will likely affect you.
In a new dev post, Trion explains that it will...
Pantheon’s Rogue will throw chemicals in your face
Hands up: Who wants to play a Rogue when Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen launches? You might be tempted after reading this class' reveal. The...
Lord of the Rings Online gets a combat tune-up
In all of the excitement of yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online Battle of Pelennor Fields update, it was probably easy to miss some of...
The MOP Up: Demons invade Skyforge (April 10, 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...
The making of an Albion Online boss
Have you ever wondered what goes into making a boss for an MMO? If you give it even a minute's thought, you'll realize that...
Flameseeker Chronicles: The future of Guild Wars 2 under Mike O’Brien
The news coming from ArenaNet has been very interesting since the company's President Mike O'Brien took over as Guild Wars 2 Game Director, so I...
Cower in fear before Worlds Adrift’s manta rays
Creatures that might look benign and even pettable in nature are almost invariably turned into player-eating monsters in MMOs. It just comes with the...
Darkfall: New Dawn explains its decision to reboot
Are you confused over why a small PvP MMO like Darkfall would ever warrant a reboot, nevermind two? Or why these competing reboots wouldn't...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon lays the foundation for player testing
Darkfall's Rise of Agon reboot spent the last week prepping the servers for the game's eventual player test, according to a new developer diary....
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Gorseval raid boss guide
More than one reader has asked for further Guild Wars 2Â raid guides, and who am I to disappoint? I've been keeping back this Gorseval...
