dev diary
Camelot Unchained continues work to make NPCs behave properly and look good doing it
Last week, the folks at Camelot Unchained were focusing on making sure their NPCs were dolts when it comes to moving around in a...
City of Titans talks about how Momentum and Reserves mechanics change the face of combat
There are two systems being developed for City of Titans that kind of work hand-in-hand with one another, at least in a sense that...
Bungie’s weekly update touches on Destiny 2’s Armor 2.0, cross save, and ‘Dresstiny’
When you look good, you feel good, and no more is that true than playing dress-up with your favorite MMO avatar. The folks at...
Legends of Aria explains the new professions system it launched with Steam early access
Still fresh off its Steam early access launch last week, Legends of Aria has posted a new dev blog all about the Professions system....
Ashes of Creation is revivifying its standalone Apocalypse battle royale mode – on Steam
In November of last year, Ashes of Creation company Intrepid Studios startled both Kickstarter supporters and general MMO watchers by announcing that its battle...
Sandbox MMO Project C solves bugs – and adds one on purpose – in its latest pre-alpha update
Still keeping an eye on Project C? That's the SpatialOS-based open-world persistent sandbox MMO by Darewise, the same company that along with studio Nvizzio struggled...
Sea of Thieves drops Dark Relics update, preps Gamescom showing
Every other day this month can belong to WoW Classic, but today? Today is Sea of Thieves' day and everyone else can step off....
Perfect Ten: Creating the worst MMO ever
Here at Massively Overpowered, we learn about some games, folks. We learn a whole lot about a whole lot of games! We know MMOs....
Camelot Unchained checks in with work on NPC pathfinding and more in the weekly wrap-up
There's nothing more annoying than seeing NPCs that you need to go somewhere run pell-mell into a giant, obvious wall or some other insurmountable...
Into the Super-verse: How Ship of Heroes is winning the superhero race
When it came to the explosion of spiritual successors to City of Heroes, there's definitely something to be said about being first on the...
The Repopulation checks in with an update on vehicles and mounts
It's been a couple of months since we heard much from The Repopulation, but delays ensured that the most recent dev blog combines July and...
Red Dead Online teases new roles as watchdog group questions Rockstar’s tax history
Red Dead Online has been a bit of a non-entity this year, contrary to our hopes anyway. The MMO-ish version of Red Dead Redemption...
Cyberespionage MMO Spycursion plans a hackable media system with blackmailable journalists
Earlier this spring, I was disappointed by the failed Kickstarter for Spycursion. Defun Games had put up an MMO intended to support a "living...
Legends of Aria’s new bard and vitality regen system sounds an awful lot like Star Wars Galaxies’
Let me just put it out there: Bards are the best class archetype in all of RPGs, let alone just MMOs, which is why...
Neverwinter’s Uprising raid is ‘some of the most challenging’ ever added to the game
If you're a raider, Neverwinter's upcoming Tower of the Mad Mage is going to be your jam. It's the 10-man trial launching with Uprising...
Ashes of Creation previews its cute pangolin-esque creature, the quarrior
Is he a pangolin? A hedgehog? Nay, he is a quarrior, and he is the freakin' adorable critter on display in Ashes of Creation's...
Check out how Astellia Online’s gems and loyalty points work in CBT2
Astellia Online's second closed beta here in the west is underway this week, and there's a big new feature awaiting testers: the cash shop....
Camelot Unchained says it’s actually ‘ahead of schedule on some fronts’
Hold on to your skepticism: The very much behind-schedule beta MMO Camelot Unchained is apparently "ahead of schedule on some fronts." That's according to...
Here’s how Neverwinter’s appearance system is changing with Uprising next month
Wardrobe, costumes, outfits, A-tab, cosmetics, transmog: Whatever you call it, most serious MMOs have some kind of system that separates a character's visual appearance...
EVE Online hints at a ‘chaos era’ and hikes up market fees
It's one thing to try to jar the Jenga tower of a sandbox title, but chaos? That's a word that's been bandied about by...