dev diary
Neverwinter’s Shroud of Souls endgame quest comes with a new companion
Endgamers are getting lots of love in Neverwinter's Shroud of Souls campaign. That's the takeaway from today's PWE dev blog, which covers the new...
Valiance Online on alpha, Steam, and the character generator of your dreams
Expect "big changes" in the way Silverhelm Studios handles superhero MMORPGÂ Valiance Online's development going forward, the indie group tells future players and testers in...
SWTOR sits on a brand-new superweapon
Now that we've watched The Last Jedi teaser trailer a few hundred times and steeled ourselves for a potential Death Star Number 4, SWTOR...
A trimmed-down Star Citizen 3.0 alpha is coming this summer
You can stop fidgeting about what might or might not arrive in Star Citizen this year: Cloud Imperium has released its promised development roadmap...
Hellion wants its systems to be breaking down more
Hellion has a systems problem, in that its in-game systems are just too darn functional and well-maintained. That would be terrific news if you...
Osiris: New Dawn’s April patch boasts level design, melee, and dungeon improvements
Survival sandbox Osiris: New Dawn has a new dev post and video out this week discussing just what is coming in its "massive" next...
Rend’s mix-and-match class system is deeper than it appears
Start small, grow wide: This is the class philosophy in the upcoming survival sandbox Rend. While there are only four classes in the game,...
Here’s how Neverwinter’s ‘Stronghold Marauder’ guild events will work
When the Shroud of Souls campaign launches for Neverwinter in May, people in guilds will be treated to a special type of event called...
Elder Scrolls Online illustrates the Warden’s cold, nature, and summon abilities
If you liked Tuesday's quickie video of The Elder Scrolls Online's Warden healing plant spell, you're going to like today's dev blog too. The...
Crowfall’s destructible castles are hungry hungry hippos
One of my favorite early MMORPG PvP memories is from Dark Age of Camelot, where I liked to position my Huntress atop my side's...
Rend aims to boost its survival sandbox community with three-faction PvP
Frostkeep Studios has another dev blog out this week explaining how Rend will improve on traditional survival sandboxes. How? Factions.
The studio's Jordan Leithart argues...
Crowfall shows off gender-alternative variants of the Assassin and Druid
Now that the Crowfall team has revealed most of the core archetypes that will come in the launch game, the devs are turning their...
Conan Exiles goes on sale for 20% off, recaps its update progress so far
It's been a whirlwind spring for Conan Exiles, with the survival sandbox racking up hundreds of thousands of sales while pumping out updates left...
Legends of Aria rewrites Shards Online’s combat system
When Legends of Aria emerged from Shards Online, it changed more than just the name. In the first Aria-era dev diary, the team explains...
The MOP Up: Scorpio’s doomsday device (April 9, 2017)
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...
State of Decay 2 will launch with three large maps
When it comes to sequels, the general philosophy is to go bigger and better than the original. For the zombie-filled State of Decay 2, this...
Revelation Online spills more details on the Faerie’s Funland in-game themepark
If you're a real-life amusement park junkie as I am, you're probably looking forward to Revelation Online's next patch with interest, even if you...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s Bastion of the Penitent raid lore
As promised, I'm making a return to the lore found within Guild Wars 2's newest raid Bastion of the Penitent now that we've summarised the...
Path of Exile may have suffered a user data breach
Path of Exile may have suffered a data breach in March. We say "may" because even Grinding Gear Games isn't entirely sure what was...
Ashes of Creation really wants you to grok its node system
We've teased upcoming Ashes of Creation for its "nodes," and apparently Intrepid Studios agrees that they're confusing, as the MMORPG has released a dev...
