dev diary
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...
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...
Saga of Lucimia’s next public build is coming in April
Now that Saga of Lucimia has emerged from the dark age of development, the team is proving to be quite communicative about the game's...
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...
Diablo III polishes legendary gems in next update
Blizzard's all-seeing eye has turned its attention to legendary gems as one of the foci of the upcoming Diablo III Patch 2.4.1. Basically, the...
Allods Online elaborates on new class aspects, weapon mechanics
You might recall that Allods Online has big changes in the works for its classes with the coming Update 7.0. If you don't remember...
Saga of Lucimia emerges from ‘the dark ages’ of development
Wondering why you haven't heard much about Saga of Lucimia over the past several months? That's been intentional, as the team had gone silent...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Hatching-Tide brings new barding, new hats, and new music sheets
Most reliable scholars of Eorzea agree that the second Calamity was ushered in on March 15th, when Hatching-Tide started in Final Fantasy XIV once...
