e-sports
Games business roundup: VR, Project Alloy, Pearl Abyss, pay-to-dress-up, Goldman Sachs, lockboxes, and Bluehole
By chance, a whole bunch of industry-related posts landed in our newsroom this week. Well, not entirely by chance; our tipsters showered us in...
SMITE’s Journey to Asgard, Hand of the Gods’ Hindu Pantheon, and The Caster reality show
It's patch day in SMITE, as I remembered this morning when my husband logged in and saw the new "Belly Ache Ymir" skin. Our...
Permateam aims to reduce toxicity by avoiding random grouping in games like Overwatch and League of Legends
Players feeling the frustration and sting of random grouping in Overwatch and other e-sports games might have a new ally in the form of...
Overwatch League adds Philly and Texas teams, will play at new Blizzard Arena
Blizzard continues raking in the big bucks for its grand vision of Overwatch League, adding three new teams to its roster this week: one...
World of Warcraft kicks off its Mythic Dungeon Invitational
Not all e-sports tournaments have to do with players beating on each other's faces, although to be fair, that seems like a vast majority...
BlizzCon reveals this year’s virtual ticket plans, broadcasts pre-show
Is there anything really important between now and November 3rd, when BlizzCon 2017 begins? Probably not, so we might as well all start hibernating...
PAX West 2017: SMITE’s new conquest map, Paladins Strike, and the fate of SMITE Rivals
Just because SMITE and Paladins weren't available to play at PAX West doesn't mean that there wasn't stuff to learn about the games from Hi-Rez!
I...
PAX West 2017: Hand of the Gods’ Japanese pantheon and the possibility of 2v2
While the full Hi-Rez portfolio wasn't in attendance at PAX West, Hand of the Gods was on-hand with a fan tournament as well as...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMOs of 2017’s PAX West
PAX West 2017 has come and gone, and though MJ is still feverishly working on her last few articles, we wanted to pause a...
Global Chat: Overwatch’s stalled story
With all of the attention, fandom, e-sports, and development given to Blizzard's Overwatch, have you ever suspected that the team shooter has a critical...
Blizzard to open an e-sports arena this fall
Everybody knows that if you are truly serious about being a legitimate force in the e-sports industry, you have to own your own arena....
Facebook doubles down on e-sports with Hi-Rez’s Paladins Premier League contract
From FarmVille to VR to e-sports: Facebook is gunning for whatever the kids are into these days.
At least that's the takeaway from Hi-Rez's announcement...
Underage Overwatch player lands six-figure e-sports contract
He may not be old enough to vote, but 17-year-old Jay Won is already making more money than you. Probably.
Won, an Overwatch player who...
The MOP Up: Warframe battles cancer (September 3, 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...
Hi-Rez and WESA announce 10-member Paladins Premier League
Blizzard isn't the only studio having a go at a massive pro league for its star shooter: Hi-Rez announced this morning what it's calling...
Blade & Soul’s PAX West e-sports tourney has a $170,000 prize purse
NCsoft's taking another stab at MMORPG e-sports, this time with Blade & Soul, which will serve as the focal point of the company's tourney...
Blizzard profiles World of Warcraft e-sports notables in new video series
Blizzard is not going to stop trying to make World of Warcraft e-sports a thing, gang, so we may as well have some fun...
Breakaway shows off its competitive side in a new trailer
Why will you be playing Breakaway? The latest trailer for the game is all about how you'll be playing the game to win and...
John Smedley talks about the game industry but is mum about his studio’s project
It has now been seven months since John Smedley shut down Pixelmage Games and took his team over to Amazon Game Studios to set...
The MOP Up: Black Desert shows pet love (August 20, 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...
