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E3 2016: ARK: Survival Evolved will soon let you play and mate as a prehistoric creature
Have you ever been playing ARK: Survival Evolved and wondered what it would be like to live a day in the life of some...
PSA: The E3 Humble Bundle is full of online gaming goodness
Is your favorite MMO going to be at E3 this year? There are some games there and many that aren't, so it's a bit...
Landmark bombs on Steam while WildStar fans deliver positivity
It was probably inevitable that Landmark's official launch on Friday afternoon -- against the Warcraft movie and pre-E3 hoopla and following basically zero PR...
E3 2016: Elder Scrolls Online accumulates 7M players, announces game-wide auto-scaling
Elder Scrolls Online took to its studio stage pre-E3 late last night to make a major announcement: The MMO will soon feature universal level-scaling for all players...
Final Fantasy XIV reveals its E3 plans
Are you already tired of Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch? If so, well, what the heck do you want? You got a whole...
Massively OP’s guide to understanding video game research
I noticed two strange things in the comments section of our lengthy Exploring the Video Game Debate series: People were angry at research that...
PAX East 2016: Brad McQuaid on Pantheon’s startup, development focus, and old-school nature
The development history of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen could be generously described as "checkered." The title went through several forms of failed crowdfunding...
PAX East 2016: Hands-on with Perfect World’s Livelock
People who know me know that if there's just one thing in this world that I'm passionate about, it's probably robots. Robots are a...
PAX East 2016: Warframe reveals fairy warframe concept, sports mode
At PAX East this weekend, Ditigal Extremes revealed a ton of incoming Warframe content, including a gorgeous new fairy warframe concept ("with razor butterflies" and...
The Elder Scrolls Legends TCG is finally making its closed beta move
Remember Elder Scrolls Legends, the online TCG that Bethsoft teased at last year's E3? The one that was supposed to launch in 2015? The...
The Game Archaeologist: The Wish that wasn’t
First of all, "wish" is one of those words that ends up looking dang strange the more you focus on it. Wish, wish, wish,...
The Game Archaeologist: The sad saga of Stargate Worlds
In 1994, a science-fiction movie called Stargate took the idea of alien portals that allowed people to travel instantaneously across the universe and turned it...
No Man’s Sky pricing leak rumour sends fans into a tizzy
There's been a huge degree of fascination with indie game No Man's Sky since it stole the show at E3 2014. The game promises seamless exploration of...
The MOP Up: Dungeons & Drama Online (January 31, 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...
Massively Overthinking: The cynicism of modern MMO Kickstarters
This week we've been abuzz about Smed's Hero's Song Kickstarter cancellation - the KS more than the game, mostly because the game is happening...
The Division’s DLC is definitely coming out for the Xbox One first
Back at E3 2014, future players were told that The Division would release DLC as timed exclusives for the Xbox One. Of course, back...
EverQuesting: EverQuest, EverQuest II, Landmark, and EverQuest Next in 2015
When it comes to the EverQuest franchise, looking back at 2015 is a much different experience than looking back at 2014 was. That previous...
Massively OP’s 2015 Blooper Awards: Most Predictable MMO Delay
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Most Predictable MMO Delay. And the winner is...
The Division
The Division was unveiled at E3 in...
MMO Year in Review: Heavensward’s arrival (June 2015)
This year, we're taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head...
The Elder Scrolls Legends TCG delayed into 2016
The Elder Scrolls franchise is no stranger to delays, which is why it's almost tradition for it's spin-off card game to reveal that it...
