early access
Interview: Worlds Adrift’s Bossa Studios on giving, griefing, and gittin’ gud
After the launch of Worlds Adrift but prior to E3, we sent off an interview to Bossa Studios and recently received our answers, complete...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter’s five-year anniversary and Ravenloft campaign (June 24, 2018)
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...
Multiplayer sandbox Staxel builds out NPCs, pet shops, and summer festivals
Staxel took over the playtime of a bunch of my Twitter buddies this past winter when it hit early access on Steam. We described...
E3 2018: Hands-on with Mavericks, the MMO battle royale hybrid
Automaton Games CEO James Thompson came along with Improbable, Bill Roper, and Mavericks to this year's E3, where I got a second chance to...
Project Gorgon brings out catalog golems to help search player shops
One of Project Gorgon's old-school-made-new-again features is the incorporation of player vendors. And while that's all well and good to let players sell their...
SOS fully abandons its classic mode, and its Steam reviews are a dumpster fire
Outpost Games sent round a mailer this week announcing that SOS Battle Royale is now "free to play forever," thanks to its latest patch,...
Dark and Light announces its first expansion, Shard of Faith, for later this summer
It's been a year since Dark and Light went into early access, and the game has been updating ever since that launch. To celebrate,...
Bless Online plans a big server merge for the end of July
Bless Online hasn't quite yet dug out of the hole it made for itself during its early access launch, but at least Neowiz has...
Bless Online patches in a 3v3 arena and class buffs as players call for server merges
Bless Online is trucking out a brand-new patch today. The highlight is the Certanon Arena, essentially a 3v3 best-of-five PvP minigame for level 45...
Gran Skrea brings an indie sandbox MMO to early access
On the prowl for an undiscovered indie MMORPG these days? You might want to check out Gran Skrea Online, as it just went into...
E3 2018: Well-earned hype for Rend’s pets, construction, modding, and PvPvE
When I met Frostkeep Studios' CEO Jeremy Wood and crew at GDC earlier this year, I walked away impressed. I finally felt like I...
E3 2018: Vigor brings a DayZ-like experience to a post-war Norway
Bohemia Interactive, the developer behind DayZ, knows what it does well, and it's going to continue to create games within its specific field of...
Bless Online explains why it chose early access, lays out the content coming soon
Bless Online Executive Producer Sungjin Ko is back with another letter for the community today, this one offering insight into why Neowiz picked early...
Action MMO Warlords Awakening hits Steam, planning early access soon
So here's a new one for the consideration pile: An MMORPG called Warlords Awakening has just dropped on Steam. Developer Playwith says it's in...
Bless Online turns its attention to proper localization, hires new temporary support staff
For all its early access faults, Bless Online's seemingly endless stream of producer updates and apologies ought to at least help assuage some of...
The Stream Team: A first look at claymation survival game Disdoored
Do you like claymation? Do you like survival games? Well, the newly introduced Disdoored was made with you in mind! Massively OP's MJ is...
Bless Online goes on an all-out offensive with its upcoming 140-player battle
Pushing back against poor reviews and mass refunds, Bless Online has grand plans to turn public perception of the game around with big ol'...
The Survivalist: Eight ways to give Just Survive a fighting chance
Do you remember at the beginning of May when Just Survive was talking about "working on a plan to go forward"? I understand if...
The Stream Team: A first romp in Paladins’ Realm Royale
Remember Paladins: Battlegrounds? Massively OP's MJ played it when it was debuted at Hi-Rez Expo 2018. Now, it is rebranded and in early access...
Wild Terra spinoff Corrupted hits Steam early access wearing Wild Terra’s favorite shirt
Heading into Steam early access today is new isometric game called Corrupted, and if it looks familiar, that's because it's from Juvty Worlds, which...
