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Darkfall: New Dawn tacks on titles and opens local banks for business
Did anyone in class today remember that Darkfall: New Dawn is officially launching, oh, next week? Don't worry, it kind of slipped our mind...
CCP addresses EVE Online botter problem, saying it’s at the ‘top of the list’
Last week, we reported on a situation brewing on the EVE Online subreddit, where player after player spoke out about the game's botting problem,...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s case for asymmetric and asynchronous gameplay
If there's one thing that EVE Online does better than any other MMO on the market today, it's persistent gameplay on massive scales. The now-famous...
Raph Koster on MMO ecosystems, the balance of power, and tennis
Most MMORPGs have the core sandbox problem: Whoever gets there first, controls all the toys and has the power to drive everyone else away....
A look back at the MMO and gaming science topics of 2017
Over the last couple of years, we've redoubled our efforts on our science-related articles, as you may have noticed from our roundups in 2016 and 2015....
Mobile MMO roundup: Pokemon Go, Like A Boss, Arena of Valor, Wargaming, Mu Origin, and mobile demographics
Welcome back to another mobile MMO roundup, maybe possibly giving you something fun to do on your phones while you're stuck at various holiday...
EVE Online has a galactic-sized economy dump for you
Do you miss the feeling of being in school and staring, cross-eyed, at all sorts of graphs and charts in your classes? If so,...
MMO Mechanics: 2017’s MMO Mechanics in review
I cannot quite believe that we're saying goodbye to 2017 and ringing in 2018 so quickly: It certainly doesn't feel as though an entire...
SWTOR gradually responds to Update 5.6 credit exploit
A severe credit exploit that popped up following last week's Game Update 5.6 in Star Wars: The Old Republic has led to massive disruptions...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite way to make money in an MMORPG?
Writing about Star Wars Galaxies' emulator last week awoke in me a dormant desire to get back in there and make some pretend money....
Wild West Online seems to be dropping FFA PvP in favor of faction-based PvP
Still bummed out about Wild West Online's delay to 2018? Wait until you see the game's latest dev blog! 612 Games doesn't mention the...
EA patches Star Wars Battlefront 2 as petition asking Lucasfilm to drop EA reaches 120K sigs
How hard is EA trying to salvage its rep hit from the Star Wars Battlefront 2 drama? It's hard to judge right now. This...
DayZ finally makes hard plans to leave early access and launch (beta) next year
Remember like 50 million years ago when DayZ was young, Dean Hall was at the top of everybody's interview list, and nobody realized the...
Raph Koster on the cost of making games from the industry side
All of this talk about the price of making games and the price of playing games thanks to Star Wars: Battlefront II has meant...
Destiny 2 doubles level XP following last week’s botched event
Remember how Bungie bungled Destiny 2's XP scaling event and had to disable the whole thing after players found that the game was throttling...
The MOP Up: League of Legends doesn’t want to grow up (November 26, 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...
MMO Mechanics: What can be learned from Guild Wars 2 Mountgate?
Most often, MMO Mechanics articles focus on the gameplay mechanics that both make the MMO genre unique and those that diversify MMOs from one...
Shroud of the Avatar teases winter holiday items and the R48 artifact revamp
Are you one of those folks who laments that the winter holiday season gets pushed earlier and earlier every year? If so, you're not...
Visit EVE Online’s massive player graveyard
When you think of an MMO "sandbox," what comes to mind? Player housing, perhaps, and open world PvP. Maybe a free-form economy, player vendors,...
Shroud of the Avatar announces big gameplay change and new trial
Following the release of its October content update a few days ago, Shroud of the Avatar's weekly newsletter delivered a hodge-podge of smaller news...
