economy
Shroud of the Avatar plans improvements to tropical island towns and the economy
Player-run towns in Shroud of the Avatar have had the option of being on a tropical island since May. Of course, that option was mostly...
DragonCon 2016: ArcheAge on FFA arena, belly physics, fresh-start servers, and December 3.0 launch
Community Manager Seraphina "Celestrata" Brennan was on hand at DragonCon 2016 to show off ArcheAge's upcoming updates, from the September second anniversary update coming...
The Daily Grind: Is gaming being ruined by hype?
Last week, one of my favorite MOP commenters, DeadlyAccurate, linked us to a Cracked article discussing how gaming is "being ruined by hype." Using...
Shroud of the Avatar to issue bans for RMT outside of approved forum
Did you know that Shroud of the Avatar allows players to trade and sell virtual goods like pledges and store items - and now gold?...
Sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe’s Kickstarter has launched, seeks half a million dollars
As promised, the folks at Novaquark have launched the Kickstarter for Dual Universe this morning. They seek $557,818Â to bring what they are calling "the...
EVE Evolved: The consequences of a free-to-play EVE
This week we heard the unexpected news that EVE Online will be going partially free-to-play when the next expansion lands in November. Like many games...
The Daily Grind: Do you seek out empty MMORPG servers?
Empty MMORPG servers freak me out.
It isn't as though I don't play plenty of singleplayer games and sims and RPGs and can't stand to...
Project Gorgon aims for Steam early access ‘soon’
Starved for news concerning indie MMO Project Gorgon? Then prepare to gorge yourself silly on a new developer diary that stuffs so much info...
Kakao denies mass-banning on Black Desert forums
Black Desert players have been up in arms over several recently announced changes to the formerly buy-to-play game, including a de facto subscription and plan...
EVE Evolved: The single-shard sandbox economy
The debate about what makes a good sandbox game is as old as the term itself, and everyone seems to have a different view...
The MOP Up: Project Gorgon’s pig dance party (August 7, 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...
Black Desert: Community uproar and analysts on Kakao
Black Desert forumgoers dug up an article in the Korea Herald from a few weeks ago that suggests publisher Kakao is using its games...
Black Desert players explode over plan to allow cash shop items on the in-game market
Did you hear that noise? It's the sound of Black Desert players flipping tables. "Game went from FFXIV to ArcheAge in span of 2...
Albion Online kicks off final beta, plus highlights from the AMA
Albion Online's final beta phase kicks off today, with a reported $7 million under its belt in crowdfunds. Over the weekend, the team ran...
Mu Origin launches on mobile with a giveaway
While the rest of the world might be content to use their mobile devices to catch pokeymans, you could be the one gamer who...
Defiance ditches its brand-new auction house
Easy come, easy go: Just two months after Defiance added a game-wide auction house, the title is now removing it entirely.
According to Trion Worlds,...
Crowfall authorizes RMT program for retired goods
In trying to anticipate the demand for reselling retired Crowfall goods and heading off some of the shadier aspects of third-party RMT transactions, ArtCraft announced...
MMO Mechanics: Creating engaging crafting mechanics
I'm currently bogged down in an over-the-shoulder crafting blur, vicariously depleting gold and recommending several YouTube-approved crazy material gathering runs as I get my...
Giveaway: Das Tal summer alpha keys from Fairytale Distillery and MOP [Over now!]
Indie sandbox Das Tal's summer alpha kicks off tomorrow morning on July 16th. Fairytale Distillery plans to cut the rope on the servers at...
Shroud of the Avatar outlines summer release plans
Portalarium is still celebrating the release of its 31st Shroud of the Avatar update last week, but the game's latest newsletter is already outlining...
