economy

On Friday, I took a look at the classes, combat, and tricky mechanics of upcoming sandboxy Korean-import Black Desert's first western closed beta test....

If nothing else, Entropia Universe seems always good for an eye-popping story about how much real-world money that players will spend on in-game goods...

In anticipation of the today's livestream, Camelot Unchained boss Mark Jacobs spoke with us about the implementation of crafting and trade in the game...

It's hard being the youngest child -- you get the hand-me-downs, suffer through swirlies by older siblings, and eventually develop such a neurosis that...

Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our most likely to flop in 2016 and beyond award. Last year, Star Citizen took home this dishonor, leading to...

I say this with nothing but love in my heart: Some of you guys are serious MMO hipsters. Heck, some of you guys were...

Players logging in to SkySaga this past week will have encountered a game that's been changed and improved across the board (and hopefully for...

It's closed beta time for Albion, and if you're a legendary founder, you can log in right now. Or not if you'd prefer to...

There's a whole lot to be said about the Diadem. Let's start: It's kind of a mess because it's a really solid idea lacking...

As of today, Neverwinter players are going underground. Not in the sense that they're becoming very obscure, but in the sense that the Underdark...

A Massively OP reader named Ohnix recently sent us a question just perfect for Ask Mo. Let's debate guilds! I play EverQuest II quite a...

Sandbox lovers must be in heaven lately with so many new choices arising in MMO circles. It seems as though most of the newer...

Masterwork crafting in Neverwinter is not meant to be something you just start doing on your second day of crafting. It's right there in...

Rust is the latest online game to open up an item store, but it's actually more interesting than it sounds. The store sells only...

Roads can deteriorate, statues crumble, castles collapse, and books are lost. But legacies persist. A redesign for Crowfall's website plays up the idea that each...

Do you like EVE Online? Do you like charts and graphs? If you answered yes to both of those questions, the latest CCP dev...

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...

Welcome back to our ongoing exploration of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt’s book The Video Game Debate. As you can guess, the book itself focuses...

Get your clicking fingers ready! Thanks to Obsidian Entertainment and My.com, we've got 30 collector's edition keys for tank MMO shooter Armored Warfare to...

I know I promised you an entry that focused on the changes to the in-game economy as my next installment to the Heart of Thorns...