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GDC 2018: Ultima Online post-mortem with Richard Garriott, Starr Long, Raph Koster, and Rich Vogel
Plenty of panels at GDC are recorded and uploaded to the internet weeks after the event, including this one. It's not quite the same...
Snail’s mobile MMO Blade Reborn plans global launch on March 27
Here's another one we've never heard of: Blade Reborn. It's a Snail Games mobile game, and the studio is calling it a full-fledged action...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth sells physical pre-purchases in Europe
Why would somebody want to pick up a physical box with a digital game code inside of it in 2018? It's hard to say,...
SoulWorker Online will not wipe servers but will apparently be IP blocked
There are certain expectations you have when a free-to-play game is in open beta with a full launch planned for later. For example, you...
Academics argue WHO’s ‘gaming disorder’ is arbitrary, criticize lack of evidentiary transparency
Researchers and self-regulatory bodies are continuing their denouncement of the World Health Organization's plan to classify "gaming addiction" as a "gaming disorder." The Entertainment...
Black Desert celebrates two years and three million players in the west
Black Desert isn't content to celebrate its second western anniversary with just an in-game event and some free stuff, oh no. Today it's rolled...
Aion Europe celebrates its sixth birthday
Spread your wings and fly with the angels: Aion is turning six years old, at least in its European incarnation.
From March 1st through the...
World of Warcraft emulators forge forward in a post-Classic announcement era
Curious about what's going to happen to all of those World of Warcraft legacy emulators with WoW Classic on the way? It doesn't look...
The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Ninja arrives in Southeast Asia (February 11, 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...
Pokemon Go adds Rayquaza, European shop events, and raid fixes
Hey trainers! Legendary pokemon Rayquaza joins the raid fun "for a limited time" in Pokemon Go beginning today through March 16th.
"In celebration, Pokémon originally...
Black Desert explains its new ‘single global build’ philosophy
Just in time for the Olympics, Kakao is bringing east and west together in Black Desert. In the game's latest dev letter, the studio...
German commission takes up lootbox issue as academics link whaling to gambling markets
Germany has added its voice to the anti-lockbox chorus in the US, UK, and Netherlands. According to an article on the German-language Welt (picked...
Academics debate WHO ‘gaming disorder’ classification and global political implications
Remember how the World Health Organization is angling to classify gaming addiction as a "gaming disorder"? Researchers and self-regulatory bodies have been pushing back...
TERA’s console versions are coming in the first half of 2018
In the works since its conception in 2013, TERA's console version is finally coming to North America and Europe in the first half of...
Massively Overthinking: Considering pay-to-win MMO peripherals
MOP reader and commenter Sally Bowls recently sent along a link to an insanely awesome 34" monitor that costs more than a lot of...
The Survivalist: Another year, another Survival Game guide
A new year, a new batch of survival games! Yes, the genre has become so popular that one guide, no not even two guides...
World of Warcraft e-sports: The return of the Mythic Dungeon Invitational and Arena World Championship
World of Warcraft and e-sports: two great tastes that taste great together, right? That's Blizzard's position, anyway. On Friday it laid out its plans...
The Game Archaeologist: Neocron
It's the distant future. The high-tech battle armor you wear sharply contrasts with the ruins of civilization that you traverse. You spot an enemy...
The Game Archaeologist: Revisiting the first three months of World of Warcraft
Were you there?
Many of us were. Many weren't. Either way, November 23rd, 2004 was a watershed date for the MMORPG industry and one watched...
Interview: ArcheAge’s 4.0 Maelstrom launches December 13 with changes to lunagems, raid finder, and more
Batten down the hatches because a big storm hits tomorrow! ArcheAge's Maelstrom, with its cross-server navel arena, launches on December 13th. We got to...
