exploits
Black Desert players claim to have dug up a massive infinite-gathering exploit
Over the weekend, Daum disabled shovels and empty bottles in Black Desert. Why? The "team discovered a bug with the current implementation" -- that's the...
Comparing American and Japanese Pokemon Go culture
My previous article on the culture of Japan's Pokemon Go scene was written before I'd experienced much of the American one to keep my explanations...
Riders of Icarus plans ‘new banning initiative,’ will name and shame cheaters
Riders of Icarus' latest producer's letter makes a grim admission: "Since Head Start, Riders of Icarus has been riddled with spammers and bots."
"We understand...
Overwatch players are warned: use Lucio in Lucioball or face consequences
The whole point of Overwatch's Lucioball mode is that everyone plays as Lucio. The name of the mode is already "Lucioball," the only character...
RuneScape helps its players through the wilderness
RuneScape's Wilderness area is a dangerous and tantalizing area, full of hazards and lucrative opportunities to grow your character (and his or her coffers)....
Grav takes steps to join the MMO club
What happens when you take a survival sandbox and start linking together all of its servers? You might actually end up with something that...
Final Fantasy XIV bans more than 6,000 accounts for RMT
Making money in Final Fantasy XIV isn't necessarily easy. You have to play the free market quite a bit to acquire large amounts of...
Perfect Ten: Older PC games that would make for great MMOs
Video games had a huge impact on my childhood and teenage years, imprinting themselves onto my psyche for all of the struggles and elation...
Warframe was hacked in 2014 to the tune of almost 800,000 email addresses
If you've been playing Warframe a long time, it's a good time to refresh your account credentials.
Vice's Motherboard blog reports this week that it...
Blizzard is quietly fighting Overwatch toxicity
If you've started to notice that the community in Overwatch has started to turn vicious in the past few weeks, you're not alone.
In an...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile’s Q&A bonanza (July 10, 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...
Perfect Ten: The 10 components of a ‘fair’ MMO PvP fight
I spend a lot of my time thinking about MMO PvP. You might not realize it, but I'm actually a really big fan of...
Darkfall: New Dawn launches its public InDev server
One of the two Darkfall reboots has sort of won the race to release, as New Dawn announced this past week that it has...
Star Trek Online details the stats for its temporal ships
We're going to blow your mind with a stunning revelation: Star Trek Online takes place in the future. Yes, this game full of spaceships...
Tree of Savior bans another 5000 exploiters for UI hack
Another week, another wave of mass-bannings in Tree of Savior. IMCGames announced yesterday that it's banned 5,607 accounts that were using a UI hack...
Tree of Savior will reopen for new players after dealing with bots and exploits
If you're waiting for Tree of Savior to return from limbo, your only question, we suspect, is when?
IMCGames removed the game from purchase on...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Why wave-ban Guild Wars 2 cheaters?
Last week, our very own Bree Royce summed up a response given by ArenaNet's Chris Cleary to a self-confessed hacker on the game's subreddit...
Albion Online on hardcore-vs.-casual player sandbox synergy
Just a day after launching its massive Darian patch, Albion Online has posted up a Q&A video and roadmap summary for its summer goals....
Black Desert’s most common hacking tool appears to be bundled with a keylogger
Vigilante justice rarely works out in the long run. Delivering pain to match pain just creates an unceasing, spiraling cycle. But with all of...
Black Desert turns to its playerbase to hunt down cheaters for prizes
Daum EU is asking for help cracking down on cheating in Black Desert -- from you.
"We invite each of you to join us in...
