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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG craft skills can you do in real life?
I've just gotten back from a family trip during which I bumped into various family members with some interesting craft skills, from gardening to jewelcrafting...
KingsIsle shows off new Wizard101 and Pirate101 content
How long does it take for KingsIsle developers to go from concept to execution when it comes to Wizard101 and Pirate101 content? According to...
Funcom is working on a ‘tactical turn-based strategy’ game
Funcom is apparently keeping itself busy with a new partnership and game. The company's investor relations site has a brief press release with the...
Exclusive: Wizard101 Q&A dev diary on its PvP update and monstrology evolution
Kid-friendly MMORPG Wizard101 is on the cusp of a big update -- in fact, it's already landed on the official test server as of this...
E3 2017: Monster Hunter World demo, difficulty, global appeal, and leaks
Monster Hunter World's reveal caught me completely off guard during its E3 2017 reveal. We'd already had a title announced for the Nintendo Switch, and...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that died too soon
Your favorite game is going to die. I wrote about that. Some games are never even going to get to launching in the first...
Chronicles of Elyria picks up a new community producer, explains its tribal concept
The family at Soulbound Studio has grown one larger this week with the addition of Adam Wong as Chronicles of Elyria's new senior community...
Amazon Game Studios grabs H1Z1’s art director
Amazon Game Studios continues to lure talented developers away for its new multiplayer projects. Sebastian Strzalkowski became the latest to defect to the new...
The MOP Up: Revelation Online’s monthly challenges (June 4, 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...
The Game Archaeologist: How Sceptre of Goth shaped the MMO industry
When it comes to text-based MMOs created in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s, the sheer number of them would blot out the sky. There...
Path of Exile gives Ascendants a tune-up
Ascendants who feel as if they're the neglected child of the Path of Exile family will be getting a special treat with this fall's...
Portal Knights launches across multiple platforms
It's full steam ahead for Portal Knights, which launched yesterday on Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. For those wondering if early access periods...
Valiance Online promises fans that it is ‘moving forward’
Fans that might look at Valiance Online's development chart and wonder when, oh when alpha will ever arrive are being treated to a pep...
MMO devs eulogize EverQuest II developer John Tessin
We're sorry to report this evening the passing of an MMORPG genre veteran, John Tessin, who worked for SOE for 13 years, most extensively on EverQuest...
Black Desert kicks off a new Lauren family event
You're going to have to forgive us, Black Desert fans, but we don't know much about the Lauren family. We know that the game...
Crowfall posts another teaser for the reveal of teasers
What could Crowfall's teasers for Teaser Week mean? Are they teasing new classes? New races? New combinations of same? Today's teaser is just a...
Realm Zero seeks funds for its ‘evolving’ world vision
What can one man do with four years of spare time, a computer, and a fondness for video games? If you're Hank Newman, you...
Exploring TellTale’s Guardians of the Galaxy ‘crowd play’: A dual group dynamic
I have sort of an odd relationship with "story" in gaming. JRPGs really got me into gaming and inspired me to focus on my...
SMITE honors terminally ill player with community avatar
A popular SMITE player and streamer battling cancer has shared the news that it's terminal, and the impending loss is affecting the community deeply....
KingsIsle seeks support to get EverClicker on Steam; Wizard101 and Pirate101 might be next
First there was EverQuest. Then there was Ever, Jane. Now there's EverClicker. This sort of trend could go on (wait for it) forever.
KingsIsle, the studio...
