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Not So Massively: Dota 2 tickets sell out, Rust brings out the racists, and Grey Goo has population problems

Brendan Drain - March 30, 2015 42

Tickets for the Dota 2 world championship, The International, sold out in a record 10 minutes and are now being resold by scalpers for up to...

Elite releases 86-track OST while LOTRO buffs its music system

Justin Olivetti - March 30, 2015 11

It's a two-for-one music Monday here at Massively Overpowered! For starters, Elite: Dangerous is now selling its physical soundtrack as a 3-CD set. The...

Elite: Dangerous sends pilots on a scavenger hunt for a graphics card

Justin Olivetti - March 29, 2015 32

When you have an entire galaxy at your fingertips, why not turn it into a massive scavenger hunt? Y'know, for kicks and corporate promotion! Elite:...

Make My MMO: March 28, 2015

Jef Reahard - March 28, 2015 8

This week's crowdfunding news was all about Crowfall. Seriously, we must've written about Crowfall like 76 times or something. In the end, the most relevant...

Frontier crowns its Race to Elite winners

Jef Reahard - March 24, 2015 31

Appropriately, the winner of Frontier's Triple Elite competition is a Commander by the name of Onepercent. He played for 1,029 hours between December 18th...

Frontier turns Elite bug into community event

Jef Reahard - March 23, 2015 31

Frontier has turned an Elite: Dangerous bug into a canonical community event that is still ongoing through March 26th. A player purportedly fired on...

Make My MMO: March 21, 2015

Jef Reahard - March 21, 2015 5

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, SOE fans banded together and attempted to Kickstart this year's Fan Faire. You might recall that Columbus Nova...

EVE Fanfest 2015: CCP opens VR Labs, unveils four new side projects

Brendan Drain - March 20, 2015 46

The story of how virtual reality dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie was born is a great indicator of shifts within the games industry. While the big...

Elite: Dangerous starts Mac beta test on March 31st

Justin Olivetti - March 19, 2015 7

Mac Elite: Dangerous fans who are feeling grounded while their PC brothers and sisters are cruising the stars will soon have their own chance...

Elite: Dangerous names space station after Terry Pratchett

Justin Olivetti - March 18, 2015 43

Fantasy comedy writer Terry Pratchett, who passed away last week at the age of 66, will be honored with a place among the stars...

Not So Massively: HoN’s Grimm Hunt, HEX’s 100k tourney, and Descent’s reboot

Brendan Drain - March 16, 2015 9

It's been a packed week in the world of online multiplayer gaming, with competitive tournament announcements, patches, and tons of new videos. Microsoft may...

Make My MMO: March 14, 2015

Jef Reahard - March 14, 2015 2

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we learned about the Kickstarter for a "MOBA type of combat game" called Descent: Underground. Yes, it's that...

Here’s how to form your own wing in Elite: Dangerous

Jef Reahard - March 12, 2015 17

Frontier has published a new Elite: Dangerous pilot training video focused on wings, the primary feature of yesterday's 1.2 update. The six-minute clip tells...

Elite: Dangerous’ 1.2 Wings update is live today

Jef Reahard - March 10, 2015 17

Frontier has posted a change log for Elite: Dangerous 1.2, which is available for download today. The "Wings" update adds multiplayer group functionality enabling...

Elite: Dangerous’ David Braben on PC vs. console development

Jef Reahard - March 10, 2015 38

Last week at GDC Frontier announced that Elite: Dangerous is headed to the Xbox One in 2015. Predictably, this caused a bit of consternation amongst...