game design

Whew. All right. So we've gotten the media tour information for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, and that means that people have gotten to...

EVE Online's Invasion expansion lands in just two days on May 28th, and there are plenty of things you can do now to make...

Unpopular opinions: We all have them. In fact we have so many that it's a straight up meme. This week's Massively Overthinking is one...

Spring started splendidly this year. While all may not come up roses in the world at large, plenty of good deeds and uplifting stories...

Throughout all of the Drama over Anthem's loot issues, I've just been rolling my eyes. Not because I think Bioware screwed up -- arguably...

In the world of active combat, the mechanics are split between two separate yet equally important combat styles. The first is the open free-aiming...

Let's be honest: We all are so egotistical and opinionated that we totally think we could design a better MMO than World of Warcraft....

It’s been an interesting few weeks for gaming. We saw the announcement of Google’s game streaming service, Stadia, and then Apple’s subscribe-to-access game service,...

Things haven't been going particularly great for Artifact. Valve's digital card game, which launched in November of last year, has been rapidly hemorrhaging players...

In a Daily Grind not long ago, MOP reader Armsbend said something I thought just cried out for discussion. After noting that he had...

The Oberon update landed in Albion Online yesterday, along with news that the game is going free-to-play in just a few short weeks, but...

Hello, Massively Overpowered readers! Not So Massively is back, with a new captain at the helm. My name's Tyler. If you're active in the MMO...

The most compelling stories that emerge from EVE Online are usually tales of player-based conflict, dastardly deals, and political intrigue, but the game's core...

The news dropped recently that EVE Online will be adding some new limitations and restrictions to its free-to-play tier, which may seem odd to...

The gambling debate has kicked off again in EVE Online, this time in response to the annual Guardian's Gala event that's currently running throughout...

While EVE Online is primarily based around the conflicts that arise between groups of players competing in the same virtual universe, the New Eden...

If last week's "games as a service" conversation piqued your interest, hop on over to Raph Koster's blog. The veteran MMORPG designer has a...

The other day I saw a comment on an MMO subreddit that I quite liked; to paraphrase, it basically stated that the system designers...

Back in October, I made the case that wars were literally ruining EVE Online for the huge number of players living in high-security space....

Not everyone involved in game design is trying to squeeze every last penny out of you. Yes, a lot of them are, but many...