Official Site:Â Glitch
Studio:Â Tiny Speck
Launch Date:Â September 27, 2011
Launch Date:Â December 9, 2012
Genre:Â Whimsical 2-D Sandbox
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Cash Shop, Multiple Optional Subs)
Platform: PC (Browser)
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The Daily Grind: Is an MMORPG still an MMORPG without gear progression?
A Massively OP commenter recently opined that "without gear progression, is a MOBA not an MMORPG," and I would really love to talk...
How Eleven is bringing Glitch’s groove back
When Glitch was canceled, it crushed the hearts and dreams of those few who knew, understood, and loved the game. Since its downfall, the...
Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns launch diary: Initial impressions
I've now put a solid day of playtime into Heart of Thorns, so I decided that it was finally time for the first of my...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite obscure MMORPG?
Even at a site like Massively OP, we still run across MMOs we've never, ever heard of, obscure little gems (or trainwrecks, depending) that...
The Daily Grind: How would you mix MMO features to create the best one ever?
Today's Daily Grind question -- more like command! -- from Massively OP Kickstarter donor Tim is short and sweet:
Mix features to create your perfect MMO.
It...
Glitch art book makes digital edition available for purchase
If you're a Glitch fan and you missed out on buying The Art of Glitch through its Indiegogo campaign back in 2013, you now...
The MOP Up: Blizzard belongs in a museum!
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: Lucasfilm’s Habitat
Some of you reading this may simply never have known a world before the internet existed by virtue of your age. It's not your...
EverQuesting: Can EQII’s paid prisons keep problem players in their place?
Huh. That sentiment pretty well sums up those days when despite thinking you've heard or seen it all, something pops up that takes you...
Trove bug accidentally grants tons of free loot to players
Bugs and glitches happen. This is a fact of MMO life. But what happens when a bug ends up erroneously dumping rare and expensive...
Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s crafting scandal; Sins of a Dark Age’s sunset
This week in Not So Massively games, League of Legends players revealed a reproducible exploit that causes skillshot projectiles to become invisible and may...
The MOP Up: Rick & Morty meet MOBAs
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 Daily Grind: Do you play on private servers for dead MMOs?
Massively OP Kickstarter donor Igor aka Slaith proposes we debate private servers for dead MMOs for today's Daily Grind -- specifically, he mentions Warhammer Online.
This is...
Children of Ur knocks out Alpha 1.1 update
Children of Ur, one of two main Glitch revival spin-offs, hit another milestone recently with its alpha 1.1 update.
With the new patch for the browser-based...
Betawatch: July 3rd, 2015
I freely admit that I never actually played Glitch, but I was glad it existed and sad at the people who never even had...
Eleven makes slow but steady progress on Glitch remake
A new state of the project post is up over at Eleven, stating that while the game is struggling with tech issues that's preventing...
The Daily Grind: Where do you go to relax in MMOs?
This morning's Daily Grind comes to us from an anonymous Kickstarter donor with a deceptively simple question:
Which MMO zone is the most relaxing?
A lot...
Ask Mo: Jobs in the MMO industry, jobs in MMOs
Today, we're reintroducing our general MMO advice column, here named Ask Mo: the column where you ask Mo questions, and he... lets me answer them for...
Perfect Ten: Combat-free MMOs
If there's one thing that always, always goes with MMOs, it's combat. I mean, we can't be a hero without killing something, right? We...
Jukebox Heroes: Glitch’s soundtrack
As we continue to discover in the years after Glitch's closure, this was one underappreciated, unusual, and quirky MMO that deserved a lot better...
