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Flameseeker Chronicles: Last-minute hopes and preparation for Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns
I swear I've been waiting all year to say this: Heart of Thorns hits this Friday, everyone! Cue the massive in-game parties, mass orders...
Chaos Theory: Sneaking into The Park with Joel Bylos
Decisions, decisions. When you are invited to a special sneak peek of The Park, the upcoming single-player game based on The Secret World's own...
First impressions: SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire delivers
For the last few days, I have been playing the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire. My expectations going...
Perfect Ten: MMO systems that could be great (but I haven’t seen it yet)
Before I start this column, I want to say two important things. First, my experiences do not extend outward to the limits of the...
The Secret World continues Manufactory dungeon, increases gear cap
Hey, would you like a heap of The Secret World fixes and improvements today? Either way, you're going to get them.
Update 12.5 is out,...
Funcom’s The Park coming out on October 27th
Funcom's The Secret World spin-off The Park finally has a release date that gets it out in time for Halloween: October 27th.
In addition to its...
The Daily Grind: What should Funcom do?
Man, every time we hear a Funcom report I get so incredibly depressed. I'm no financial expert, but it seems as though the studio...
Funcom asks bondholders to defer company debts
As we've reported previously, Funcom's financials aren't in the best of shape, and as of this morning, the company is appealing to its bondholders to lend a hand...
Chaos Theory: The Secret World’s Carter and Issue 12.5
It's pretty common knowledge by now that Lead Designer Romain Amiel really likes to give teasers and spoilers for The Secret World. Unlike Twitter,...
Funcom explains The Park in a new video
Players of The Secret World already know the history of the eponymous amusement park in The Park, but there's a world of difference between...
The Stream Team: Requisitioning a rocket launcher in The Secret World
The Secret World has a number of auxiliary weapons, one of which is a spiffy rocket launcher! MassivelyOP's MJ already knows the joy of...
Revival’s tags support ‘elements of role playing that many still believe are impossible in an MMO’
Just in case you thought Revival was all sex and gore, IllFonic's latest dev blog is here to discuss something relatively dry and technical: tags.
Interestingly...
One Shots: Caught in the act
If I were an MMO character, I'd be completely paranoid that at any point in my life, I could be photographed by an invisible...
The Secret World discusses bags and its next dungeon
As we enter October, people are inevitably going to be asking for hoverboards because a movie once posited that October 21st, 2015, would include...
Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks
I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...
Steam has The Secret World’s ultimate edition for half price
Yep, the headline pretty much says it all. If you still haven't taken the plunge on Funcom's seminal Secret World MMO, now is as...
The MOP Up: A rebirth for Star Wars Galaxies
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...
One Shots: Threat Level Midnight
Even in the far future, Starfleet officers still pose for a selfie or two. How could they not when they encounter such striking backdrops?
"This...
Chaos Theory: Small steps – The Secret World’s progress
It's certainly been a week of expansion news! More than one game that had sworn off expansions in the past has circled back to...
The Stream Team: Hang time with The Secret World’s hoverboards
Who doesn't love cool new gadgets? MassivelyOP's MJ sure does! She's acquired for herself a fancy new Hover-Tech Stealthboard in The Secret World, complete...