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British alt rock band Muse will close out BlizzCon 2017
Blizzard's going old school once again with its band selection for this year's BlizzCon: UK alt rock band Muse. Here's the spiel:
"Widely renowned as...
Indie space sandbox MMO Dual Universe launches pre-alpha with a fresh trailer
Happy pre-alpha, Dual Universe! The ambitious indie space sandbox MMORPG kicked off the pre-alpha over the weekend, bringing 2500 backers in to test. You'll...
Leaderboard: Which of the City of Heroes spiritual successors are you looking forward to?
A few years ago, we counted basically three City of Heroes successor games, all made by indie studios. In 2017, we still have three...
After 12 years, Minions of Mirth rides off into the sunset
Have you ever heard of this indie MMORPG called Minions of Mirth? It was put together by a small team in about a year...
Automaton Games takes a swing at the battle royale genre with its mystery MMO
Well now PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will have another battle royale game to fight. UK-based Automaton Games announced that it is working on a new tactical...
Battleground Europe brings vintage WWII warfare to Steam
Even an old dog can find itself a fresh young pup in the right circumstances. Battleground Europe, originally known as World War II Online,...
Massively Overthinking: How will Star Citizen make money after launch?
During this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I attempted to tackle a question sent in by commenter and listener Sally Bowls - specifically,...
Puzzle Pirates: Dark Seas server goes into early access
Every voyage has a beginning, and for Puzzle Pirates' newest server, the maiden voyage began this past week.
It's called Dark Seas, and it's a...
PAX West 2017: Chronicles of Elyria’s monetization philosophy, tribe evolution, and the PvP sandbox stigma
What is Chronicles of Elyria? We first learned about the game and its goal to redefine the MMORPG genre back in 2015. Since then,...
Project Gorgon is ‘gearing up’ for a Steam launch, adds item context menus
When the history books go to record the development of Project Gorgon, they're going to have to use terms like "ages" and "epochs" to...
PAX West 2017: Ashes of Creation’s combat, crowdfunding, characters, and the infamous hat
You don't have to be a massive MMO studio to have a big showing at PAX West - Intrepid Studios proved that. The indie studio...
Enter to win a copy of Wild Terra from Juvty and Massively OP!
Indie sandbox MMORPG Wild Terra (official site, Steam) has been in early access since December, a nostalgia-driven medieval sim that allows players to build up...
Massively Overthinking: Female characters and gender-locked classes in MMOs
One of the reasons I gravitated to and stick by the MMORPG genre in spite of its many ups and downs (oh, so many...
Ship of Heroes talks indie scope, community positivity, and designing the world
Ship of Heroes is gearing up for PAX with drop-ins with community vloggers, including The Positive Gamer, who has a flythrough video of Apotheosis...
Massively Overthinking: The survivalbox vs. the MMORPG
A few weeks ago in Massively Overthinking, the team discussed the resurgence in popularity of small-scale co-op games and whether that has impacted the...
Darkfall: New Dawn releases state-of-the-game roadmap, says it’s 76% done
Darkfall: New Dawn, one of a pair of indie-led player efforts to keep MMO sandbox Darkfall going after original studio Aventurine abandoned it last...
Saga of Lucimia’s Labor Day alpha event focuses on combat effects, economy, and interface
It's been a while since we checked in with Saga of Lucimia, one of several up-and-coming indie MMO sandboxes on the horizon. But that's...
The MOP Up: Black Desert shows pet love (August 20, 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...
Deep-diving Gloria Victis’ swordplay and siege warfare
We’re in the midst of a sort of sandbox renaissance, with numerous sandbox titles under development and more seeming to scuttle out of the...
Wild Terra’s castle capture and auction systems are live
Indie sandbox MMO Wild Terra has a big update this week that'll make guild-oriented players particularly happy, as the castle system has rolled out...
