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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...
MMO Tree of Life has entered ‘final beta,’ counts 85K early access players
Korean sandbox import Tree of Life is officially in "final beta" ahead of its launch this week.
"NeoBricks is announcing Tree of Life, the sandbox MMORPG...
Indie sandbox MMO Tree of Life officially launches on August 17, won’t include PvE-only servers
Here comes another MMO emerging from early access! We're talking about Korean sandbox import Tree of Life, which hit beta last year following a...
LOTRO Legendarium: First steps into Mordor
Victory.
It's a fascinating place to begin an expansion, really. Most games like to set up a new threat, pit players against impossible odds, and...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon is at a ‘pivotal’ design moment
From the sound of things, it doesn't appear that Darkfall: Rise of Agon is doing quite as well as its indie team was hoping....
Enter to win a Black Death Steam key from Small Impact and MOP
Indie survival sandbox The Black Death has a big patch going live this afternoon, complete with three new and updated pillage areas, the improved combat...
