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EVE Online’s plans for the Citadel expansion and skill trading
The big excitement in the EVE Online world right now is the upcoming Citadel expansion, which is slated to arrive sometime this spring. CCP...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for shy gamers?
A few weeks ago, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote about the intersection of social anxiety and MMOs. It was a surprisingly popular article, with gamers...
The MOP Up: Titan Siege debuts (January 17, 2016)
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...
MMO Mechanics: MMORPG mechanics predictions for 2016
In the last edition of MMO Mechanics, I looked back on 2015 and the mechanics I managed to squeeze into the column: We looked...
Star Citizen recaps December’s progress across all of its studios
Even as December 2015 is fading into the distance, Star Citizen has a few words to say about the progress its team made during...
Star Citizen releases Alpha 2.1 with new flyable ships and player-trapping elevators
The skies are a little more crowded today in Star Citizen with the release of Alpha 2.1 to the live servers. The patch added...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
Star Trek Online holds a recovery event for the rest of January
The galaxy of Star Trek Online has just finished dealing with a destructive war against a race of almost incalculable age and power. There's...
Elite: Dangerous has sold 1.4 million copies
After a solid year's worth of updates and the first pass of planetary landing mechanics, Elite: Dangerous has hit a grand total of 1.4...
EVE Online’s January patch brings new SKINs and UI improvements
Electronic warfare is important in EVE Online. It's not the most important part of any sort of armed conflict - there's the whole "weapons"...
Star Citizen developers answer a new batch of 10 for the Developers
Odds are that you won't be able to fly a ship in heavy armor in Star Citizen. We don't mean that in the real...
EVE Online starts CSM process earlier this year
Because of when EVE Online's Fanfest is happening this year, the election process for the game's Council of Stellar Management has started earlier than in...
EVE Evolved: Three things you don’t want to miss in 2016
In the previous edition of EVE Evolved, I looked back at some of the big highlights EVE Online throughout 2015. It was a year that revolutionised...
The MOP Up: Age of Wushu Dynasty launches (January 10, 2016)
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...
Star Citizen shares dev progress on its Million Mile High Club
No, you're still not invited to hang out at Star Citizen's exclusive Million Mile High Club -- at least, unless you've decided to spend...
Star Citizen has a ‘surprise’ in store for Alpha 2.1
Hailing frequencies are open, captain, and a new Star Citizen broadcast is coming through, loud and clear. CIG has published its latest episode of...
Massively Overthinking: Let’s play with the Gamer Motivation Model
Over the winter holidays, we wrote about game analytics consulting firm Quantic Foundry, which has published what it calls its "Gamer Motivation Model" --...
Perfect Ten: Our favorite MMORPG articles from 2015
The first year of Massively Overpowered had its ups and downs, like anything does, but I think we had some pretty great content in...
SWG-inspired sandbox Divergence Online is now on Steam early access
If you've been waiting over the last week for Valve to approve Divergence Online for its inevitable Steam early access release, wait no longer:...
Revival seeks more fans, plans investment into the game in 2016
On the verge of getting the Stage 1 client of Revival released, IllFonic posted a start-of-the-year newsletter to rally the faithful and encourage them to...
