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Perfect Ten: Ten MMOs to be thankful for by type
It's been a while since I wrote a column that comes out on Thursdays, which means that it's also been a while since I've...
Albion’s closed beta is live for legendary founders
It's closed beta time for Albion, and if you're a legendary founder, you can log in right now. Or not if you'd prefer to...
Star Trek Online previews the community-designed Jupiter carrier
The first community-designed starship is coming to Star Trek Online with the Jupiter-class carrier. While it's got sleek lines, the Jupiter's biggest selling point...
Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the MMO peripheral junkie
I'm not going to lie, folks: I love peripherals. Love 'em. As soon as I was introduced to the idea that you could have...
Elite Dangerous shows off the system specs for Horizon in its latest newsletter
What will it take for you to land your ship on planets in Elite: Dangerous? Well, at the very least it will take a...
The MOP Up: Tera’s expansion launches in Europe (November 22, 2015)
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 alpha 2.0 goes into testing
Star Citizen fans have had a long wait for the game's big Alpha 2.0 update -- but that wait is just about over.
CIGÂ announced over...
MMO Mechanics: Three game-changing movement mechanics
In order to create the most truly challenging MMOs that connect players with the specific virtual environments they're traversing, developers have always worked on...
Here’s how Star Citizen ship repair and maintenance works
One of the things that sets Star Citizen apart from the game industry at large is a virtual world design that provides players with options other...
Is Star Citizen’s big 2.0 update coming this week?
Star Citizen is hosting an anniversary livestream on Thursday, November 19th, and it may even coincide with the long awaited release of the 2.0...
Not So Massively: StarCraft II Legacy of the Void sold 1M copies in three days (November 16 2015)
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
EVE Evolved: Huge PvP battles and corp wars in Citadel
Huge PvP battles have always been a core part of EVE Online's territorial warfare gameplay, with fleets of hundreds or even sometimes thousands of...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs contrary to their design?
If you play Final Fantasy XIV, you know that it is not a game that rewards players for playing multiple characters. Quite the opposite, in...
Catch up with Star Citizen via the weekly dev update
Star Citizen's latest development update came out last night. Cloud Imperium says that Murphy's Law was in full effect last week, as the team...
The latest Elite newsletter features a pretty cool Imperial Cutter
Frontier has released the 99th newsletter for Elite: Dangerous, which coincides with initial availability of the 1.5 ship update beta. There's also a slick new video...
Star Trek Online offers ships and shuttles for charity
It's kind of nice to get something in exchange for donating to charity. Admittedly there's always the question of how much money goes to...
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...
Venture capitalists pour $30M into CCP’s VR plans
If you were worried about the health of EVE Online studio CCP after its recent sale of White Wolf and its associated IP, well,...
Ask Mo: The absurd advantages of MMO guilds
A Massively OP reader named Ohnix recently sent us a question just perfect for Ask Mo. Let's debate guilds!
I play EverQuest II quite a...
PC maker offers MMO-related deals
Need a new PC? You might want to check out Origin. No, not that Origin, but Miami-based PC maker Origin. The firm is running...
