interviews
The Game Archaeologist: The assassination of Lord British
At the end of August 2015, the fledgling Shroud of the Avatar community gathered together for a massive PvP fight. This wasn't to be...
R.A. Salvatore shares his secret work on Neverwinter
How would you like for one of your favorite authors to come in and pen content for your virtual world?
R.A. Salvatore fans get to...
Drizzt joins Neverwinter in this fall’s Underdark expansion
A few familiar faces are coming to Neverwinter in the upcoming Underdark expansion, including a fairly famous Drow. If you'd happily fight the two-headed Prince of...
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...
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...
Divergence Online’s Ethan Casner on SWG 2.0, open PvP, and edgelords
Star Wars Galaxies-inspired indie sandbox Divergence Online busted out its third alpha and third crowdfunding campaign last week, prompting many of Massively OP's readers...
Heroes & Generals’ game director on cockpits, faction balance, and more
Heroes & Generals rolled out the new Xylander patch earlier this month, and Massively managed to snag an interview with Reto-Moto game director Jacob...
World of Warships makes history come alive (and shoot you)
In honor of World of Warships' official launch today, we're celebrating what makes this naval combat game come alive. Previously, I explored the details and...
Hi-Rez Studios’ COO Todd Harris on Paladins, Tribes: Ascend, and e-sports
It was kind of a surprise when Tribes: Ascend fans were told this week to expect new stuff for the game after it sat...
A wicked hive of synth and vibrancy: First impressions of Otherland
I first covered Otherland, the Gamigo-turned-Drago MMORPG based on Tad Williams' sci-fi book series by the same name, at E3 2012. The idea of having...
Trion Worlds shies away from sub-only games, praises Defiance’s console success
RIFT fans with long memories will recall how the game first launched in 2011 as a subscription-only title, staying that way for about a...
A fireside chat with Firefall’s executive producer
For a tumultuous period of time, Firefall was in freefall, having crossed the spectrum of gamer goodwill about as fast as was humanly possible....
PAX Prime 2015: Guild Wars 2’s free-to-play model and publishing takeover
When I spoke to ArenaNet's Colin Johanson about raids in Guild Wars 2 at this year's PAX Prime, President Mike O'Brien was sitting right next to...
Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts on dedication, delays, and Derek Smart
In a new and very lengthy interview with Polygon, Chris Roberts fields a wide range of questions about the development and delays of Star...
Eco as an academic tool: Educating with PvE survival and permadeath
Like the idea of survival games, but not PvP? Wish your class involved video games? Maybe you want to doom humanity to choking itself...
MUD’s Ben Walsh on the female character stretch goal and Kickstarter ambition
The sandbox known as MUD -- not to be confused with actual MUDs -- launched an ambitious Kickstarter this week, provoking the MMO community to do...
Hans Zimmer is scoring Bless
Renowned composer Hans Zimmer is lending his talents to Bless, the upcoming fantasy MMO from Korean firm Neowiz. Zimmer, whose credits include The Lion...
Origins of Malu founder on the challenges of passion projects
Sci-fantasy sandbox Origins of Malu has had its share of development challenges over the past four years. A scaled-down version of the game debuted...
Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s crafting scandal; Sins of a Dark Age’s sunset
This week in Not So Massively games, League of Legends players revealed a reproducible exploit that causes skillshot projectiles to become invisible and may...
RIFT explains the design principles behind the Primalist
RIFT is getting a new Calling for the first time since launch, which is a pretty big deal with the game's approach to classes....
