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Nexon announces Heroes of Incredible Tales, a hack-and-slasher for mobile devices
MMOs are making strong inroads to mobile gaming in 2016, and Nexon is eager to get a share of that action. The publisher announced...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the story and dungeons of patch 3.3
The Dragonsong War is coming to a close, but it will not do so without more blood shed. Final Fantasy XIV players have been...
CCP announces Gunjack Next for Google Daydream
EVE Gunjack is getting a sequel, and it's an exclusive for Google's Android-based Daydream VR platform, which itself was announced just today. Gunjack Next --...
RIFT launches a sentient 10-man raid; here’s the trailer
Live in RIFT's patch today is a brand-new 10-man raid called The Comet of Ahnket. A lore piece last week revealed that the eponymous...
Sword Coast Legends launches Rage of Demons DLC, delays console ports
Sword Coast Legends is launching new free DLC for its players today. Called Rage of Demons, the update includes a new Drizzt-themed campaign, the...
Vote for your favorite Conan Exiles hair styles
Hair matters. If you know nothing else, know that hair matters. Players judge you severely based on what style you pick from the character...
World of Warcraft will unlock Gnome Hunters before the expansion launch
World of Warcraft's next new race/class combination will be playable before Legion launches.
Blizzard announced yesterday that players will be able to roll (or change...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 65: Make yourself at home
Justin and Bree discuss Gigantic, NCsoft, WildStar, KingsIsle, Star Trek Online, Legion, and Crowfall, plus a mailbag question on media embargoes.
Guild Wars 2’s 64-bit client launches along with PvP Season 3
Guild Wars 2's 64-bit client is out of beta as of today, according to the patch notes released this morning. "The 32-bit client will...
Grab a TERA Secrets & Shadows flying mount key from En Masse and MOP
In celebration of the launch of TERA's Secrets & Shadows patch today, En Masse has granted Massively OP 20,000 keys for a seven-day flying mount called...
WildStar’s lead writer is gone too
Over the weekend, former WildStar Product Director Mike Donatelli and Design Director Chris Behrens announced on Twitter that their last day working for Carbine...
Rule your own faction in ArcheAge’s Ascension
Think you can rule better than the the leaders of ArcheAge's NPC factions? Or maybe you just want to wear spiffy new clothes and raise...
Landmark’s huge hotfix supplements storytelling, adds save feature
Landmark is still gearing up for launch, and last weekend's hotfix was was pretty huge. Storytelling received some significant attention: Not only are story...
The MOP Up: Blizzard’s mobile prospects (May 15, 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...
LOTRO Legendarium: Nine years in Middle-earth
There are always those gut-check moments in your life when you realize just how much time has passed. For instance, I'm going to look...
WildStar swaps NCoin for Protobucks ahead of Steam launch
WildStar is still on the way to Steam, you'll be happy to hear, at least if you've been following NCsoft's latest quarterly financials. Carbine's...
First impressions: Overwatch offers nothing new (yet), but I’m buying it anyway
I'm going to be blunt: I don't feel like a Blizzard fan. I know that may sound odd from the guy who plays Hearthstone more than any other writer on...
Chronicles of Elyria talks about what won’t be in the game, pops up on Steam Greenlight
Every MMO in development has to make tough choices about what features and systems are important enough to make it into launch and which...
NCsoft Q1 2016: Blade & Soul is booming, WildStar is tumbling
There are good pieces of news from NCsoft's first quarter financial report. For one thing, the company's year-on-year sales, profits, and net income are...
Swordsman’s Lone Wanderer Falconer class literally rides eagles
On the way to Swordsman Online "soon," the Lone Wanderer expansion introduces a brand-new class: the Falconer.
"These resilient warriors are the last remaining survivors...
