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ArenaNet introduces World Boss Teleport Device to Guild Wars 2 cash shop, unveils redesigned website
A new item added to the Guild Wars 2 cash shop allows players to teleport instantly to world bosses. The aptly named World Boss...
EVE Evolved: What could the sale of CCP Games mean for EVE Online?
Just a few days ago, we awoke to news so unexpected that it made me check I hadn't time-traveled to April 1st: EVE Online...
No Man’s Sky kicks off its first official community event
No Man's Sky didn't just expand into persistent multiplayer with its NEXT update but also laid down the foundation for regular community events to...
City of Titans explains costume unlocking
A recent post by the City of Titans team in which it briefly mentioned "costume unlocks" for the upcoming superhero MMO got the community's...
Endless Trials seeks $66K on Kickstarter to build a semi-hardcore endgame PvE MMO that omits grind
Here's a new one for us, and if you like it, you can throw money at it right now: It's called Endless Trials, and...
God Eater Online is shutting down in September
Sadly, it does not seem that God Eater Online really talks much about the experience of turning deific entities into snacks. If you were...
The MOP Up: Gnomeland Security orders EQ2’s Tinkerfest (July 22, 2018)
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...
Here’s everything you want to know about Fallout 76, including the making-of documentary
With players compiling a massive amount of useful information and Noclip releasing a making-of documentary for Fallout 76, we're starting to arrive at a...
E3 2018: Cyberpunk 2077 debuts its trailer, but multiplayer is nowhere to be found
Let's start with the good news because you're going to need it: CD Projekt Red did indeed bring Cyberpunk 2077 to E3 2018, and...
Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization
Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...
Guild Wars 2 game director talks about the free market and lootboxes
Convenience and cosmetics. These are the foundational pillars of Guild Wars 2's microtransactions, and back at GDC earlier this year, Game Director Crystin Cox...
Lord of the Rings Online takes a step forward in lockbox transparency
Ever since Standing Stone Games started ramping up the prominence of Lord of the Rings Online's lockboxes following last year's Mordor expansion, the microtransactions...
Path of Exile gives its cosmetic shop a facelift
It's safe to say that Path of Exile will live or die based on its cosmetic shop, as the title famously does not charge...
Elder Scrolls Online begins testing Summerset; here’s a look at the chapter’s houses and buyables
As all eyes in Elder Scrolls Online turn to the future expansion heading to the game next month, testing has begun in earnest on...
Former BioWare boss expounds on EA’s role in substudios and business models
Everybody loves to dump on EA for wrecking companies like BioWare and escalating microtransactions and lockboxes to ludicrous heights, but is it warranted? Kotaku...
RuneScape learns Spring Fayre microtransaction lessons while Old School RuneScape tweaks mobile
It's springtime in regular flavor RuneScape, and that means the Spring Fayre has returned. You might remember the event from last year, when the...
Path of Exile previews Bestiary League rewards, balance changes, and ascendancy classes
Are you pumped for the release of Path of Exile 3.2.0 and the Bestiary League Friday? Grinding Gear has been trucking out info to...
New Hampshire senator Maggie Hassan has picked up the lootbox and gaming addiction cause
Up until now, the political grumblings about video game gambleboxes has been mostly limited to state governments, specifically Hawaii's Chris Lee, who submitted four...
Sea of Thieves may have microtransactions, but it will never have lootboxes
In Sea of Thieves, your character is a pirate roaming the high seas for boxes of treasure, but in real life you won't need...
World of Warcraft is selling a divine puppy for the Year of the Dog
Such dog, very mount, many lunar new year, WoW. Yes, World of Warcraft has introduced a new mount for the Year of the Dog,...
