MOBAs are multiplayer online battle arenas, PvP-centric, non-persistent online games that share some but not all mechanics in common with traditional MMORPGs. We formerly categorized MOBAs as “Not So Massively” games. You may also be interested in our Multiplayer category for other multiplayer online games that aren’t fully massive. [Follow the MOBA tag’s RSS feed]
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Heroes of the Storm introduces Diablo II Amazon, major progression and leveling update
"It's a whole new era for Heroes of the Storm," Blizzard has declared in its new HOTS dev video today. That's because the game is...
SuperData February 2017: World of Tanks perks up, Hearthstone is sinking
Happy SuperData day! That's the monthly holiday when we pore over the market analysis report, freak out over something doing well, freak over something...
Grab a pair of SMITE skins in honor of Celestial Voyage, courtesy of Hi-Rez and Massively OP
SMITE is kicking off a new event today, this one sure to bring a smile to the face of anyone obsessed with Stargate or...
SMITE Celestial Voyage giveaway: Celestial Isis
Head back to the core giveaway page for information on how to redeem your key!
SMITE Celestial Voyage giveaway: Stargazer Anubis
Head back to the core giveaway page for information on how to redeem your key!
League of Legends’ Ghostcrawler on diversity vs. politics in gaming
Don't think politics belong in games? Maybe your problem is a mangled understanding of what politics is. That's the gist of a blog piece...
The MOP Up: ARK’s console editions get a hair-do (March 26, 2017)
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...
The Stream Team: Celebrating three years of SMITE (with presents!)
SMITE turned three years old today, and in that time it has offered players a multitude of new gods to play (many of which...
Gigantic has plans for bot matches, accessibility, and Windows 7 support
Motiga Community Manager Evan Teicheira has a new state of the game post up for Gigantic today -- a most welcome one as the...
NCsoft rep says bringing City of Heroes toons to Master x Master was his ‘passion project’
We've been speaking with NCsoft West off the record this week, agitating for publicly printable answers on the Master X Master decision to implement City...
Massively Overthinking: The City of Heroes Master X Master debacle
On Tuesday, NCsoft announced that it plans to introduce Statesman, from the long-sunsetted City of Heroes, as a playable character in its MOBA, Master...
Only two gamers have maxed out all of SMITE’s 86 toons
As SMITE continues its third birthday celebrations, it's running multiple sales and bonus events in-game. Out of game, it's produced an inexplicably weird dance-off...
Here’s why everyone’s pissed off about City of Heroes NPCs in NCsoft’s MOBA
Yesterday, NCsoft took the lid off a secret it's clearly been working on for a while: The company means to introduce a notorious and...
Perfect World sees mobile sales jump up in 2016
When it comes to financial reports, there's always one word that every investor wants to see: growth. And for those that read Perfect World's...
SMITE throws a week of birthday festivities
Touting proudly (and weirdly) that SMITE is almost out of its "toddler years," Hi-Rez Studios is throwing a week of celebration for the MOBA's...
The MOP Up: Kali awakens in Dragon Nest (March 19, 2017)
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...
One Shots: The Candy Man
If you have a sweet tooth or diabetes, you may want to avoid the temptation that we're about to put in your path with...
League of Legends on LGBT representation and pro team mistreatment allegations
League of Legends will probably introduce non-straight characters eventually, a new interview on Polygon with Riot Games' Greg Street suggests. The publication asked Street...
2013 MMOARPG Path of Exile hit peak concurrency in March thanks to its latest patch
Path of Exile just keeps getting bigger and bigger in terms of both players and team size, and it's actually providing the numbers to...
Hi-Rez puts SMITE Rivals development ‘on hold’
Bad news for those who were looking forward to another SMITE spinoff game; it appears that the digital card game version of the game, SMITE...
