mythology
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming creeps into Once Human
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
The MOP Up: Marvel Snap goes maximum effort with this month’s Deadpool season
Deadpool's taken over Marvel Snap (just in time for his new movie) and is bringing a new game mode, several new cards (including Gwenpool),...
Massively Overthinking: How often do you play human MMO characters when you have other choices?
I've been thinking about this question a bit lately, partly owing to Stars Reach and partly to Project Gorgon. Playable Worlds says Stars Reach...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with weirdly defensive fanbases
I do not have nice things to say about RuneScape. I have never had nice things to say about RuneScape. I also do not...
Funcom marks Secret World’s 12th anniversary with a brief message of thanks
Today, July 3rd, marks the launch date of the deeply unique modern world MMORPG The Secret World, which has been online for 12 years...
First impressions of ASKA, Sand Sailor’s brand-new colony-building survival sandbox
Thanks to the press preview hosted by Thunderful and Sand Sailor, I recently had the opportunity to play around with survival sandbox ASKA a...
Fight or Kite: Battle Crush is a snack-sized take on the mythological battle royale scene
Imagine taking a bit of the theme from SMITE (really the only good part about SMITE in my estimation), the common battle royale grab-and-go...
SMITE 2 readies its third alpha weekend for June 27 with three more characters in tow
Third time's the charm, or at least the next in a series of steps for SMITE 2, as the MOBA has tied down some...
Funcom’s Joel Bylos explains why Dune Awakening is an actual, factual MMO
In an era where game studios are either backpedaling on calling their MMOs "MMOs,"Â it's refreshing to see one studio come outright and take ownership...
Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs
A few weeks back, our team was discussing the intersection of survival sandboxes, MMORPG virtual worlds, and gankboxes - and how hard it is...
The Classic Secret World community is hosting a 12th anniversary event for the game – not Funcom
Let's get this out of the way: No, Funcom has not had a massive change of heart and decided to start developing for either...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17
Most of the games I played at Summer Game Fest were more enjoyable than I expected - including Throne and Liberty, which was probably...
SMITE 1 reworks dozens of items in mid-season update, SMITE 2 showcases updates to Hecate
It's a tale of two SMITE titles in this news story, as Hi-Rez Studios has put forth information and updates for both the original...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with PvE-centric sci-fi horror survival shooter MMO Once Human
For those who saw Once Human and thought, "Gee, that kind of looks like a mix of H1Z1 and The Secret World," you're not wrong based on...
Perfect Ten: MMOs where you travel back in time for some reason
We're all time travelers! We travel to the future at the rate of one second per second. Every single machine you will ever operate...
SMITE 2 enters into a second alpha weekend with two more gods and gameplay updates
Did you miss the last time SMITE 2 held a weekend alpha test? Fret not because there's a second alpha test happening right now,...
Vague Patch Notes: Why do so many MMOs fail?
We talk a lot about MMOs that fail here on Massively Overpowered. I wrote a whole column about how our standards of success are...
The MOP Up: Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’s Chinese launch crashes from high demand
Dungeon & Fighter is one of those odd franchises that nobody seems to notice in the west but is incredibly, obscenely, immensely popular in...
Perfect Ten: My top 10 favorite MMOs across two decades
Normally in these Perfect Ten lists, I'm very outward-facing. I like to create lists that are as helpful or amusing as possible for others...
Echoes of Elysium’s Jeff Hickman talks lore, airship fleets, and Loric’s current development
Loric Games has been on our radar for a few years now, being a studio founded by Mythic Entertainment vets, and last month, the...