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Em-8ER funds on Indiegogo and adds new stretch goals
If you were worried that Mark Kern's Em-8ER (properly pronounced "eem-eight-er" for those willing to die upon snarky hills) wouldn't fund on its latest...
Seattle police officer uses a Destiny livestream to discuss a controversial shooting death
Let's see if you can follow the chain of logic here. Police officers in Seattle shoot and kill a alleged burglary victim, resulting in...
Overwatch promises to reduce duplicate item rewards in lockboxes
Since the only real form of progress in Overwatch involves skins, there's nothing more frustrating than opening a few dozen lockboxes and seeing every...
Blizzard partners with Twitch for tourney coverage, gives away free Overwatch loot boxes
Two of gaming's forces are partnering up, at least for the next year or so, and players might come out on top of the...
Overwatch is ‘go’ for moon landing with today’s patch
Super-intelligent apes and moon combat: What's not to love about today's Overwatch update?
The Horizon Lunar Colony, Overwatch's newest map, is officially open for business....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 122: This Stormblood’s for you
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's Stormblood launch, Destiny 2, ESO Morrowind, Anthem, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on patch numbering, fencing, and non-combat MMO progression systems.
The MOP Up: Destiny 2’s class roster (June 18, 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...
E3 2017: Hands-on with Destiny 2
Like many readers, I was originally disappointed when Destiny wasn't released for PC. I'm not even a Halo fan but could see that the title had promise....
Destiny 2’s PS4 exclusives won’t arrive on Xbone and PC until 2018
If the fact that Destiny 2's PC edition is being held back seven weeks following the release of the console versions sticks in your...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs and multiplayers of E3 2017
E3 is drawing to a close, with its reveals over and done with -- all that's left is processing our interviews and hands-on pieces....
So why is Destiny 2’s PC version being held back?
PC players looking forward to Destiny 2's fall release are probably going through a torrent of emotions this week. While it's great that Bungie...
E3 2017: Former SWTOR writer Drew Karpyshyn is working on Anthem
It's still very early to get excited about BioWare's upcoming co-op shooter Anthem, but the game is bringing in veteran talent for development. Drew...
Overwatch begins booking trips to the moon on June 20
Next week Joe and Jane Gamer can secure their own ticket to the moon itself -- granted that they are playing Overwatch. Blizzard is...
E3 2017: Destiny 2 is launching September 6 on consoles, October 24 on PC
The launch dates for Bungie's highly anticipated Destiny 2 have been revealed, and PC players are going to need an extra-large dose of patience...
E3 2017: EA BioWare reveals Anthem, a shared-world Destiny clone
Move over Destiny; BioWare is about to take a shot at your market share with its newly revealed Anthem.
Anthem is a "shared-world action-RPG" in...
The MOP Up: EVE Valkyrie lowers its price point (June 11, 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...
Blizzard has been ‘doing a lot of research’ to thwart Overwatch toxicity
You can easily count me among those who've been historically unimpressed at the way toxicity is managed in Blizzard games; the studio has a...
Rumor: Is Blizzard working on another shooter game – or an Overwatch expansion?
Strange as it is be to consider, but Blizzard might not be solely satisfied with the rampant success of Overwatch in the shooter market.
VG247...
Massively Overthinking: MMO monetization run amok
Over the last couple of weeks, the monetization of unreleased games has become a pervasive and uncomfortable theme for the MMO genre. Just in...
Epic’s shooter/sandbox hybrid Fortnite hits early access July 25
Way back in 2011, Epic Games announced Fortnite, an "action building game" that functions as a bit of a co-op-shooter-slash-survival-sandbox. You'd be forgiven for...
