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War Thunder’s Assault patch adds new vehicles and maps, with Assault mode on the way
War Thunder has pushed out another big update today, this one dubbed simply, "Assault!" -- exclamation point required! "The update introduces almost twenty new...
LawBreakers rolls out massive patch today with first closed beta test
Nexon's CliffyB-designed online shooter LawBreakers enters its first round of closed beta today.
Back in August, dev studio Boss Key told fans it was going...
Blizzard seeks $8.5M from cheat software company Bossland
It's all fun and games... until you start selling software to help players cheat, then it's all lawsuits and court dates.
Blizzard is asking the...
Warface’s first patch since the My.com publishing deal is out today
Back in January, Crytek announced that its F2P online shooter Warface would be globally published by My.com in the west beginning in February --...
Overwatch previews Orisa, is unlikely to port to the Nintendo Switch
Overwatch is probably not coming to the Nintendo Switch, or so suggests Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan. He told Reddit last night that while he loves...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 108: PAX East power-up
Justin and Eliot discuss PAX East, Shards Online aka Legends of Aria, TERA and Trove on console, Final Fantasy XIV, Dauntless, Kritika Online, and Conan Exiles, plus mailbag questions on Eastern MMOs and permadeath.
The MOP Up: Wakfu hikes up a mountain (March 12, 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...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #24-19
What are the best and most popular MMO theme songs of all time? A couple of weeks ago I posed this question to the...
Wargaming on World of Tanks, Warships, and Planes development, plus the Dolph Lundgren commercial
Even successful online games like World of Tanks can be subject to critical mistakes and community backlash. Talking to Polygon, Wargaming CEOÂ Victor Kislyi admitted...
Beat Destiny, earn a personalized t-shirt
I ground rank 7 in Destiny and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.
See the origin of everyone’s favorite turret robot in the latest Overwatch comic
Who's afraid of a robot in Overwatch? Other than just about everyone, seeing as how an enormous robot war is pretty close to everyone's...
Destiny plans a final hurrah before Destiny 2
Just because Bungie is ramping up production and talk of this year's Destiny 2 doesn't mean that the studio has completely written off the...
LawBreakers plans closed beta weekend in March
Hey, remember LawBreakers? The Nexon-produced, CliffyB-designed online shooter that went semi-dormant last summer following alpha with plans to retool itself before beta? We already...
Destiny 2 will import your characters — but not much else
If you've invested hundreds of hours into Destiny so far, you may be experiencing a mix of anticipation and apprehension over this year's sequel...
Jeff Kaplan chimes in on the power of Overwatch’s bird-watching robot and metagame balance
Do you think Overwatch has made Bastion too powerful? The good news is that yes, Jeff Kaplan agrees with you, as he's outright said...
Massively Overthinking: Mainstream misconceptions about MMORPGs
Massively OP reader Arsin Halfmoon pitched the team a great question this week, poached straight from the podcast list:
"As someone deeply invested in the MMO...
Overwatch announces new hero Orisa
At an art panel at GDC this morning, Blizzard confirmed that Overwatch's next hero is Orisa, a OR15 protector robot rebuilt and reinvented by...
Overwatch’s new season patch says it’s OK to change the rules
When Overwatch says that it has released its new game browser with its latest patch, that may sound like the most dull patch note in...
Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Wildlands launches next week
If you're a fan of The Division and Ubisoft, you've probably already got your eye on Ghost Recon Wildlands, yet another entry in the...
The Division launches free trial with Last Stand DLC
Time to get over your apprehension about dropping money on The Division to see what this apocalyptic shooter is all about. With today's Last...