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CCP announces Carrier Assault patch for EVE: Valkyrie VR shooter
CCP has today announced a free update for VR-centric EVE: Valkyrie, the star of which is a new game mode called Carrier Assault.
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EVE Evolved: Four PvE improvements EVE needs
EVE Online is typically thought of as being a heavily PvP-oriented game, and for good reason. Players can attack each other anywhere in the...
The MOP Up: EverQuest gets hardcore (June 12, 2016)
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...
Aion returns to the Tower of Eternity in July
Some of the most momentous occasions in MMORPGs aren't when players are invited to explore strange, new zones, but when the community comes back...
World of Warcraft: Legion is getting an animated Illidan short
Considering that Illidan Stormrage is the origin of all of the Demon Hunters double-jumping around in World of Warcraft: Legion you wouldn't be surprised...
Ex-SOE devs craft tactical shooter Kinetik
Doesn't it seem like so many games these days are hybrids that pull together elements of different genres to see if they can fashion...
The Division subtracts 30,000 cheaters from its playerbase
Cheaters are not wanted in The Division. They're not wanted in any game, really, but Ubisoft is taking a harder line against cheaters by...
Superdata: WoW, Lineage, SWTOR, TERA, and Blade & Soul top April P2P online games revenues
Superdata has a new seasonal report out on the state of the digital games market. The research firm's April figures show that World of...
Destiny’s next major DLC leaks plot details and the Gjallarhorn
The next major Destiny DLC has been shrouded in a certain amount of mystery, but the lights are coming up on Rise of Iron....
Overwatch’s updated competitive play system will be ‘much more skill-based’
With launch and meteoric success under its belt, Overwatch and its team are hard at work on the game's next big update, which should...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 68: Dark and light
Justin and Bree discuss Darkfall, Landmark, Marvel Heroes, ArcheAge, Neverwinter, and ESO, with mailbag questions on community negativity, streaming, and commenters.
Escape from Tarkov’s alpha test is coming in August
Watch out, everyone: The Russian invasion is coming this summer.
Escape from Tarkov announced this past weekend that it will be heading into alpha testing...
The MOP Up: EVE Online phases out DirectX 9 (June 5, 2016)
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...
Overwatch racks up 7M players, bans 1500 of them
It's been a little over a week since Overwatch launched, and in that short time Blizzard's new team shooter has become a bonafide success...
Heroes of the Storm turns one year old today
Overwatch may be the darling of Blizzard's eye right now, but a year ago it was all about the studio's foray into MOBA gaming....
The Stream Team: Back to Battleborn
Due to circumstances (read: unappeased internet gods), MassivelyOP's MJ had a rough time in her first play through of Battleborn. To get a better...
Someone is already level 100 in Overwatch
Overwatch player FenderOverwatch has successfully reached the level 100 cap on Tuesday, just a week since its formal launch. You can all give up now.
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The Division is gunning for a movie adaptation
Players sucked into the setting and narrative for The Division might be interested to know that Ubisoft is exploring the possibility of getting it made into...
Blizzard pushes Overwatch’s redesigned competitive mode to June
Update: Blizzard has corrected its tweets; the patch is June, not July.
A series of tweets from Blizzard just before the holiday weekend have confirmed...
Getting perspective on Chronicles of Elyria’s planned PvP and PvE featureset
Anyone on the MassivelyOP team will probably tell you that I won't shut up about Chronicles of Elyria. There's so much to like about...
