patch notes
Elite Dangerous makes additional tweaks to Thargoid War mechanics
Elite: Dangerous already made some updates to the mechanics of the Thargoid War earlier in the week, but that wasn't the end of Frontier...
Warhammer Online’s Return of Reckoning rogue server adds new live event, revamps dungeons
Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning continues to bolster its reputation of being one of the hardest-working rogue server teams out there by pumping out...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Gold Road chapter and Update 42 is now live for PC players
Whether you're interested in story, spellcraft, or wondering just what sort of Daedric prince Ithelia is, today is the day to find out: The...
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...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s GU 7.5 Desperate Defiance launches today alongside The Acolyte collab
Star Wars The Old Republic's 7.5 patch is upon us today, as servers went down at 8 a.m. EDT this morning to prepare. The...
Bellwright’s first content update adds new forestry building and village management improvements
Bellwright has mostly been focusing on bug fixing since its April early access release, but now it looks as if developer Donkey Crew is...
Palia’s Crafted Comforts update is live for beta players today with building and economy QOL
If you were watching Discord or social media, you already knew it was coming, but Palia's spring Crafted Comforts patch has officially rolled out...
Skull & Bones begins the Chorus of Havoc season with new endgame, ship, and weapon types
Despite the game's arguably bumpy arrival, Ubisoft's piratical multiplyer game Skull & Bones is pushing ahead with Season 2 today, launching what it calls...
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends has unleashed its massive deep space patch
Earlier this month, the player team behind Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends took the wraps off its Deep Space Comms patch -...
Temtem offers a closer look at gameplay features and the end of monetization coming in patch 1.7
The penultimate patch for the critter-catching MMO Temtem is nigh. Crema Games has offered up a sneak peek at patch 1.7, which will herald...
Vague Patch Notes: Why I am no longer anticipating Blue Protocol
Last year, I was pretty jazzed about Blue Protocol. I've actually been pretty jazzed about it for a while, but last year it looked...
Vague Patch Notes: There is no one-and-done with MMOs
Last week's Vague Patch Notes column focused on the struggle of adding new things to MMORPGs forever and ever. I think it was a...
Old School RuneScape continues Project Rebalance and Varlamore tweaks in this week’s patch
It's another patch full of adjustments for Old School RuneScape this week, as Jagex continues to work on its Project Rebalance updates for the...
Embers Adrift discusses grouping via Discord, development priorities, and May’s content patch
The latest weekly livestream from Embers Adrift could be classified as a return to basics, as it simply features CM Elloa reading patch notes,...
Black Desert PC opens the Trial of Erethea instance and adjusts several monster zones
Yesterday when Pearl Abyss was talking up Black Desert's its 3,000-day milestone in the west, it brought up the Trial of Erethea and a...
Valheim’s F2P Ashlands biome patch has finally launched after a year and a half wait
Iron Gate has been talking about Valheim's Ashlands update since December. No, not last December. The December before that - 2022 December, when Mistlands...
Fractured Veil’s latest patch lets players raise some plants in the zombie apocalypse
Old MacDonald now has a farm in zombie apocalypse survivalbox Fractured Veil, as the game's latest patch will now let players grow some plants,...
Zenith Infinite Realms’ latest little patch primarily ensures PSVR 2 owners can buy cosmetics
Zenith Infinite Realms -- the free-to-play side release, not the Last City VR MMORPG -- has gotten yet another update for itself, and this...
Star Citizen officially enters alpha 3.23 with new quality-of-life and mission features
After a whole lot of teasing, talking, and showcasing, Star Citizen has finally released alpha 3.23, bringing with it a few new mission features...
Warhammer Return of Reckoning hosts a Return to Warhammer event this weekend
If you've ever wanted to see why people loved Warhammer Online back in the day and somehow haven't ever managed to take a spin...
