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World of Warcraft devs gab about allied races and bonus mounts
Now that pre-orders are live for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, players have a whole new activity to keep them occupied: attempting to...
Elite: Dangerous makes delicate course adjustments to Beyond 3.0
It's the year of Elite: Dangerous' Beyond DLC, and this space sim isn't heedlessly jumping into the deep cosmos without careful course planning.
A second...
SMITE 5.1 is a virtual do-over for the Conquest map
SMITE's massive 5.1 patch is live today on PC, complete with the heavily overhauled and graphically updated Conquest map. There's a new tutorial for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 155: Pirates, progression, and patches
Justin and Bree discuss Age of Conan, FFXIV, SWTOR, Closers, EVE Online, Sea of Thieves, WoW, and Guild Wars 2, with mailbag questions on non-combat MMO options and playing MMOs with a newborn.
World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth preorders are live, launching by September 21
It's official: World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth preorders are live on the official store. You're looking at $49.99 for the base package and $69.99 for the...
PUBG: PC’s anti-cheat measures, Xbox One damage tweaks, and Microsoft acquisition rumors
Patchy patch patch! It's patch day for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' test server. On PC, Bluehole says it's still working on the ongoing anti-cheat measures it's...
Skyforge prepares to roll out its achievement system and asks for more ideas
Achievements! They're how you track your overall progress through the game, see how many bizarre things you've accomplished, and sometimes even earn some fun...
Rumor: Datamining hints that World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth preorders are close
Reddit and Twitter are buzzing today with another round of World of Warcraft datamining - this one from WoWhead, which has dug up new...
Re-examining Asheron’s Call’s Shard of the Herald event on its first deathiversary
Although the Asheron's Call series has now been dead for exactly one year today, it's far from forgotten by fans. It was admittedly a cult classic, and...
Destiny 2’s 1.1.2 patch drops today with the return of Iron Banner
It's not a major expansion or DLC, but today's Patch 1.1.2 has a few surprises and treats in store for Destiny 2 players.
For starters,...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.2 Rise of a New Sun is live today with housing and glamour updates
It's time for Final Fantasy XIV players to rejoice and get used to not knowing quite how anything works again! Yes, it's the day...
Wurm Online adjusts overkilling and affinity mechanics for PvP
Life, death, and player killing is an ever-present reality of Wurm Online, but it needn't be too burdensome. In the latest build of the...
Worlds Adrift squashes bugs and previews settings windows for its next patch
Settings, glorious settings! The new settings menus are coming to Worlds Adrift in patch 0.1.7, and you can check them out in detail. Sure,...
Dark and Light apologizes for a mobile fortress rollback and cancels a stream to work on it
Bad news for the Dark and Light fans who were eagerly working on their mobile fortresses, as the game's developers had to push out...
Best not be toxic on YouTube, Overwatch players, because Blizzard is watching you
Back in 2013, when Linda "Brasse" Carlson still fronted SOE's community branch, she made headlines for making SOE's anti-toxicity policies very clear. "If we...
Alganon has been offline for two months, is now owned by Derek Smart’s 3000AD
Nine years ago on Massively-that-was, we began covering the MMORPG known as Alganon - you'll recall it as a bit of a World of...
Wisdom of Nym: Reacting to the Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.2 notes
My initial plan for this particular column was just to write "woo patch notes woo" but I was informed that this plan had certain...
Interview: Trion Worlds goes in depth on RIFT Prime
Following the initial announcement of RIFT Prime and the ensuing details that started to come out of Trion Worlds on the progression server, we...
The MOP Up: Aion makes a date with the Divine Fortress (January 28, 2018)
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...
Mobile MMO roundup: Lineage 2 Revolution, Bless Mobile, Fellow Eternal Clash, and Rise of Ragnarok
Welcome back to another mobile MMO roundup, those MMOs that obviously don't count because they are played on a small screen instead of a...