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Sea of Thieves patches in performance improvements, promises to get everyone in to play as it breaks 2M players
One week after launch, Sea of Thieves is sailing the choppy ocean of live operation with two million players already. The developers uploaded an...
Sea of Thieves abandons its planned death tax, focuses on griefing
Don't worry, death-prone pirates: You won't have to pay the piper more than once when you go down to Davy Jones' locker.
Some players raised...
Sea of Thieves does blockbuster sales in the UK while former artist criticizes its lack of depth
Rare has a reason to rejoice this week, as Sea of Thieves has sailed to a number one spot on the sales chart in...
Sea of Thieves servers buckle and break under a surge of would-be pirates
Whether you are personally playing it or not, there are a lot of ambitious pirates trying to cram their way into Sea of Thieves...
RuneScape invites you to play pirates in ‘Pieces of Hate’ content update
Not playing Sea of Thieves for its launch today? You can still get your pirate on in an MMORPG: RuneScape has rolled out the...
The Daily Grind: Are you playing Sea of Thieves?
It's officially Sea of Thieves day; the game launched here in the US in the wee hours of this morning. During our awards rollout...
Here’s when Sea of Thieves officially launches around the globe
Ahoy and avast and all that, pirate peeps. Are you ready for Sea of Thieves' official launch? If you're in Australia, you're already in....
EVE Evolved: What pushes EVE Online players to breaking point?
How many times have you read the comments on an EVE Online article and found someone talking about an experience they had that turned...
One Shots: Don’t you forget about me
I think that we can all agree that Hirku seems like he'd be a pretty fun-loving dude to hang out with in World of...
Sea of Thieves has more content than you think
One of the concerns that some players have held about Sea of Thieves, especially after its public betas, is that the pirate game appears...
Here’s everything you need to know about Sea of Thieves ahead of launch
With only a few short days until Sea of Thieves officially launches on Xbox One and PC this March 20th, it's safe to assume...
Interview: ArcheAge 4.5 Legends Return launches April 5th with dragon taming and fresh start servers
If I were to tell you that ArcheAge's next big update is launching next month, you'd tell me that it's too soon. And we'd...
Sea of Thieves casts off on its final beta voyage
This is it you pirates, scoundrels, and scallywags: Sea of Thieves' final beta is upon us, and only the most cutthroat and dastardly will...
Perfect Ten: A dozen MOBAs that didn’t make it
With the insane success -- both in terms of popularity and finances -- that Dota and League of Legends spawned, you can easily understand...
RuneScape goes deep sea fishing
Every MMO has fishing. Been there, angled that, am I right? But as of this week, RuneScape has taken this sport to the next...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s March balance update has players excited
The EVE Online community came down pretty hard on CCP Games at the start of the year, with podcasts, blogs, and the Council of...
The MOP Up: Closers chooses its next character (March 4, 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...
Sea of Thieves runs another stress test, talks pirate customization (or lack thereof)
Just in case you read that headline and made a mad dash to this first paragraph with the hope of seeing that Rare has...
The Soapbox: Six responses to the ‘gaming is wrong/evil/an addiction’ argument
I recently went on a rant about gaming, but it wasn't directed at gaming. It was in defense of gaming. I am so weary...
Massively Overthinking: Why doesn’t video game marketing reflect our demographics?
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes to us from Steve, and it's a frustration for our team as well, I promise.
"If the following statistics...