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The Daily Grind: Which anticipated MMO project did you end up ignoring altogether?
Let me tell you a tale of Sea of Thieves. For the year or so leading up to that game's launch, I was deep...
EVE Evolved: Ship fittings for EVE Online’s Secrets of the Abyss event
EVE Online's recent Into the Abyss expansion has been live now for several months, adding the first ever solo instanced PvE game mode in...
Sea of Thieves players push back against the ruthless PvP culture
If there's anything that Sea of Thieves is known for months after its spring launch, it's for the culture of cutthroat PvP that wages...
The MOP Up: Worlds Adrift makes room for PvE servers (August 12, 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...
Pathfinder Online promises free trial, open enrollment, and a marketing push
About nine people showed up at a GenCon Pathfinder Online panel this past weekend, during which Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens gave an update on...
AdventureQuest 3D readies an epic pirate vs. ninja showdown
Are we really just a month away from September already? That means that there is practically no time to get in our International Talk...
MMO Business Roundup: Steam activity in decline, Sea of Thieves hits 5M players, MapleStory M downloaded 3M times
Time for a quick-and-dirty roundup of some industry news that appeals to the numerologists among our reading audience!
We'll start with a look at Steam,...
‘MMOPEG’ Codename Reality seeks half a million Kickstarter bucks to ‘redefine the MMO genre’
If immersion and realism are what you crave in a new MMORPG, take a look at Codename Reality, another new game in our field...
Sea of Thieves’ Cursed Sails update is live with new sea content, though not kraken and skeleton forts for now
Arr mateys, are you all ready for today's deployment of Sea of Thieves' Cursed Sails? Because it's just gone live with a new video...
Cursed skeleton ships have been spotted on Sea of Thieves’ horizon
Soon enough you'll have more to worry about in Sea of Thieves' oceans than other players and bad-tempered kraken. Rumors have it that the...
‘Full multiplayer experience’ flies into No Man’s Sky today
There's no reason to explore the galaxy solo, thanks to today's massive No Man's Sky NEXT update. The "full multiplayer experience" has finally arrived...
Multiplayer survival sandbox Outpost Zero hits Steam early access
The super pretty survivalbox Outpost Zero has planted roots in Steam's early access program. It's currently $15.99; tinyBuild and Symmetric Games say it's a...
The Game Archaeologist: A history of EverQuest’s expansions
I don't know if EverQuest holds the crown title for the MMO with the most expansions, but I'm sure it's among the top three...
Arr! Puzzle Pirates: Dark Seas has fully launched on Steam
Arrrr! If Sea of Thieves isn't doing it for you, maybe you should board a more classic ship, like Puzzle Pirates - specifically, Puzzle...
The Stream Team: Working through Outpost Zero pirate invasions
Massively OP's MJ can't seem to get much base building done in Outpost Zero because she keeps being interrupted by rude pirates! She's not...
Sea of Thieves’ Sunken Curse Event is live with today’s patch
Sea of Thieves is pulling another patch out of drydock today, this one with a fresh event for players of the pirate pseudo-MMO.
"Cursed Mermaid...
Interview: ArtCraft’s J. Todd Coleman on prepping Crowfall’s Artisan Engine for the broader industry
Yesterday, Crowfall studio ArtCraft announced it was spinning off a brand-new company dubbed ArtCraft Technologies that would basically turn Crowfall's engine into a marketable...
New Dawn, a survival sandbox set in the 1800s, has launched into Steam early access
New Dawn - not to be confused with Darkfall New Dawn or Osiris New Dawn or Star Trek Online's New Dawn - is hitting...
EVE Evolved: Improving EVE Online’s organisational tools
Throughout most of EVE Online's lifetime, players have developed their own third-party applications (and yes, spreadsheets) to help organise and enhance their gameplay. We've...
Great, now Sea of Thieves’ skeletons have gotten into the gunpowder
Just when you thought that you could handle anything Sea of Thieves' rascally skeletons could throw at you, now they have barrels of gunpowder...
