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The MOP Up: Neverwinter’s five-year anniversary and Ravenloft campaign (June 24, 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...
The Stream Team: Cooking up chaos in Cuisine Royale
The things Massively OP's MJ will try... she blames it on Bree! All the boss had to do was point out an amusing skin...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has lost nearly half of its players since January as Sanhok map goes live
Alas, poor PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, we've entered the second phase of your musician biopic when the fans start leaving. Sure, the game was riding high...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is on the cusp of Sanhok, goes on sale for $20
After so very much build-up to the main event, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is finally ready to debut its brand-new Sanhok map on Thursday, June 22nd....
Cuisine Royale is the goofy reskin the battle royale genre deserves
Be careful what you wish for! Apparently, Gaijin (you know it from WarThunder) ran an April Fools' day joke mode for online shooter Enlisted...
PUBG admits to reusing assets but argues that doesn’t make it an asset flip
Tired of hearing the words "asset flip"? PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is too. Apparently at E3 last week, PUBG creator Brendan Greene gently joked that he...
E3 2018: PUBG will launch Sanhok map June 22, plans snow mechanics and map for this winter
During yesterday's pre-E3 Xbox conference, Bluehole didn't trot out Brendan Greene himself to talk PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, but it did confirm what Reddit has apparently...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds plans longer embargos for its crates on the Steam market
Getting a crate in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is meant to be a reward for the player, but it's also frequently meant something to resell on...
The Soapbox: Do MMOs still fall victim to the copycat curse?
When Radical Heights launched, I was inspired to put together a whole Perfect Ten about why trend-chasing doesn't work for online games. Obviously, my...
PUBG’s Sanhok map enters the final testing stretch
As PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds runs its new and highly anticipated Sanhok map through a fourth round of testing, players can at least be consoled with...
Perfect World is showing two new games at E3: Mobile sandbox MMORPG ReEvolve and battle royale FarSide
Perfect World is up to some stuff at E3 this year. Some good stuff, by my estimation. The company sent 'round PR on two...
Trace the history of the battle royale genre from inception to now
It all started with a new mode for DayZ. No, it all started with Minecraft. Wait, maybe it started with deathmatch games. There's a...
PUBG Corp sues Epic Games, claiming Fortnite plagiarized its UI and items
Last autumn, Bluehole and PUBG Corp locked horns with Epic Games over PUBG's assertion that Fortnite had all but ripped off PUBG's battle royale...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds apologizes for communication deficiencies, lays out top priorities
Players frustrated with the spotty communication from PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' development team may have a legitimate reason for complaint. In a letter posted over on...
Data show that battle royale gamers tend to spend more money on games
So, how are battle royale fans different from any other sort of competitive gamer? A recent study put out by market intelligence firm Newzoo...
SuperData’s April 2018 revenue report shows Fortnite setting new records, GTAO slowing down
Fortnite had another record month of revenue in April, according to SuperData's latest global revenue report. "Epic’s Battle Royale shooter made $296 million in...
Atlas Reactor arrives in China via Steam
Atlas Reactor really needs to be given some credit for striking out in a different direction when the rest of the PvP scene was...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tackles frame rate drops, looks at the next mobile patch
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds dropped a patch earlier this week, but don't get too excited: It was mostly bug fixes and balance adjustments for the battle...
Boss Key shutters after Radical Heights, LawBreakers fizzle
Boss Key is closing down following the struggles of LawBreakers and Radical Heights, though the latter will apparently remain playable for now. Cliff Bleszinski...
Hands-on with Bless Reborn at Neowiz’s San Francisco media reveal
As you probably have heard, there was a Bless influencer event this week, with a couple of media and a smattering of MMO streamers...
