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The Daily Grind: What MMO is never ever gonna launch?
I have a bad feeling about some of the MMOs and pseudo-MMOs we have on the way in 2016.
The Division? That thing has been...
Tribes: Ascend creative director: ‘We made a lot of mistakes in a lot of different places’
The history of Tribes: Ascend is a strange one. Like the first few titles out of Hi-Rez Studios, it launched to decent reception, had...
The MOP Up: RuneScape’s big anniversary plans (December 20, 2015)
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...
Crowfall comic continues to tease ‘big reveal’
Back in November, ArtCraft promised that it would soon be revealing a significant design element for Crowfall that would "require a shift in the...
Albion Online talks about its novel and community feedback patch
As the year wraps up, Albion Online continues to handle several irons in its alpha fire. One of these is release of a community...
Watch 100 naked H1Z1 players take on an elite strike team
As part of Daybreak's ongoing H1Z1 Showdown festivities, Twitch broadcaster CDNThe3rd recently hosted an amusing H1Z1 Battle Royale match that pitted a hardcore team...
Pick up an exclusive Sphere 3 holiday bundle from Nikita Online and MOP [All gone!]
Hardcore PvP MMO Sphere 3 is but a few weeks old now, and developer Nikita Online would like to wish you happy holidays in...
The Daily Grind: Should MOBAs have an ‘endgame’?
Earlier this week, RPS did a piece on Jeffrey Lin, League of Legends' "social systems" dev. One question about the MOBA's "endgame" struck me because he...
Massively Overthinking: The next big Star Wars MMORPG
In honor of Star Wars week (and rumors that EA is working on another Star Wars game), let's talk Star Wars MMOs.
Star Wars Galaxies...
Notorious e-sports team boss Martin Shkreli arrested for securities fraud
Martin Shkreli, chairman of League of Legends e-sports team Imagine and CEO of real-life company Turing Pharmaceuticals, was arrested in New York today. He stands...
Eternal Crusade outlines the balance of army compositions
The forces of Eternal Crusade should be evenly matched but not identical, but that poses a bit of a mechanical problem. In the game...
EVE Online’s winter events are all about players fighting… with snowballs
You've been playing EVE Online long enough to know that it's rarely good news when another ship arrives nearby and starts heading toward you...
Darkfall developers considering freemium model
When Darkfall opened up its doors to community discussion, one of the major points mentioned by the developers was that free-to-play was completely off...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Most Anticipated for 2016 and Beyond
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for most anticipated MMO for 2016 and beyond.
In 2013 and 2014, EverQuest Next and Landmark took home...
Tencent buys up the rest of Riot Games
League of Legends developer Riot Games has a new owner this week. Well, really it's the same ostensible owner as before, China's Tencent Holdings, only now...
War Thunder arms its British army with tanks and more
The British are coming! The British are coming! And that is a good thing.
War Thunder's newest patch, Update 1.55, has finally delivered armored vehicles...
Xsyon drops subscription, becomes pure buy-to-play
If the subscription fee ever kept you away from the post-apocalyptic sandbox Xsyon, we're happy to share with you that this is no longer...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: MMO Expansion of the Year
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for best MMO update or expansion of the year.
Last year was a bit heavier on MMO updates...
SMITE celebrates Saturnalia with free stuff and sales
Ah, Saturnalia: the Roman winter festival drilled into the heads of Latin students everywhere. It's like Christmas, only with waaaay more gambling and booze.
Hi-Rez MOBA...
Crowfall goes into depth about designing advancement systems
There's a new goofy (yet informative) video series happening over at Crowfall called Systems Chat. In it, the devs take time to explain how...
