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PAX East 2017: Dauntless reveals new trailer, plans 2017 launch
Keeping an ear to the ground for Dauntless news? You should be: It's a co-op ARPG from Phoenix Labs, an indie studio made up...
Riot Games wins $10M in a lawsuit against League of Legend cheating software
At least today, cheating does not prosper, particularly for those who attempted to circumvent the rules in League of Legends.
A court awarded $10 million...
ARK: Survival Evolved rockets up Superdata’s January revenue rankings
The latest Superdata Research report is in for the month of January 2017, and in addition to an increase of 9.8% of digital game...
Hi-Rez addresses the Paladins pay-to-win uproar
The Paladins community has been flipping tables this week over the game's new Legendary cards and Essence currency, which players argue are blatantly pay-to-win....
Perfect Ten: Terminology the MMORPG genre needs
MMOs, like any other hobby, have their own terminology. We have the term "newb" for new players, "noob" for players who aren't actually new...
League of Legends data feature in New York state lawsuit against Time Warner
Remember back in the day when you'd complain about your lag and connectivity issues in an online game, only to have the studio tell...
The MOP Up: Free tanks for all! (February 12, 2017)
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...
SuperData: Pokemon Go sinks during record-setting December sales season
The analysts at SuperData have released to the public part of a report on December 2016's gaming industry today, calling December a "weak month...
League of Legends looks at how it brought back a winter-themed map design
One does not play League of Legends in a quest for diverse play environments. This is kind of the nature of the MOBA; you...
League of Legends, Dungeon Fighter Online top digital sales charts for November
The latest edition of Superdata's digital games market research is out for November 2016, and while there are no great surprises here, it's always...
Pro e-sports team opens retail shop in London
So file this one under "that happened": A pro-gaming team has opened a pop-up e-sports retail store in London.
The team is Fnatic, and really...
Guardians of Ember denies misappropriating League of Legends concept art, tackles server issues
Following the early access launch of Runewaker's Guardians of Ember this week, Massively OP was made aware of player-floated allegation that the studio had misappropriated...
League of Legends championship paid out $6.7M in prizes
What would you do if you won $6.7 million dollars from playing video games? Other than make your parents and teachers weep at all...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 2016)
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...
Former BioWare and Blizzard devs announce new online co-op RPG Dauntless
At the 2016 Game Awards last night, gamers laid eyes on Dauntless, a new online multiplayer (but not massively so, alas) RPG from indie...
Ghostcrawler reveals the design origins of World of Warcraft’s Death Knights
Just because Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street is over with the League of Legends team these days doesn't mean that he has stopped talking about World...
League of Legends pro teams agitate for better compensation
Last week, the owners of a number of North American and European League of Legends Championship Series teams dispatched a letter to Riot Games...
League of Legends preseason patch highlights and improves assassins
Another season has come to a close for League of Legends, and that means a preseason patch that can turn everything on its ear....
Top-ranked League of Legends player is banned from event based on toxic behavior
The usual trajectory in professional sports seems to be that no matter how noxious you are as a person, it's all ignored if you...
The MOP Up: Amazon Game Studios’ community tools (November 6, 2016)
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...
