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Global Chat: RIFT Prime numbers
RIFT's new Prime progression server certainly has recaptured or recruited many MMO bloggers to the game as of late, and it is all anyone...
Betawatch: Shroud of the Avatar launches for real (March 30, 2018)
Did it happen? Are the rumors true? Yes, my friends, Shroud of the Avatar is actually launched now. The game has launched. Which probably...
Analysts predict that major publishers will pivot to counter (and catch up with) Fortnite
Epic's not even remotely a nobody in gaming, but it's still a surprise to find out that its runaway battle royale hit Fortnite actually...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy XIV gets primal (March 25, 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...
Betawatch: A Bless Online-ed event (March 23, 2018)
After all of the false starts, delays, and dearths of information, we finally know the truth this week. Bless Online is coming to early...
The MOP Up: Enter the Phantom Halls — if you dare! (March 18, 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: Cave diving for ARK glowtails
The last big ARK expedition Massively OP's MJ took was to the surface. What goes up, must also go down, right? So this time,...
Pantropy cancels its Kickstarter, rejects publishing offers, plans a new Kickstarter
As we've been covering in Make My MMO, the Kickstarter for sci-fi MMO shooter Pantropy hadn't been going as well as developer Brain Stone...
Betawatch: TERA does the beta warp again (March 16, 2017)
The first round of open beta testing for TERA on consoles went well. (According to the developers, at least.) What can be done to...
Fortnite: The 3.3 update, Drake on Twitch, battle royale development, and next-gen online games
After a brief delay, Fortnite's 3.3 patch is in with a bang, literally, thanks to new explosives and supply llamas added to battle royale...
Global Chat: Avoiding MMO activities
Have you ever noticed that you play it way too safe in your MMOs, especially when it comes to interacting (or not) with others? Aywren...
The MOP Up: Dragonball Online kicks off beta testing (March 11, 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...
Betawatch: Wild West Online is getting a big revamp (March 9, 2018)
Remember Wild West Online? The game made a lot of noise through early testing, but it went fairly quiet. Turns out the reason for...
MMO business roundup: Steam, toxicity, Kartridge, contracts, dopamine, and guns
What's going on in the online video games business this week? Let's dig in.
Steam, toxicity, and Kartridge
The Center for Investigative Reporting (via Motherboard) has a...
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...
Global Chat: Elder Scrolls Online’s disguised gameplay
It seems as though some players' attention has shifted back to Elder Scrolls Online this spring, especially with the recent Dragon Bones DLC drop. Telwyn...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained is working for its beta on July 4 (March 2, 2018)
After a lengthy wait, the first beta for Camelot Unchained is here at last! That's what we'll be saying in about a hundred days,...
Path of Exile’s Bestiary expansion launches today, boasting 3.5M global players
Path of Exile's 3.2.0 update, Bestiary, goes live on PC this afternoon with Xbox One to follow eventually; patching got underway a few hours...
MMO Business Roundup: EA Spouse 14 years later, PUBG poaching from Riot, and Funcom financials
Welcome back to another edition of our informal business roundup, where we wedge all the fun MMO industry tidbits that pile up in our...
SuperData says VR has ‘nowhere to go but up,’ while HTC VR division sees layoffs and Facebook apologizes for VR shooter demo
SuperData continues to express confidence in the future of virtual reality - however you want to label it. Last week, the analytics firm updated...
