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Massively OP Podcast: Episode 16
Justin and Bree discuss WildStar's F2P, The Secret World's motorcycles, Echo of Souls' soft launch, Greed Monger's doom, Marvel Heroes' updates, plus mailbag questions on underused races, multiboxing, and tiny MMOs.
Bungie files new trademarks for possible Destiny expansions
What is Eververse Trading Co.? Well, it's the name of a trademark recently filed by Bungie. It also might be related to Destiny. What's...
Star Trek Online highlights summer events, addresses klesbiangate
Summer comes yet again, and while the distinction is kind of arbitrary in deep space, for those of us pretending to be in deep...
Not So Massively: Heroes of the Storm’s launch; Need for Speed’s online DRM
Nintendo's quriky new online paint-battle game Splatoon officially launched this week to very positive reviews. Monster-battling game Moonrise entered early access and promises Pokémon-like...
CCP delays EVE’s next set of major sovereignty changes
CCP is currently rebuilding EVE Online's sovereignty capture system, and as such the sci-fi sandbox developer is updating players on a couple of changes...
Bungie promises to ban cheaters in Destiny
It's not exactly a drastic reach to say that people shouldn't cheat when playing an online game. People should definitely not be cheating during...
The Daily Grind: How do you plan to play Star Citizen?
I'm pretty excited to get my hands on some different ships in this week's Star Citizen free-fly event. I know, I know, I can...
MMO Week in Review: WildStar is saving itself (May 31, 2015)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
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EVE Evolved: Have the Drifters conquered the Jove Empire?
EVE Online's Carnyx release is right around the corner on June 2nd, and it's going to be a big update! The Caldari will finally...
Star Trek Online flame wars erupt over gay backdrop NPCs
The most recent featured episode for Star Trek Online stirred up some controversy because it's all about gay Klingons. By which we of course...
One Shots: Reflections of me
One fun in-game photography trick is to use reflections, mirrors, and glass to offer a different -- and sometimes more artistic -- vision of...
Test fly Star Citizen’s military ships for free this week
When I backed Star Citizen in 2012, I opted for a couple of the $60 pledge tiers. One of these I gave away, and...
WildStar hands out gobs of gifts for its birthday
Don't let WildStar's upcoming free-to-play transition distract you from a more immediate reason to celebrate on Nexus: The sci-fi MMO is marking its one-year...
The Game Archaeologist: Mythic’s Imperator Online
It is a truly difficult thing to create something completely new and original, especially in storytelling and setting. It's perhaps impossible in this day...
Elite’s latest newsletter talks Powerplay, mining, drones, and more
Frontier talks up the forthcoming Powerplay patch in this week's Elite: Dangerous newsletter. The titular patch feature "makes the galaxy a hotbed of activity,"...
Bungie reports on Destiny’s Trials of Osiris PvP
Last night Bungie posted a weekly update that addresses participation, bugs, and cheaters in Destiny's recently introduced endgame PvP, Trials of Osiris. Since the...
EVE Online’s Carnyx update goes live on June 2nd
Players excited for the Sovereignty overhaul coming to EVE Online need only wait a couple of days more before it rolls onto the live...
Otherland beefs up its clan and PvP feature set
Progress on the revived Otherland project has been running quiet for most of this spring, but now that looks to change. Today, Drago Entertainment...
Trion Worlds secures ‘Reactor’ trademark
No, it's not one of Tony Stark's inventions, but that doesn't mean this reactor is any less intriguing. Upon doing some sleuthing, RiftGrate discovered...
The Daily Grind: Will you play WildStar once it’s free-to-play?
Ever since the rumors began that WildStar was about to flip the switch on a new free-to-play business model, I've been pondering whether I'll...
