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Tamriel Infinium: The power of community in five-year-old Elder Scrolls Online
Given the volatility in today’s video game industry, it’s nice when an MMO is able to celebrate some longevity. Elder Scrolls Online has not...
Perfect Ten: How to determine whether an IP would make a good MMO
A few weeks back, fellow writer Justin talked about cartoons from the '80s that would make for good MMOs. In some cases I agree;...
Reverse Engineering: The super scientific dangers of capturing Pokemon with your phone
I don't mean to alarm anyone, but there is a chance that capturing Pokemon could be the end of civilization as we know it....
MMO Business Roundup: Gaming inclusion, Peria Chronicles, Google, and PUBG’s Brendan Greene
Welcome to another fast roundup of MMO-related business news!
Bookmark this research study so that if ever the loud angry gatekeeping trolls of gaming are...
Reverse Engineering: Predicting Fortnite’s earthquakes… with science!
It looks like things are literally shaking up in Fortnite. We are currently tracking a series of changes coming to the game leading up...
Here’s how players will do science in sandbox Population Zero
Still keeping an eye on survival MMO Population Zero? There's yet another dev blog out this week, this one on science and technology in...
The Game Archaeologist: Terra, SubSpace, and Sovereign
In the MMO industry, science fiction has always taken the role of the overlooked little brother to big sister fantasy's popularity. Sure, there have...
For Science: Yet another study finds no link between violent video games and aggression
Yet another academic study appears to indicate no correlation between aggressive behavior and violent video games, this one specifically in kids.
In the newly published...
Reverse Engineering: The science of Elder Scrolls Online’s dragons
I don't think I can express how excited I am to bring this column to life on Massively Overpowered. Reverse Engineering covers the one...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online PC Mirror Escort Carrier, NX Light Escort, and elite services starter pack
With Star Trek Online's Mirror of Discovery out and live and launched, PWE has kindly granted Massively OP a bunch of goodies to give away in...
MMO designer Raph Koster runs down the key mechanics that drive retention in online games
If last week's "games as a service" conversation piqued your interest, hop on over to Raph Koster's blog. The veteran MMORPG designer has a...
Exclusive: Survival MMO Population Zero deep-dives its unique perk system
Population Zero caught out attention at the tail end of last year when developer Enplex announced the survival MMO was hitting pre-alpha and opening...
Choose My Adventure: Where Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen meet
I'm going to attempt to connect apples and oranges here. In my final days with Elite Dangerous for CMA, I have actually managed to...
NetEase joins Tencent in move for ‘anti-addiction’ curfews on Chinese mobile gamers
NetEase has once again become a household name for gamers thanks to its partnership with Blizzard on Diablo Immortal and many other titles, but...
Gaming behavior scientists gather for ‘Video Game Debate’ panel at PAX South
Depending on whom you're listening to, it's possible to think that things like "gaming addiction" and "gaming aggression" are incontrovertibly settled science. It'd also...
UK parliament committee seeks submissions about gaming addiction
Back in December, the UK House of Commons committee responsible for digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) announced it was poised to begin an...
Project Horseshoe’s design papers confirm decades of MMORPG lessons
Not everyone involved in game design is trying to squeeze every last penny out of you. Yes, a lot of them are, but many...
The ESA met with the World Health Organization about the ‘gaming disorder’ classification
One of last year's big stories for the gaming industry was the decision by the World Health Organization to include the brand-new "gaming disorder"...
For Science: The psychology of online gaming toxicity, fanpersonism, and gamer identity
Over the holidays, I bumped into some great video material from author and YouTuber Caleb Ross that seems useful for online gamers in particular....
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs to watch in 2018
Love it or hate it, MMOs are going mobile in ever-increasing numbers. Last year saw a crop of acclaimed titles making their way to...
