The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s DS9 expansion gets a console release date (July 14, 2018)

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The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s DS9 expansion gets a console release date (July 14, 2018)

July 14, 2018 Justin Olivetti Leave a comment

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 of it gets backlogged. That’s why there’s The MOP Up: a weekly compilation of smaller MMO stories and videos that you won’t want to miss. Seen any good MMO news? Hit us up through our tips line!

Maybe you’ll discover a new game in this space — or be reminded of an old favorite! This week we have stories and videos from Elsword, EVE Online, Soulworker Online, League of Legends, Realm Royale, Survived By, EverQuest II, Prosperous Universe, Black Desert Mobile, and Star Trek Online, all waiting for you after the break!

More MMOs pledge to fully remove Red Shell spyware, including Secret World Legends

June 19, 2018 Bree Royce 42 comments

At the beginning of June, we covered The Elder Scrolls Online’s implementation of spyware program Red Shell, which is designed to track specific information about players and PCs logging into the client, like where on the globe they live. At the time, as fury blazed across Reddit, ZeniMax’s Matt Firor apologized for Red Shell, saying the company was “experimenting” with it and didn’t intend to patch it into the live build, and therefore it would be patched back out.

As it turns out, there are plenty of other games with Red Shell, or parts of Red Shell lingering. Redditor Alexspeed75 has been keeping track of games accused of running the spyware. Most notable on the list for our readers is Funcom; while the studio removed the Red Shell code from Conan Exiles in May following player complaints, players still found parts of it in The Secret World as of last week. That, Funcom has told Redditors, was an error, as it patched out the code last year.

Soulworker patches in new playable character Jin, new endgame raid

May 3, 2018 Bree Royce 2 comments

SoulWorker’s getting a new toon today, marking the fifth playable character in the anime MMORPG. Who is he? Jin Seipatsu, a “courageous boy stricken with guilt for the loss of many innocent lives to the demons that plague his world and the evil known as The Great Void.”

“Jin belongs to the Fistfighter class among the SoulWorkers — a group of warriors with emotions so strong that they’re able to manifest them into powerful weapons. Jin’s particular emotional power is Integrity, which bestows upon him unique attributes such as the highest base hit points and area of effect damage among all other characters, as well as his own set of specialized attacks.”

There’s a new raid, too. Dubbed The Golden Citadel, it boasts five themed rooms with plenty of loot that can be tackled only after players have first completed all the game’s casual raids.

SoulWorker makes some of its cash shop items tradable

April 29, 2018 Justin Olivetti 5 comments

It’s hard to say how SoulWorker Online is doing in its first month of release here in the west. It’s certainly an attractive-looking title, but it may be doomed to the same level of niche obscurity that, say, Closers has experienced.

At least Gameforge is working hard to update the game and is making adjustments as needed. One of these changes is the addition of tradable items in the cash shop. About 21 items, including skill reset tickets and respawners, are now flagged for this feature. This means that someone can pay money to buy them on the store and then turn around and sell or trade them on the market.

SoulWorker is currently running an EP Party event through April 30th that will half the EP cost (rounded up) for all dungeons.

Source: SoulWorker Online

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SoulWorker Online adds high-level PvPvE operation

April 13, 2018 Justin Olivetti Leave a comment

What’s the newly launched SoulWorker Online to do to keep players occupied as they dash up the levels? Turn them on each other, of course!

The dev team activated a new PvP operation that is accessible at level 55. The operation, called Dimension Trip, opens up three times every day and hosts between four and eight players per match. The special arena tosses both monsters and players at each other as they move through four successive sectors, earning points as the teams race against a 10-minute clock.

Once an arena bout is concluded, ranks will be handed out and rewards divvied up accordingly. It sounds like players will get a special currency that can be exchanged for items from a crafting vendor.

SoulWorker Online leaves open beta, preps for release [Update: It’s launched!]

April 4, 2018 Justin Olivetti Leave a comment

Say farewell to SoulWorker Online’s open beta — and hello to release! Gameforge announced that the import has wrapped up its one-month-plus open beta test and is preparing the title for an official release.

The good news for any testers is that they won’t be losing their progress in the transition, as Gameforge won’t be wiping the game. The better news is that any tester will get a whole parcel of beta rewards when the release happens.

It’s a little unclear whether the launch will be today following maintenance or at some point in the future, but it does look to be soon. The team behind the adaptation said that it is taking action on much of the feedback that was gathered during the test.

SoulWorker Online begins selling subs, responds to outcry over energy system P2W

March 13, 2018 Bree Royce 27 comments

SoulWorker is technically in open beta on paper; it isn’t supposed to truly launch until later this quarter. It hit Steam at the end of February. It announced it was done wiping. It opened up the cash shop. And now, it’s got a subscription too – an optional one, mind you.

There are actually two different subscription plans, both 30-days, and they are stackable; the silver sub grants keycards, respawners, battle books, extra auction slots, and an additional 80 daily energy. The gold sub doubles most of those bonuses, adds a few more, and adds an additional 120 max energy. It’s also possible to buy subs and sell them in-game.

But it’s the energy perks that have beta testers particularly concerned about pay-to-win, as energy limits in-game activities in a way few MMORPGs can get away with. In SoulWorker, players start with 200 daily energy, so with the double sub, they can double that number. Gameforge says it’s still considering how to proceed.

Betawatch: Wild West Online is getting a big revamp (March 9, 2018)

March 9, 2018 Eliot Lefebvre 3 comments

Remember Wild West Online? The game made a lot of noise through early testing, but it went fairly quiet. Turns out the reason for that was a top-to-bottom revamp of the game’s client, so there have been a lot of changes in the current version of the game. Good news, though, that test version is almost ready for players to try.

More beta news? Sure thing, that’s what we usually do here. It’s a thing.

The fifth alpha test for Prosperous Universe is live and will be running for at least four weeks. There’s not much else to say, it’s burning right along.
SoulWorker Online continues its open beta with a promise of no character wipes and an opening of a cash shop. Around these parts, we call that “launch.” It has thus been pulled from our list of games in testing because that’s how we roll.
The early access launch of Project Gorgon is now slated for next week on Steam. If you have ever wanted to play a game in which you could be transformed into a deer and develop a whole line of skills around being a deer, you will find this release invaluable. (This is a good thing.)
Want to support Dual Universe? Take part in its new bit of perpetual crowdfunding. All of the cool kids are doing it these days. Buy a founder’s pack for the game, only they don’t call it that.
Last but not least, it’s been a long wait, but City of Titans is ready to show off its avatar creation tool, and it looks pretty good. Considering we’re talking about a superhero game, that is a big deal.

And yes, there is a list below with a whole lot of games in testing. Some of them might also be in “open beta” hiding no planned wipes and an open cash shop, and if you could let us know about that, we’d be grateful. You have to keep your eyes open for these things. They’re tricky.

SoulWorker Online opens its cash shop

March 7, 2018 Eliot Lefebvre 5 comments

We already know that SoulWorker Online will not be wiping characters before its full launch, and now we find that the game is going even further into a launch-like state by adding in its full cash shop now. Yes, you can hop in the game and drop money for real if you’d like. Some players are crying that the prices are exorbitant or unfair, so keep that in mind before you dream of spending four dollars to double your experience gains or something similar.

Players can also collect two free daily items from the game’s cash shop in response to the feedback regarding the energy/fatigue system; further player input is being collected and considered by the developers. That doesn’t mean much will change, but at least it might.

The latest episode of the game’s accompanying anime has also been released, letting players see a bit more of the story and lore behind the title. Of course, it’s not exactly a lengthy episode at three minutes, so you can watch the whole thing just below if you’d like.

SoulWorker Online will not wipe servers but will apparently be IP blocked

March 6, 2018 Eliot Lefebvre 27 comments

There are certain expectations you have when a free-to-play game is in open beta with a full launch planned for later. For example, you kind of expect a character wipe. But not so with SoulWorker Online; the developers have confirmed via Twitter that no character wipe is incoming, so anything you do now will still be relevant when the game fully launches later. That does make the distinction between the current state and launch a bit fuzzier, though.

What’s not fuzzy is the game’s IP blocking, which apparently rolled out without warning for all players not located in North America or Europe. As MMO Culture reports, no confirmation or explanation of IP blocks or the lack thereof had been offered by publisher Gameforge prior to the blocks being rolled out, and the game’s Twitter and Steam landing pages still make no mention of them.

The MOP Up: Closers chooses its next character (March 4, 2018)

March 4, 2018 Justin Olivetti 2 comments

Maybe you’ll discover a new game in this space — or be reminded of an old favorite! This week we have stories and videos from War of Rights, Blade and Soul, Lineage 2 Revolution, Darwin Project, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Closers, Elder Scrolls Online, Bless, Soulworker Online, Skyforge, The Black Death, Saga of Lucimia, Dungeon Fighter Online, Mu Origin, Prosperous Universe, Legends of Aria, Battlerite, and Aura Kingdom Mobile, all waiting for you after the break!

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained is working for its beta on July 4 (March 2, 2018)

March 2, 2018 Eliot Lefebvre Leave a comment

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, because that beta doesn’t actually start until July 4th, but there’s a lot of work being done in the ramp-up for that beta. So now we have a bit of time to kill until then. Who’s up for Scrabble?

Meanwhile, we bid farewell to H1Z1, as the game… technically launched? It’s kind of ambiguous. We’ll go with a launch. Get out of here, H1Z1. Let’s get on with other beta news.

The cel-shaded action of SoulWorker Online is now available in open beta. Now, you know how we feel about free-to-play titles in open beta, but the game is still slated for an actual hard launch date, so we’ll let this be. For now. We’re watching you.
On the other hand, Legends of Aria might be slipping to a later date for its early access start, missing the original target of April. We’re also watching you, but with affection, we promise.
European players who want in on the latest test for Conqueror’s Blade can register and take part. If you aren’t European, well… don’t do that, probably? It’s not for you.
It’s been a while since we got a big update for Project Genom, huh? Well, here comes another big patch. Alert the people! The people who aren’t reading this, anyhow. We alerted you just now.
Last but not least, if you’ve ever wanted to demand that your friends kneel in deference when you enter the room, Crowfall’s Vassal system has you covered. But don’t take my word for it, check out two videos on the design.

Below us, the list of games we have in testing can also kneel in deference. You, dear readers, can just look through the list at your leisure. Do let us know if something is on there that ought to be listed differently, though, or if there’s something else awry. We appreciate it.

The Stream Team: A first look at SoulWorker

March 2, 2018 MJ Guthrie 2 comments

Do you like anime? Action? Multiplayer games? Put them all together and you get SoulWorker, a new anime action multiplayer that just launched into open beta this week. Massively OP’s MJ is going to take a peek inside and check the game out. If you want to see what it’s all about, join us at 2:00 p.m. as OPTV‘s infamous Stream Team brings you a first look at…

What: SoulWorker
Who: MJ Guthrie
When: 2:00 p.m. EST on Friday, March 2nd, 2018

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