Studio known primarily for Mortal Online.
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The MOP Up: All Points Bulletin revs its engine upgrade
This past weekend, Little Orbit's All Points Bulletin ran its second open beta test as it prepares to roll out the huge Unreal Engine...
Mortal Online 2 posts its roadmap for the next two months, plans to sell a $2500 package
If you're super invested in the kind of open world PvP game that Mortal Online 2 is building, then the devs at Star Vault...
Mortal Online 2 shows off the city of Kranesh in a recent video
While the in-development Mortal Online 2 might sound like a world of misery and danger, that also doesn't mean that there can't be nice...
The MOP Up: Second Life’s super expensive brothel
It's not every week that my editor marches up to me and demands that I cover virtual brothels as headlining stories, but this did...
Mortal Online 2 writes an FAQ and lays out an alpha development roadmap
How are things going in the open sandbox alpha world of Mortal Online 2? It's hard to really say, since we're not entrenched in...
Mortal Online 2 begins its closed combat alpha
Will second time be the charm for Mortal Online? As we noted last year, Swedish Studio Star Vault is deep into development on a...
The MOP Up: Naruto Slugfest steps up to bat
Naruto Slugfest, the mobile MMO based on the hit franchise, just activated a soft early access launch, with no wipe to follow. Players can...
The Massively Overpowered 2019 winter holiday MMO roundup
The holidays are here! Well, most of them are. Some of them might not be. And as is tradition here at Massively Overpowered, we...
Mortal Online devs announce Mortal Online 2 (again) – check out the trailer!
Way back in February, Mortal Online developer Star Vault announced it was following up that first MMORPG and its 2018 battle royale spinoff with...
The MOP Up: Mortal Online’s meaning of Christmas
What is Christmas like in a brutal and bloody sandbox MMORPG? To answer that, you'll need to head to Mortal Online for a first-hand...
Mortal Online opens up a new starting zone for players with today’s Haven update
The word "haven" means a lot of things, but almost all of them relate to a feeling of safety. In a game like Mortal...
Mortal Online revamps the whole newbie experience in next week’s Haven update
It's been a minute since we talked about Mortal Online, which earlier this year began teasing Mortal Online 2 and last year tried its...
The MOP Up: Warframe’s community designs stunning fashion
One really neat aspect of the ultra-popular Warframe is that Digital Extremes invites artistic community members to design cosmetics for the game. The best...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 209: ArenaNet layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, and PlanetSide Arena delays
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, PlanetSide Arena's delay, WoW's allied races, and LOTRO's expansion, with adventures in DDO, SWGL, and Trove, and mailbag letters on ethical studios, ancient MMOs, and Project Titan.
Perfect Ten: The bloodiest MMOs of all time
I am not nor ever have been that much of a fan of gore and blood in video games. Oh, I thought Doom was...
Mortal Online devs say they’re building Mortal Online 2 and bringing existing lifers and wealth along
Sandbox MMO Mortal Online developer Star Vault made headlines last year for Mortal Royale, a battle royale that boasts a giant map and a...
Mortal Online devs will launch Mortal Royale to Steam early access today
So here's a thing that did not exactly make my list of favorite trends this year: MMOs transparently courting the battle royale market with...
Mortal Online sandbox MMO devs try battle royale with Mortal Royale
Trove, Skyforge, and now Mortal Online - it's a weird batch of MMORPGs whose devs are getting into the battle royale scene, but there...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 178: #womenarecosmetic
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Wild West Online, Star Citizen, Defiance 2050, Rend, and Fractured, with a mailbag question on in-game conflict resolution and a special interview on Blaugust Reborn.
Mortal Online warns of data breach, advises users to change passwords
If you've been playing Mortal Online this spring or summer, you should probably be aware that a troubling data breach that happened last month...