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Massively Overthinking: Random encounters in MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor TheChiHawk, and it's coming from an unusually not-so-massive corner of gamesdom for us:
Are...
Ark: Survival Evolved offers a bounty for hunting hacks
The developers behind Ark: Survival Evolved are rewarding players for hunting the most dangerous game. Considering this is a game wherein you hunt and...
TUG’s new tech update is so big that all players must start over
The bad news is that TUG players can no longer load up and play any of their saved games. The good news is the...
World of Warcraft: Fury of Hellfire is now live
OK kids, summer vacation is over; it's time to get back to work in World of Warcraft! Patch 6.2: Fury of Hellfire went live...
Excessive duping leads to Ark: Survival Evolved wipe
Hundreds of dinosaurs were horrified to learn this week that human invaders in Ark: Survival Evolved weren't merely eking out an existence on their...
Not So Massively: All the online gaming news from E3 2015
It's been a big week for online gaming, with several high-profile reveals and announcements made at E3 2015. The latest version of MOBA-esque space...
The Daily Grind: Are there any survival sandbox features you’d like to see in MMORPGs?
I've been playing a lot of ARK: Survival Evolved lately. It's certainly not an MMO, just judging by player count, but it has elements...
E3 2015: Life is Feudal isn’t just another gankbox
I'm standing with my PR contact at the Life is Feudal booth when suddenly a guy with a thick Russian accent walks up to me,...
The Stream Team: Heaping helpings of H1Z1 carnage
MassivelyOP's MJ has had quite a week! It wasn't H1Z1-virus-spreading-around-the-world bad, but the mantra "If it can go wrong, it will" followed her throughout...
The Stream Team: First steps in ARK: Survival Evolved
Folks are talking about ARK: Survival Evolved, the dinosaur-infested sandbox that recently joined the ranks of early-access games. Sandbox? Dinosaurs? You just knew that...
Punching dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved
Five minutes after I logged into ARK: Survival Evolved, I punched a fish. A few moments later, I punched a tree. Shortly thereafter, I...
An exclusive Tokyo post-mortem with The Secret World’s Romain Amiel
Massively: We're on the horn with The Secret World Lead Designer Romain Amiel, who's taking time out of his schedule to answer some questions...
E3 2015: H1Z1 streamlines base building with construction boxes
The dust hasn't even settled from H1Z1's recent base-building update, and already Producer Steve George has revealed to us at E3 2015 another great...
Hall drops Ion hints, says he worked on DayZ ‘longer than [he] intended’
What exactly is Ion, the new sci-fi sandbox being developed by Dean Hall in collaboration with virtual world firm Improbable? We still don't really...
Ark’s creative lead on realism vs. gameplay and more
What's the big deal about Ark: Survival Evolved? Honestly, I don't know. To me it looks like yet another in the endless horde of...
Shroud of the Avatar’s zombies are infectious fun
Every MMO, whether sci-fi, fantasy, or equine, must at some point feature zombies. It's video game law.
Fortunately for Shroud of the Avatar fans, it...
Ion is a ‘massive open world universe’ from Dean Hall and Improbable
DayZ creator Dean Hall announced his new RocketWerkz studio last winter. This week, we've got a better idea of what he's been up to...
EVE Evolved: Is EVE’s fleet warp nerf a good idea?
In the latest episode of EVE Online's livestreamed o7 Show, game designers CCP Fozzie and CCP Larrikin revealed some controversial changes that are on...
Steam’s summer sale offers mad MMO deals [Updated Monday]
Prepare your wallets to go broke and your libraries to fill to the brim with games that you'll never have time to play, for...
ECO boasts server-wide permadeath for failure
Individual character permadeath is so yesterday, right? An upcoming title, ECO, dares to think even bigger, proposing "server-wide permadeath" if players can't band together and...
