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TUG improves its AI, adds grid-snapping object placement
Nerd Kingdom published a new alpha update for TUG yesterday. Incidentally, Nerd Kingdom is quite possibly the greatest game dev name of all time....
H1Z1 significantly overhauls its map plans and development schedule
Back in July of last year, H1Z1 players learned that the game's engine could support a landmass of more than 16,000 square kilometers. At...
H1Z1 announces its first live Battle Royale invitational
Do you think you've got what it takes to be the king of H1Z1's Battle Royale hill? Daybreak is giving you a chance to...
The Mop Up: FEAR is dead edition
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...
The Stream Team: Facing a fire cave in ARK: Survival Evolved
After nearly freezing in ARK: Survival Evolved's chilly caves, MassivelyOP's MJ is looking forward to basking in the heat of a lava cave. Hopefully no...
Crowfall’s guild structure allows for complex relationships
Guilds in PvP-oriented games are quite essential for one's continued survival, and Crowfall has put a lot of thought into what it's going to...
The Stream Team: An aerial tour of Ark: Survivor Evolved
Last time Massively OP's MJ took you deep underground; now she's taking to the skies in ARK: Survival Evolved. She's hopping on her giant...
Gamescom 2015: ARK gets a brief new trailer
ARK: Survival Evolved got a new trailer at this week's Gamescom. It's super short, but it also manages to capture just about all that's awesome...
ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to Xbox One early access this winter
If you want to play ARK on a console for whatever reason, you've only got to wait a few more months. We've known for a...
DayZ associate producer talks cheaters and how to stop them
DayZ associate producer Eugen Harton spoke to a GDC Europe crowd earlier today about how Bohemia Interactive handles cheaters in its open-world zombiepocalypse survival...
MMO Mechanics: Brilliant MMO boss mechanics
I love a good boss fight as much as the next MMO player, and I'm sure I'm not alone in favouring fights that really...
The Stream Team: Cave-diving in ARK: Survival Evolved
Dangers in ARK: Survival Evolved are not confined to the surface -- there's plenty to die to underground as well! MassivelyOP's MJ has only...
Check into H1Z1’s upcoming hospital
Although H1Z1 is deep in clean up mode, that doesn't mean forward progress isn't still being made. Producer Steve George and Senior Game Designer...
More double XP on tap for GTA Online this weekend
Rockstar is throwing another bonus experience event in Grand Theft Auto Online this weekend. You can soak up double RP and GTA$ for each...
The Stream Team: Having fun hacking up H1Z1 zombies
There are many ways to release tension, and a favorite one for MassivelyOP's MJ is hacking up H1Z1 zombies! Yes, swinging that ax and...
Global Chat: Do you crave human interaction in MMOs?
I've long been an advocate of "playing alone together" in MMOs. While I enjoy grouping and teaming up to a degree, mostly I want...
The Repopulation revamps its PvP system
Forget what you might have seen or played of The Repopulation's PvP in the past, because the upcoming sandbox MMO is bringing to bear...
Leaderboard: How many MMOs have you played this week?
I guess my MMO habit is back in full swing, because after a few weeks of vacationing in the realm of single-player titles (and...
The Stream Team: Pearl diving in ARK: Survival Evolved
There is more to ARK: Survivor Evolved than just dodging dinosaurs. In fact, there is the whole advancing in technology thing. As it turns...
H1Z1 targets bear AI, goes on sale for $8
As impossible as it might have seemed, H1Z1's next patch is going to be improving bear AI to make the ursine contingent of the...