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GDC 2018: ARK Park’s Snail Games on VR, science, and the future of the franchise
As you may recall, I was given just a little time to hit up Snail Games' ARK Park a few days before I left for GDC...
GDC 2018: Ultima Online post-mortem with Richard Garriott, Starr Long, Raph Koster, and Rich Vogel
Plenty of panels at GDC are recorded and uploaded to the internet weeks after the event, including this one. It's not quite the same...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy XIV gets primal (March 25, 2017)
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...
Choose My Adventure: Already captured in Warframe
You know, I've been oddly impressed with the starting experience for the past couple of titles I've been playing in Choose My Adventure. Both...
Global Chat: Elder Scrolls Online’s disguised gameplay
It seems as though some players' attention has shifted back to Elder Scrolls Online this spring, especially with the recent Dragon Bones DLC drop. Telwyn...
OrbusVR deploys its first ‘sprint’ on March 5 with surprise dyes
The patch structure for OrbusVR has changed and the first "sprint" patch is releasing on March 5th. As previously discussed, it contains a new...
Choose My Adventure: Voting for the start of Warframe
The votes are in, and I'm heading to the world of Warframe. Or worlds. I am honestly not altogether clear about how much of...
Legends of Aria reveals founder’s pack rewards
Planning on dropping a shiny dime (plus several hundred additional dimes) on one of the founder's packs for Legends of Aria? You'll gain access...
First impressions of ‘wizarding world’ MMOARG Maguss
If it weren't for my promise to write this article, I would have given up on Maguss in less than 15 minutes had I been...
OrbusVR changes its delivery model from content patches to sprints
It hasn't been all that long since OrbusVR first headed into the wilds of early access, and that means that the developers are still...
One Shots: The Elvish temptation
I'm sorry to have to begin this week's column with a public service announcement, but this has been a long time coming. Friends, beware...
Worlds Adrift fears not this Blight
By the sound of it, the Blight is probably not a healthy, safe phenomenon for Worlds Adrift players to encounter. And yet, both the...
SMITE 5.1 is a virtual do-over for the Conquest map
SMITE's massive 5.1 patch is live today on PC, complete with the heavily overhauled and graphically updated Conquest map. There's a new tutorial for...
Monster Hunter World hands-on: Our first impressions of the PS4 launch
Hey fellow hunter! Did you also enjoy the Monster Hunter World weekend betas as I did? Wondering if the full version is the same? Well here's...
Crowfall pores over Patch 5.4 improvements
Crowfall's pre-alpha test is back in business, having restarted with a brand-new build on January 23rd. The team braved an ice storm to record...
The Repopulation has big plans for housing, combat, trade, and astronomy in 2018
So here we are in January, one whole year after Idea Fabrik bought The Repopulation from a beleaguered Above & Beyond. The new company...
Dauntless maps out its feedback-inspired plans for early 2018
Dauntless is doubtless eyeing Monster Hunter World's launch at the end of the month with trepidation, but the plucky indie dev team is forging...
Grab a goodie bag for Mythic Glory as it launches into open beta
So here's a new one for us to cover: R2Games's Mythic Glory. It's a "browser MMORPG set in a persistent online world, populated by thousands of...
Lost in Crowfall’s alpha? There’s a video for that – three videos, in fact
If you're a Crowfall backer currently logging into the game's current test phase for the first time because you are too impatient to wait...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Hi-Rez’s new game Bot Smashers isn’t an MMO, but it’s fun
After a few days of playing Bot Smashers at Hi-Rez Expo 2018 this past weekend, I sat down and talked shop with Rory Newbrough, Bot...
