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Star Trek Online warps into Discovery’s universe as Stephen Ricossa steps down as exec producer
While Star Trek Discovery has proven to be a divisive entry into the long-running franchise, with some fans hating its take on the Trek...
This week’s Shroud of the Avatar patch includes an R2-D2 lookalike in homage to Star Wars
Shroud of the Avatar's release 56 is coming on Thursday, which means Portalarium's latest newsletter includes recaps of some of the content the team's...
EVE Evolved: Four changes to improve EVE Online for new players
A few months ago, I created a new character and ran through the new player experience for an article on how to get new...
Wizard101’s main city gets a magical makeover
When you've got magic on your side, renovation on a grand scale should be a snap, right? It was probably a little more difficult...
Multiplayer survival sandbox Outpost Zero hits Steam early access
The super pretty survivalbox Outpost Zero has planted roots in Steam's early access program. It's currently $15.99; tinyBuild and Symmetric Games say it's a...
Pokemon Go’s second anniversary report card sees high marks for content and innovation
Today is Pokemon Go's second-year anniversary. Last year's report card had to grapple with things like the game's rapid rise and fall as a fad,...
Enjoy the Fallout 76 experience in Fallout: New Vegas… in a way
As people who are intimately familiar with the online game space (source: you read this site), most everyone here can imagine the worst excesses...
Vampire MMO Shadow’s Kiss turns on its alpha servers
Six months after raising over $80,000 in its Kickstarter campaign, Shadow's Kiss is drawing players into its dark alpha test.
The alpha servers are now...
Wild West Online pivots away from faction system PvP, plans free trial
Another week, another huge plan change for Wild West Online. Newly installed studio (or maybe the old studio with a new name) DJ2 Entertainment...
Tamriel Infinium: With Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset, more of the same is a good thing
Today is the formal launch day for Summerset! My goal during the PC early access was to finish the main storyline, and I'm happy...
Hands-on: The Jurassic World Alive ARG shows promise, but not for MMO fans
Ludia's Jurassic World Alive isn't being marketed as an MMO, but it is an augmented reality game that involves roaming in the real world for virtual...
The Repopulation is still plugging away at bug-fixing and the new starter island
The current owners of The Repopulation have a brand-new dev update, but maybe don't expect it to move mountains, literally or figuratively. Idea Fabrik...
Choose My Adventure: Two milestones at the start in Final Fantasy XI
If I have to summarize, in brief, how much Final Fantasy XI has changed since its launch in the United States? In half an...
Tamriel Infinium: Eight things you need to know before jumping into Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset
Monday, the Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset chapter went live for early access accounts. For the first time since 1994, players can visit the island...
Shroud of the Avatar’s upcoming R54 includes new house deco, heraldry items, and lots of polish
MMOs dressing us as murderhobos wouldn't be so bad if we were super stylish murderhobos, right? Shroud of the Avatar plainly agrees, which is...
Choose My Adventure: Starting fresh-ish in Final Fantasy XI
This is actually a Choose My Adventure that I was somewhat reluctant to do for a long time, simply because... well, in some ways,...
Perfect Ten: How MMOs can become more accessible
Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I was remarkably reluctant to enter into the field of MMORPGs despite being a perfect candidate...
EVE Evolved: Getting new players to stick with EVE Online
EVE Online has the odd distinction of being one of the most impenetrable MMOs on the market today and yet also one of the...
The MOP Up: Diablo levels up in Heroes of the Storm (May 13, 2018)
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: Ultima Online, we didn’t need to do this
Yes, this is going to come in as the shortest Choose My Adventure series, but I feel it's got a good reason to be...
