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Istaria adds new questline and icon revamp with Niesa’s Fate update
Istaria, which you might remember as Horizons way back in the day, has this week released Niesa's Fate, the 16.1 update for the dragon-encrusted...
World of Warcraft’s latest patch aims to clean up low-level play
The lower levels of World of Warcraft are kind of a mess and a half. Once you get to Outland at 60 or so,...
TERA kicks off a new Crusades season and new hard mode dungeons
Are you ready to fight for your right to earn real estate in TERA? If the answer is yes, you'll be happy to know...
Skyforge goes on a nerfing-and-buffing spree with Cybernetic Alliance
As part of its upcoming Cybernetic Alliance update, Skyforge's dev team is taking on the daunting task of rebalancing all of its classes, with...
Project Genom doubles its world size and improves character progression
In-development sci-fi MMO Project Genom released a big patch this week. The inconspicuously named 0.6Â update, studio NeuronHaze says, represents big changes to "the bulk...
Here’s how commercial buildings work in Chronicles of Elyria
Chronicles of Elyria's latest Kickstarter update is all about commercial buildings, which would sound super boring if this were real life. But it's video...
Asta officially launches with its first major expansion
It is just a little bit odd that Asta: The War of Tears and Winds is launching when its first expansion drops. Those two...
The Division’s Conflict update and Clear Sky incursion are live
The Division's 1.2: Conflict update is live today, complete with the 4-man level 30 Clear Sky incursion, four new gear sets, new weapons, loot...
Blade & Soul introduces pets with its next major update
Do you want a cute pet to follow you around in Blade & Soul? Good news, then, because you can have exactly that with...
Tamriel Infinium vs. Hyperspace Beacon: Elder Scrolls Online and SWTOR as storytelling giants
I think it’s all but obvious that Elder Scrolls Online and Star Wars: The Old Republic are enriched with lore. The Star Wars universe,...
Project Gorgon’s new patch buffs guilds and pigs
Project Gorgon has been graced with a huge patch this week, the star of which is probably a massive overhaul of guilds. "Guilds can...
Wurm Online introduces player cave structures
You know what's awesome? Player housing in MMOs. You know what's even more awesome? Player housing in MMOs that is also underground. That's more...
Overwatch shares plans for bringing back competitive play
Every match in Overwatch is, by its very nature, a competition. You have two teams struggling to complete an objective; it's not going to...
Check out H1Z1: King of the Kill’s Ignition trailer
Daybreak's H1Z1 King of the Kill version saw the introduction of a new game mode with its latest patch: Ignition.
"Ignition is a high-intensity, frenzied...
Don’t hold your breath for Black Desert’s class awakening system
In response to a lengthy (and apparently frequently posted) player complaint thread about class balance and the pace of class awakening delivery, Black Desert's...
Chronicles of Elyria rules out PvE servers, non-human races, and mages (sorta)
Chronicles of Elyria's latest Kickstarter updates lean to the informational side. Up first is a run-down of its next stretch goal, Wards of the...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s lingering quality-of-life issues
The next big Final Fantasy XIV patch is bringing us flowerpots and new housing plots. These are both good things. The housing plot prices...
Final Fantasy XIV’s live letter reveals more about patch 3.3
The next major patch for Final Fantasy XIV is arriving on June 7th, and just like other patches, it's bringing quite a lot of...
The MOP Up: Mark Hamill’s new tour of duty (May 22, 2016)
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...
EverQuesting: The absurd number of things to do in EverQuest II
If ever there was a game that gives me decisional paralysis, it's EverQuest II. While it may technically be very much a themepark, there...
