user interface
For Science: A third of our polled social media users quit Pokemon Go over trackers
Pokemon Go has received some large updates recently: the buddy system, medals, some big gym changes (twice), and now we've got dailies. We've been dazzled...
AdventureQuest 3D plans major November content update
Now that AdventureQuest 3D has survived the days of testing, it can enter into the next perpetual phase of MMO development, also known as...
The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 1
When you bring up the name "Mythic Entertainment," chances are that most gamers are going to immediately think of the studio's two major MMOs,...
Bless Online explains the reason for its delay
As we learned last month, Bless Online is being delayed into 2017 as the team continues to work on bringing the title over to the...
Revelation Online releases bug tracker to help with closed beta testing
Currently, players are getting to see if Revelation Online is living up to its own hype as they put the MMO through its paces...
Gloria Victis outlines animation, character, rep, and settlement plans for November
This week's Gloria Victis patch tweaks crafting material merchants, server performance, combat, and the interface, but the more intriguing announcement from Black Eye Games...
The Exiled has a huge revamp in store for its final alpha next month
The Exiled (the MMO-MOBA hybrid formerly known as Das Tal) is fast approaching its final alpha test, now expected to run for most of...
EVE Vegas 2016: EVE Online is finally getting a real tutorial
One of EVE Online's developers once described the new player experience with the line "Welcome to EVE, here's a Rubik's cube, go f**k yourself," and he...
EVE Vegas 2016: Ascension expansion detailed, new trailer released
While the main event of the EVEÂ Online social calendar is unmistakably the annual EVE Fanfest convention in Iceland, smaller gatherings are held throughout the...
Dogma: Eternal Night on project funding and making NPCs come alive through dialogue
Dogma: Eternal Night has a new dev blog out this week on something a lot of people never notice because they're too busy clicking...
‘MMO-lite’ Tuebor makes plans to move from Steam early access to launch
"Tuebor is a 3rd person, cross-genre, competitive, multiplayer, action game set in a post apocalyptic, dystopian future." So reads the Kickstarter for Strength in...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter brings the thunder to consoles (October 23, 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...
One Shots: Devil’s Night
We had a tremendous response to last week's call for Halloween screenshots from MMOs, and I'd like to encourage you to keep sending them...
Eternal Crusade on why it’s rolling out ‘intermediate patches’
Eternal Crusade Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson has updated Steam players on what's on the way for the newly launched Warhammer MMO. Next week's patch isn't...
Eternal Crusade greatly improves its user interface
The cleverly named Update 1.0.15c arrived in Eternal Crusade this week, helping to bolster the fledgling PvP title. Major attention was given to the...
AdventureQuest 3D launches open beta on mobile, Mac, and PC
The big day for AdventureQuest 3D has finally arrived with the game's transition into a persistent open beta state. While PC, Mac, and Android...
World of Warcraft beefs up PvP rewards with Patch 7.1
World of Warcraft's PvP game is getting a helping hand come next week's Patch 7.1. The devs said that they are trying to encourage...
Hyperspace Beacon: Examining SWTOR’s contentious 5.0 endgame gear grind
If you didn't watch the Star Wars: The Old Republic livestream on Monday, then you missed Creative Director Charles Boyd, Producer Ben Irving, and...
Atlas Reactor pushes out post-launch patch with new hero and Halloween event
Atlas Reactor's first post-launch content update is here, and boy is it a doozy (in the best of dooziest ways).
The spotlight feature for the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Gaming playstyles, science, and Guild Wars 2
I was curious recently about what specific personality traits or personal qualities lead to my enjoyment of MMOs in general and Guild Wars 2 in particular,...
