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Five reasons behind the failure of Hero’s Song
In July of 2015, MMORPG fans were stunned to hear that John Smedley was stepping down from his post as president of Daybreak. After...
Shards Online plans wipe, drops NDA ahead of impending Steam launch
Shards Online's latest newsletter is homing in on the game's Steam launch. The game hit always-on alpha back in January, but now it's eyeing...
Valve sunsets Steam Greenlight, proposes dev submission fees to ‘decrease the noise’
Valve is determined to keep itself in the news this weekend, apparently: Yesterday, the company announced it's shutting down the Steam Greenlight platform. That's...
Valve is working on three VR titles, feeling effects of travel ban
Valve's Gabe Newell and Erik Johnson have confirmed that the company is working on a trio of VR-centric games, not cheapie experiments but full-scale...
Conan Exiles is bringing official servers back online, releases dev kit for modders
Conan Exile's struggle to stay on top of the high demand for the survival sandbox and its troubles with shards continues, as Funcom announced...
First Impressions: Struggling to survive in Conan Exiles
I am no stranger to covering survival sandboxes for Massively OP. I wrestled with dinosaurs before ARK: Survival Evolved was a thing. I got kidnapped...
Conan Exiles hits 50K concurrent players, switches hosting to GameServers
Last week, Funcom announced that it was parting ways with PingPerfect as the dedicated host for both official and player-run Conan Exiles servers, and...
The MOP Up: Guardians of Ember’s iron heroes (February 5, 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...
Tanzia gives you the MMO experience without the ‘MMO’
Have you ever played an offline RPG and thought that you might like it more if it had the same interface and mechanics of...
Conan Exiles drops PingPerfect as server count approaches 7700
Conan Exiles' early access might be a little too popular for its own good. Funcom announced today that while there are now around 7700...
The Soapbox: The sorry state of ARK Survival Evolved
When ARK: Survival Evolved came on the scene in June 2015, it was met with enthusiasm (dinosaurs!) as well as some skepticism (Early Access)....
Airship-themed MOBA Cloud Pirates enters early access February 9
Arrrr, skymateys: Cloud Pirates is floating into early access on February 9 following a stress test two days before.
The game is an online MOBA/shooter...
Valve is under anti-trust investigation in Europe
The European Commission has launched multiple investigations today "to assess if certain online sales practices prevent, in breach of EU antitrust rules, consumers from...
Conan Exiles hits 40K concurrent players
Despite mixed reviews and technical shenanigans, Conan Exiles is enjoying a heady first week of early access. Funcom reports that the survival sandbox has...
Conan Exiles addresses tech issues post launch, laughs at dong obsession
Funcom's brand-new early access survival sandbox Conan Exiles got a patch yesterday aiming to clean up multiple issues in the game, including server sorting...
Massively OP comment system switchover FAQ
02/03/2017 - We have now completed the first big step of switching over to our brand-new comment system. It's all still under construction, but it does...
Conan Exiles has formally launched early access with mixed reviews and new trailer
Funcom's Conan Exiles formally launched overnight, sending early access purchasers into the antique but brutal world of Conan the Barbarian. Despite some confusion over the...
Richard Garriott explains why Steam has been unkind to Shroud of the Avatar
Have you had a chance to pick up and read Richard Garriott's memoirs yet? Whether or not you have, you might want to check...
PSA: ARK and expansion bundle drops below $20
Is that another survival game over there? No, don't look over there -- Studio Wildcard wants you to look over here. At the dinosaurs....
The MOP Up: Players petition to ‘revive’ Ultima Online (January 29, 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...
