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The Stream Team: Post-con MechWarrior Online matches
Massively OP's MJ just got back from MechCon in Vancouver, so she still has MechWarrior Online on the brain. That's plenty of reason to...
Path of Exile celebrates a smooth content launch with two new videos
Launching something new always involves a certain amount of pulling the trigger and then apprehensively waiting. What's going to go wrong? Are the servers...
South Korea outlaws creation and distribution of game hacking programs
Think the worst thing that can happen to you for helping gamers cheat in a video game is a ban? Think again, at least...
Anybody wanna ‘Gatecrash’ EVE Valkyrie this Wednesday?
EVE Valkyrie is getting its third major update this week: Gatecrash.
"Gatecrash inaugurates new gameplay possibilities, a pilot personalization system and the Gateway multiplayer map,"...
Multiplayer space game Dreadnought is coming to the PS4
Dreadnought publisher Greybox announced today that the game is coming to the PlayStation 4 -- the only console it'll launch on. What's Dreadnought? It's a "multiplayer space...
How MMO economies have gotten smarter about fighting hyperinflation
If you're anything like me, you don't spend a great deal of time thinking about the large picture of MMO economies. It's mostly just...
The Dawning arrives in Destiny on December 13
The spirit of the holidays can mean many different things to many different people. To some people, it's all about togetherness. For others, it's...
Nostalrius is resurrecting next week. Your move, Blizzard.
After a yearlong saga that involved the shutdown of an illegal World of Warcraft emulator, fan outcry, Blizzard's high-profile meet-and-greet with the emulator's devs,...
The Daily Grind: Who was the best new character added in an MMORPG in 2016?
We're gearing up to kick off our annual awards later this month, but in the meantime, we thought it would be fun to incorporate...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 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...
Albion Online recaps the ups and downs of the Faye update
The most recent large patch for Albion Online is live and in the wild right now, and if you're playing the game's beta, you...
Rawr: Buy a World of Warcraft Mischief minipet — for the children
Let's face it: Almost every single MMORPG out there has useless crap you can buy in the cash shop and parade around in-game. So...
Path of Exile: Breach is launching today – right now, actually
Going live today -- right as this post is published, in fact, if all goes well -- is the latest content addition to MMOARPG...
Star Citizen begins testing 2.6 alpha, aims to release it on December 16
In this week's episode of Star Citizen Around the Verse, Sandi Gardiner is joined by Technical Director Sean Tracy to issue the latest big...
A Parent’s Guide to Video Games: Condensing ‘The Video Game Debate’
Remember The Video Game Debate? The game research book edited by Thorsten Quandt and Rachel Kowert, the latter of whom we've been covering here since Massively-that-was? Good....
LawBreakers releases new trailer, plans 2017 beta test
LawBreakers has been super quiet all fall following Boss Key's announcement that it planned to dig back into development based on the feedback from...
Elder Scrolls teases big weekend sale with fresh One Tamriel trailer
Bethsoft released a brand-new trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online last night at The Game Awards, this one talking up One Tamriel's launch and...
SWTOR Knights of the Eternal Throne launches today; we chat with BioWare
Last year, the developers of Star Wars the Old Republic changed the focus of the game. Instead of continuing to make Knights of the Old...
Black Desert Korea teases this month’s Dark Knight class launch
There are good points and bad about getting imports from overseas, but one of the good, at least from my perspective, is that we...
Former BioWare and Blizzard devs announce new online co-op RPG Dauntless
At the 2016 Game Awards last night, gamers laid eyes on Dauntless, a new online multiplayer (but not massively so, alas) RPG from indie...