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The MOP Up: KingsIsle’s new game (November 8th, 2015)
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...
Now you can sign up to test the Darkfall: Rise of Agon reboot
Rise of Agon is one of two fan-driven reboots currently in the works for classic Darkfall. Aventurine's fantasy PvP sandbox has fallen on hard...
The Game Archaeologist: The PLATO MMOs
In tracing the history and pre-history of MMORPGs in this column, we've spent a lot of time outside of the 2000s and into the...
The Stream Team: Ambling about in Ascent
Do you know how to get MassivelyOP's MJ to play a game of your choice? One Patreon backer does! And the selection for this...
BlizzCon 2015: Overwatch shows off three new heroes and Origin Edition bonuses
It's been about a year since we first heard of Overwatch at last year's BlizzCon. Since then, the beta has kicked off, and as...
Hearthstone’s League of Explorers adventure looks adorable
During the BlizzCon opening ceremonies earlier today, Blizzard revealed a brand-new Hearthstone adventure, and its spunky trailer just about stole the whole show (and...
BlizzCon 2015: Heroes of the Storm gaining Arena mode, Towers of Doom, and a two-player hero
How would you like to team up with another player to play a hero in Heroes of the Storm? That's the central idea behind...
Sean Bean doesn’t die in the new Life is Feudal trailer
Life is Feudal is fast approaching its official November 17th release date. As such, the dev team has published a new animated trailer designed to...
World of Warcraft: Legion overview panel recap
There's an expansion in the works for World of Warcraft. That's not news. It's the details of that expansion that fans have been anxiously...
Black Desert’s North American website and forums launch
Black Desert's English-language website has just gone live. It's a bit bare right now, though Daum is hyping videos from Paris Games Week.
The site...
Escape from Tarkov brings realistic military action to MMOs
There's a new player on the MMO scene, and this bad boy wants to do military action right.
The game in question is Escape from...
Sword Coast Legends releases soundtrack by Inon Zur
Sword Coast Legends is not without some muscle in the soundtrack department, as the game was scored by industry legend Inon Zur. And today...
Chase Masterson talks Leeta and Star Trek Online
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine alum Chase Masterson was recently interviewed by Star Trek Online executive producer Steve Ricossa. The actress stopped by Cryptic...
The Stream Team: The story in Sword Coast Legends
MassivelyOP's MJ has already poked around a bit in a dev-made adventure in Sword Coast Legends during the head-start. But now that the D&D-style...
World of Warships adds new maps, game mode, and more
Wargaming's latest press release promises "a tidal wave of content" courtesy of the latest World of Warships update. The 0.5.1 patch adds three new...
Elite’s Horizons beta starts November 9
Development for Elite: Dangerous is moving right along, as evidenced by a recent livestream featuring Frontier founder David Braben that's been summarized on Reddit.
The...
World of Fishing is now in open beta
I like to fish in MMOs. Which is strange because I don't much like to fish in meatspace. My favorite MMO fishing mechanics were in...
TERA teases the Brawler class slated for December’s Knockout update
Action-MMO TERA is getting a brand-new class in its next update: the Brawler. En Masse summarized the class in a press release today:
"The brawler...
NCsoft promises Lineage Eternal’s closed beta testing next year
Over the summer, NCsoft was conducting small-scale focus-group testing for Lineage Eternal, another sequel for the bafflingly popular and profitable Lineage MMORPG. In fact, two more such...
The Stream Team: Touring EverQuest II’s Terrors of Thalumbra beta
Who wants to wait until Terrors of Thalumbra goes live before poking around in it? Not MssivelyOP's MJ! EQII's expansion won't launch for another...
