virtual world

There are always going to be differences in opinion about what should be done with an IP based upon a franchise. That's just natural....

Do you know that feeling when you come across a game that has most, if not all, of your dream features -- even the...

3 Turn Productions announced this afternoon that Ever, Jane is officially in open beta. Yes, this is the roleplayer-centric, Jane Austen-themed MMORPG, complete with...

Has this ever happened to you? You decide to roll (or reroll) a new character in an MMORPG, and after you get done choosing...

This week's Massively Overthinking is a serious one from our dear Patreon patron Duane. Here's the jumping off point for his topic: "There has lately...

UK tech startup Improbable is stretching the bounds of the MMO and MMORPG again with its announcement that its SpatialOS will serve as the...

Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, my cosy wee corner of Massively Overpowered in which we can all come together to help...

This week's Massively Overthinking was inspired by a reader who decided to go by Sandboxless in Seattle when he penned this note of frustration to us. I...

Guilds... assemble! Because there's nothing like logging into a vast virtual world and then plunking your virtual butt down in a room, am I...

One of the neat aspects of the MMO blogosphere is how writers will often interact and collaborate with each other. Recently, four bloggers ganged...

Chances are that you're unfamiliar with Active Worlds. It was a virtual world created in 1995 with the ability for players to create their...

This guest interview was commissioned through Massively Overpowered's 2015 Kickstarter campaign by donor Brett Richards, who interviewed Lusternia Producer Robb French in lieu of a Soapbox. Any opinions here...

The recent news about EverQuest Next's cancellation has renewed the debate about whether or not MMOs should get sequels, which have given me plenty...

This week's Massively Overthinking topic revolves around the EverQuest Next cancellation, of course. MOP Patron Roger sent us 11 (!) questions to pick from....

If you were creating a sandbox MMO, what would your feature list look like? For one small indie developer, his feature set is everything...

In 1994, a science-fiction movie called Stargate took the idea of alien portals that allowed people to travel instantaneously across the universe and turned it...

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...

"You're in the middle of a vast hall stretching out of sight to the east and west. Strange shadows play across the high vaulted...

The inspiration behind this edition of MMO Mechanics is a recent conversation I had with my housemates about the column and the inner workings...

Of all the chapters in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...