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Take home a Hand of the Gods Medusa key in honor of the console closed beta launch
Hi-Rez's turn-based strategy card game Hand of the Gods -- you might recall it better as SMITE Tactics or even its internal name, Hotgods...
The MOP Up: Speedrunning World of Warcraft (October 15, 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...
Pantheon’s halflings are more like Peter Pan’s Lost Boys than Tolkien’s hobbits
The MOP team tricked me into taking this post. They promised me gnomes. They aren't gnomes at all. They're halflings!
We're talking, of course, about...
Brad McQuaid: MMO devs are ‘making the very, very early foundations of the Holodeck’
Pantheon and MMOs like it are bringing our dream future one step closer (or at least, Lt. Barclay's dream future), Brad McQuaid suggests in a new interview...
Working As Intended: The best and worst of Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire (so far)
I've spent a chunk of the last week moving through the first part of Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire, finishing up the Crystal...
SMITE’s Journey to Asgard, Hand of the Gods’ Hindu Pantheon, and The Caster reality show
It's patch day in SMITE, as I remembered this morning when my husband logged in and saw the new "Belly Ache Ymir" skin. Our...
Pantheon’s newsletter covers custom lighting, the perception system, and the state of the game
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's latest newsletter heralds a state-of-the-game missive spread out over four pages of content. Visionary Realms notes that its Series...
Snag a Hand of the Gods: SMITE Tactics Norse pack from Hi-Rez and Massively OP in honor of its Steam launch today!
Hi-Rez's turn-based strategy card game Hand of the Gods -- you might recall it better as SMITE Tactics or even its internal name, Hotgods...
PAX West 2017: Hand of the Gods’ Japanese pantheon and the possibility of 2v2
While the full Hi-Rez portfolio wasn't in attendance at PAX West, Hand of the Gods was on-hand with a fan tournament as well as...
Pantheon’s visionary perception system explained
You might have heard that Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is being developed to reflect an older era of MMORPG design and to rethink...
The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures
In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....
Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath launches today
It's the largest single-day release of new content since the game's launch -- and unlike a lot of expansions mentioned lately, it's all free,...
Path of Exile posts Fall of Oriath patch notes prior to Friday’s launch
Is this expansion week here at Massively OP or what? In just two days, Path of Exile will be rolling out its hotly anticipated...
Path of Exile’s Fall of Oriath has just begun Xbox One beta
Path of Exile's Fall of Oriath expansion arrives August 4 - check out the release trailer and prepare for the microtransaction system tomorrow!
SMITE’s Bear Goddess Artio reveal, Hand of the Gods’ Mayan pantheon, and Paladins’ Jenos
Hi-Rez is busy doing all the things, with hoopla in all three of its modern games today. (Sorry, Global Agenda and Tribes.)
Over in SMITE, the...
Skyforge celebrates its second anniversary with giveaways, trivia contest
While you weren't looking -- or maybe you were -- Skyforge tucked two years of live operation under its belt. The sci-fi action MMORPG...
Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid elaborates on designing for an audience
Did you know that Brad McQuaid's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is not meant to be for everyone? Probably, because the game sort of...
SDCC 2017: Pantheon invites you to ‘Bring Friends’ in its new trailer
San Diego Comic-Con hasn't been known for much of an MMORPG presence in years, but Pantheon is showing up with a trailer in tow,...
Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on skill memorization, mana management, and combat prep
When an MMO is deep in development, it's natural for players to want to know the answers to everything, down to the tiniest detail,...
Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on ‘vertical interdependence,’ WoW killers, and attracting nontraditional MMO players
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's July newsletter is one of its better ones, featuring a Q&A with Visionary Realms' Brad McQuaid himself. A few highlights:
McQuaid...
