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Battle Bards Episode 106: Early access themes
Instead of looking back at MMORPGs this week, the crew of Battle Bards launches forward into early access! What would a show about music...
PvE-centric Fortnite’s new battle royal PvP mode will be free-to-play
Epic Games announced this morning that Fortnite's upcoming PvP mode will essentially be free-to-play.
The game was originally touted by Epic as a PvE survival...
PAX West 2017: A closer look at H1Z1 King of the Kill’s combat practice
If you've been away from H1Z1 for a long time, you need to known that Daybreak's been making it easier to get back into...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio’s finances worry you the most right now?
During this week's MOPÂ podcast, Justin and I remarked on Funcom's spectacular 2017 financial showing, particularly in light of the fact that its numbers were...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that changed their names
Names and titles fascinate me. While sometimes they have no deeper meaning than to sound pleasant and be memorable, a label can indicate purpose,...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passes 10M sold
This year's online juggernaut is not, surprisingly enough, anything made by Valve, Blizzard, or Riot, but instead one stemmed from the mind of a...
Daybreak wants H1Z1’s focus on fast-paced action to set it apart from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Matches in H1Z1: King of the Kill are about to get faster, according to Daybreak's latest roadmap for the game. "Our vision is for...
The Daily Grind: Which multiplayer game do you wish were a full-blown MMORPG?
It probably has not slipped your attention that we cover more than just MMORPGs here on Massively OP these days. There's a lot of...
The MOP Up: State of Decay 2’s multiplayer mayhem (August 27, 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...
Fortnite prepares for one heck of a storm in Aug 29 update
A storm is rolling into Fortnite next week, and it's promising to be a doozy.
The zombie survival game is prepping its "Survive the Storm"...
Xbox One X announces ‘select enhanced titles’ that include many online games
At its pre-Gamescom press conference this Sunday, Microsoft revealed more about its upcoming Xbox One X and its glorious 4K gaming capabilities. As part...
Chaos Theory: What we want out of the Secret World Legends TV show
Wow. So I had no intention of crafting another Chaos Theory this week. I had plans. Other plans. But then the Secret World Legends...
The Daily Grind: What MMO would you like to see dump its branding or IP?
On Tuesday, Daybreak formally announced that the neglected PvE half of H1Z1, Just Survive, would be shedding its H1Z1 branding once and for all. The...
PlanetSide 2 plans huge ‘Critical Mass’ revamp update to fix factional point system
Daybreak is a whirlwind this week: First it broke up the H1Z1 party and got Just Survive its own apartment, and now it's bringing...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 131: Just surviving
Justin and Bree cover Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire, LOTRO's Mordor, Final Fantasy XIV's playerbase, Dual Universe's investment, and NCsoft's financials, then interview H1Z1: Just Survive Creative Director Ben Jones.
Interview: Daybreak’s Just Survive drops H1Z1 branding for massive revamp and relaunch today
Remember the survival version of H1Z1? If not, we can't say that we blame you: Since Daybreak split the game in two, the bulk...
Dead Maze shuffles into the crowded zombie survival gamespace
It's been years since slapping zombies into your game was a novel attraction, yet it still remains a popular feature for players and developers...
H1Z1: King of the Kill is due for a major combat upgrade
Did you forget H1Z1 is still in early access? We did not! The King of the Kill half in particular is still getting heavy...
Dean Hall’s Stationeers don’t want no scrubs
DayZ's Dean Hall says his new sci-fi survivalbox Stationeers is launching early access in September, and he isn't sugarcoating the game's difficulty.
You might remember...
H1Z1 Invitational returns to TwitchCon with a $500,00 prize pool
Daybreak's stream darling is starting down the road to another grand tournament, as the H1Z1 Invitational was announced to be returning to TwitchCon this...