Monthly Archives: May 2015
MMO Week in Review: WildStar is saving itself (May 31, 2015)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
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EVE Evolved: Have the Drifters conquered the Jove Empire?
EVE Online's Carnyx release is right around the corner on June 2nd, and it's going to be a big update! The Caldari will finally...
Is World of Warcraft’s decline tied to the rise of mobile gaming?
So what knocked World of Warcraft's subscribers down so quickly between the launch of Warlords of Draenor and now? Most people playing the game...
E3 is actually letting the public in this year… sort of
No doubt you have heard stories of the dark rituals that go on at E3, the secret chanting circles that keep the video game...
Das Tal plans Kickstarter-exclusive preview, discusses server architecture
Are you seriously interested in server architecture? Can you not wait to find out how Das Tal is handling its backend for logging in?...
Star Trek Online flame wars erupt over gay backdrop NPCs
The most recent featured episode for Star Trek Online stirred up some controversy because it's all about gay Klingons. By which we of course...
One Shots: Reflections of me
One fun in-game photography trick is to use reflections, mirrors, and glass to offer a different -- and sometimes more artistic -- vision of...
The Daily Grind: What are you looking forward to, MMO-wise, in the rest of 2015?
What in the world happened to the first half of 2015? With one thing or another, it just flew by, and here we are...
The Stream Team: Cruising Landmark’s creations (and code giveaway)
Between templates and basic materials being free in Landmark, folks have been able to build bigger and better things in a shorter amount of...
Make My MMO: May 30, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Square Enix pimped out 2-D action MMO hopeful Dragon of Legends as part of its Indie Collective showcase. In...
Take a look at God Slayer Online’s first beta test
Are you doing most of your god slaying offline at this point? You might be able to benefit from God Slayer Online, then, because...
World of Tanks’ 9.8 update is live
World of Tanks updated to version 9.8 this week. New features include the domination game mode and dynamic platoons that allow you to group...
Test fly Star Citizen’s military ships for free this week
When I backed Star Citizen in 2012, I opted for a couple of the $60 pledge tiers. One of these I gave away, and...
WildStar hands out gobs of gifts for its birthday
Don't let WildStar's upcoming free-to-play transition distract you from a more immediate reason to celebrate on Nexus: The sci-fi MMO is marking its one-year...
The Game Archaeologist: Mythic’s Imperator Online
It is a truly difficult thing to create something completely new and original, especially in storytelling and setting. It's perhaps impossible in this day...
Camelot Unchained releases 10th Unveiled newsletter
The 10th issue of Camelot Unchaineds Unveiled newsletter is filled with tidbits on lore, design, the community, patch notes, and more. There's even mention...
WRUP: Goodbye, my sweet would-be treasure edition
I don't think I can properly express how much I love the Ikthians in WildStar. The Ikthian Crawler is seriously something I would... well,...
The Daily Grind: Are you excited for Wander?
Wander kind of surprised me. I've been aware of it for some time, but due to its lack of a launch date and my year-long MMO...
Betawatch: May 29th, 2015
We don't usually list expansions in our little master list, but Guild Wars 2 has started doing some testing of its first expansion. In...
Blitzball in Final Fantasy XIV? It could happen!
If you love Blitzball, you just might get the chance to play it in Final Fantasy XIV someday. In an IGN interview, Game Director...
