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The MOP Up: Revelation Online’s fashion show (September 4, 2016)
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 of it gets backlogged. That’s why there’s The MOP Up: a...
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Massively Overthinking: Prestige systems in MMORPGs
Last week, an interesting question dropped into our team inbox. It was from a game developer — I don’t know for which game — named Matthew. “As a developer, I’d be really interested to know what MMO...
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Here are the virtual goodies BlizzCon attendees will take home in November
If you’re headed to BlizzCon this year — virtually or in the flesh — you’re surely anticipating the swag, much of which comes in digital form. I know I use my old murloc portrait border in Diablo III...
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Diablo III gets a special Chinese Mahjong set for the series anniversary
Are you a big fan of Diablo III and mahjong both? Can you scarcely bear to be playing one without the other close at hand? Good news, then, as Blizzard’s Chinese publishing partner NetEase has...
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Twitter teasers suggest Amazon’s Breakaway probably isn’t what we’re hoping...
If you’re still hungering for savory facts about Breakaway, Amazon Game Studios’ soon-to-be-revealed game that’s scooped up so many MMORPG developers in Seattle, welp, that dinner bell won’t be rung...
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Superdata: WoW now charges a full monthly sub in China
Superdata’s digital games market report for August 2016 landed in our inbox today. Those of you who’ve been consistently frustrated and confused over the way Superdata bins games might be happy to...
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Season 7 is rumbling to a close in Diablo III
For everything, there is a season, and in the case of Diablo III, there are several seasons. One of those seasons is coming to a close soon, in fact, so players who have taken part in the antics of...
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Diablo III teases Season 8 rewards
The eighth season of Diablo III’s PC version is prepped to roll out on October 21st, bringing with it all sorts of new goals and rewards for the ARPG faithful. The team teased some of these rewards,...
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Leaderboard: Will Blizzard announce Diablo 4 at BlizzCon?
We’ve now seen plenty of rumors of Diablo 4 floating around the internet, but there’s nothing definitive at all. Blizzard is working on at least one mystery project (the project Tom Chilton hinted...
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Blizzard releases free voice chat functionality for Battle.net
The Battle.net launcher — while we’re still calling it Battle.net — now has a new way for friends to pester and poke each other. Friends can use the new Blizzard Voice function to set up voice chat...
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Here’s some more fuel for the Diablo III expansion rumor fire
We’ve been talking about what’s next for the Diablo franchise for months on Massively OP — longer, really, ever since Diablo seemed to have almost been forgotten at last year’s BlizzCon. Opinions are...
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Jennifer Hale argues in favor of voice actor strike
If you play video games with sound on, you’ve probably heard Jennifer Hale’s voice more than once: She’s a voice actress with countless credits under her belt, including many for MMOs, like World of...
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Going to BlizzCon? Grab the mobile app today
Navigating the labyrinth of next week’s BlizzCon activities, panels, and games requires some strategy if you’re going to get the most out of your visit. If you’re heading to Anaheim for the two-day...
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Here’s everything you can expect from BlizzCon 2016 next week
Every year, BlizzCon arrives. And every year, Bree and I sit down and liveblog about the most pertinent event for our readers to follow along at home because we love you. We just don’t love you enough...
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Rumor: Diablo III’s Necromancer, Overwatch’s Sombra
As we barrel toward BlizzCon this week, speculation is running high over what reveals Blizzard might make at the show. Two of these are starting to come into focus, as sharp-eyed players have spotted...
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BlizzCon 2016: Opening ceremony liveblog
Here we go again, one and all: It’s time for Massively Overpowered’s BlizzCon 2016 liveblogs! It’s a time-honored tradition, by which I mean to say liveblogs about BlizzCon are a time-honored...
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BlizzCon 2016: Diablo III’s Necromancer class and classic Diablo experience
If you missed the BlizzCon liveblog (or fell asleep before the ending), you missed the best part and the biggest cheers: Blizzard announced big stuff for Diablo III, including what amounts to an...
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BlizzCon 2016: Play Heroes of the Storm for Overwatch loot
Part of Blizzard’s cross-promotional pitch at this year’s BlizzCon has been dubbed “The Nexus Challenge,” and let’s be honest: It is a plain attempt to convince Overwatch players to give Heroes of the...
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BlizzCon 2016: WoW’s Tomb of Sargeras and beyond to Argus
World of Warcraft’s “What’s Next” panel this evening more than made up for the game’s lackluster mention during the BlizzCon opening ceremonies earlier in the day. Newly minted Game Director Ion...
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BlizzCon 2016: Diablo’s 20th anniversary panel liveblog
Has it really been two decades since Diablo first showed up on the computer gaming scene? Apparently so because why else would BlizzCon 2016 host a panel on its 20th anniversary? It’s not for birthday...
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