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PlanetSide 2’s big Escalation update is live as EU server migration is underway

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It's finally happening: Escalation is about to go live for eager PlanetSide 2 players. We've been covering this update since February, when Daybreak and Rogue...

You’re going to have to work to get a home in New World

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If you've already called the movers to lug your stuff into New World when it (supposedly) launches this spring, you might want to reschedule....
pshhhhhhhhhhh

Guild Wars 2 dev blog teases Steel and Fire’s storyline – and the Eye of the North

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ArenaNet has just one week to go before the latest entry in the current Saga, Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire, hits the...
Bless this hot mess.

EVE Online makes moons prettier and introduces market order changes in its latest update

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EVE Online has kicked out another update which has a couple of features that players have likely already been expecting. If you haven't been...

Minecraftian sandbox MMO Hegemony launched, hit a snag, and delayed even more

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After its initial two-week delay, the sandbox MMORPG Hegemony went live this weekend, though not without issues such as instance crashing and database overloading,...

PlanetSide 2’s Escalation is really truly launching, this time on March 11

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Back in February, Daybreak and Rogue Planet Games were talking up PlanetSide 2's Escalation update, at one point meant to launch February 19th, then...

Perfect Ten: Pet peeves of doing MMO journalism

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In many ways, Massively Overpowered is a dream (side) job for us. We get to write about something we love and have it published...
Same old story.

New World lays out its argument for three-sided PvP

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Don't count New World's PvP side down-and-out just yet. Amazon Game Studios made a strong case this past week for why the MMORPG's faction...

The Daily Grind: What does a new MMO have to do to get your attention?

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Last week, we reported that Population Zero is gunning for a May launch as a buy-to-play title. While I'm always intrigued by the debut...

Dual Universe shares the tech being used to optimize performance going forward

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In a sandbox game with procedural generation and voxel building, there's a lot of moving parts that can very likely bog a player's PC...

Book of Travels’ first dev blog covers multiplayer endeavours

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Despite (or perhaps, because of) being a small, quiet title, Book of Travels is one of our most anticipated MMOs for 2020. As they...

OrbusVR offers a peek at the new areas coming with the Mini Story Pack DLC

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Just in case you missed January's announcement, the virtual reality MMO OrbusVR is getting its first DLC in the form of the Mini Story...

Torchlight III discusses adjustments being made to combat, skill progression, and harvesting

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With Torchlight III firmly in its current phase of alpha, the folks at Echtra Games are keen to address some of the major points...
Agony and sorrow.

Crowfall takes a closer look at character race disciplines

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Racial passives in MMOs are a bit of a dying system, but Crowfall is bringing them back with racial disciplines, which were the subject...

New World details its semi-instanced player housing system

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Amazon knows the best way to make me set aside my worries about New World: a dev blog on player housing. Will it work?...

Vindictus explains its Fatigue Point system and promises to fix character voices

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It's been about a hot minute or three since we had a proper peek into Vindictus, so let's see what's going on with this...

Flameseeker Chronicles: What Eye of the North means for Guild Wars 2

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Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga has so far been filled with plenty of nostalgic callbacks to the original Guild Wars’ Eye of the North...

Albion Online has already nixed plan to cap alliances, hopes to balance with penalties instead

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Last week, we covered Albion Online's big plans to overhaul its alliance system, citing both developer and player unhappiness with how dominant large alliances...

Crowfall’s February Q&A tackles tentpole features, survival tray, and racial passives

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ArtCraft's J. Todd Coleman and Thomas Blair are back for another monthly Crowfall Q&A, covering all the questions and big news as the Drengskapar...

Mad World shows off its upcoming pet system

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Going through the mad world of Mad World need not be done alone. In a recent developer diary, players got a first look at...

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