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Overwatch League signs on six more teams for its 2019 season

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If Blizzard were to stop adding new things to Overwatch, it would die, like some sort of new content shark. That's already a known...

Daybreak announces new investment, new H1Z1 and EverQuest mobile titles, and a new esports arena

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Today does seem to be the day for big financial bombshells, doesn't it? Turns out Daybreak had a card up its sleeve too. The...
Everything's going fine.

H1Z1’s professional league is allegedly struggling in viewers, attendance, and actually paying its players

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It looks like H1Z1 is having some problems with its professional e-sports league. This isn't entirely news, as the league faced controversy right from...
Teamwork!

Esports in the Olympics isn’t happening any time soon thanks to ‘killer games’

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Over the last year or so, the idea of bringing esports to the Olympics has begun to sound more plausible. In 2017, the co-president...
Well, points for effort.

Riot Games says it’s proud of workshops designed for women and non-binary prospective devs

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Online gaming watchers will recall that League of Legends studio Riot Games has sustained heavy fire this summer over sexism and misogyny allegations from...
oh gosh

One of the Madden tourney shooting victims is suing EA

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If EA thought that setting up a victims fund for the gamers killed and wounded at the Jacksonville Madden esports tournament would shield it...
oh gosh

EA sets up relief fund for Madden shooting victims and donates $1 million

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The ripple effect of the horrendous shooting at an esports tournament are going to be felt for some time. EA has already cancelled the...
lol

Riot Games is scaling back some of its e-sports spending for League of Legends

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You may not care for e-sports, but you can't deny that they bring in big money. Look at Riot Games, which has invested tons...

EA cancels Madden qualifiers after shooting as PAX West organizers allay security concerns

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The mass shooting at a Madden esports tourney that claimed the lives of two young players, Elijah "TrueBoy" Clayton and Taylor "SpotMePlzz" Robertson, has...
oh gosh

Mass shooting claims lives of multiple Madden esports attendees

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Two innocent people are dead and nearly a dozen more were injured today as a result of a mass shooting at an esports tournament. Multiple...

Black Desert’s remastered edition launches tomorrow with free stuff for all players

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Hear that crackle in the air? See that ripple on the distant horizon? It's Black Desert's remastered version, launching here in the west tomorrowday. "The...

Western qualifiers for Blade & Soul’s $135K esports tourney are this weekend

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Not many MMORPGs take a stab at true esports these days. There's World of Warcraft, of course, but other titles, like Guild Wars 2,...

Hi-Rez reorganizes SMITE, Paladins, and Realm Royale teams as newly renamed substudios

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Hi-Rez Studios is making bold moves today: It's just announced that it's splitting up the band, unbundling its games teams into separate but joined...

Black Desert and Ascent Infinite Realm publisher Kakao is investing in esports

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Kakao is a massive South Korean company, and as most MMO fans reading blogs probably know, video games are just one element of that...
baby why you gotta play me like that, i didn't meeeeeeeeean to give you rabies

H1Z1 has officially launched on the PlayStation 4 as Jace Hall joins the H1Z1 PC team

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Daybreak's battle royale game H1Z1 has been through more ups and downs and ups again in the last few years than most games see...
Doooo not care

Overwatch League finals did not draw eyes on ESPN

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The Overwatch League finals were broadcast on ESPN, but odds are that if you watched them you did so on Twitch or other streaming...

Blizzard and Riot attended the International Olympic Committee’s e-sports summit this past weekend

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Over the last year, we've seen a ramp-up of high-level chatter about bringing e-sports to the Olympics. Last summer the co-president of the Paris Olympic...
Bad taste?

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds details a five-year plan for e-sports

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Does it fill you with warm, fuzzy feelings to know that there's a nice long-term plan for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds to chase that sweet e-sports...

The MOP Up: Gnomeland Security orders EQ2’s Tinkerfest (July 22, 2018)

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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...
Shroud of the Avatar

Massively Overthinking: What important lessons are MMORPGs failing to impart?

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MOP reader and Patron Brett has a burning question about the lessons we're learning (and not learning) from playing MMORPGs. "In his book Theory of Fun,...

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