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World of Warcraft emulators forge forward in a post-Classic announcement era

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Curious about what's going to happen to all of those World of Warcraft legacy emulators with WoW Classic on the way? It doesn't look...

The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Ninja arrives in Southeast Asia (February 11, 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...

Pokemon Go adds Rayquaza, European shop events, and raid fixes

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Hey trainers! Legendary pokemon Rayquaza joins the raid fun "for a limited time" in Pokemon Go beginning today through March 16th. "In celebration, Pokémon originally...

Black Desert explains its new ‘single global build’ philosophy

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Just in time for the Olympics, Kakao is bringing east and west together in Black Desert. In the game's latest dev letter, the studio...
We never like these things.

German commission takes up lootbox issue as academics link whaling to gambling markets

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Germany has added its voice to the anti-lockbox chorus in the US, UK, and Netherlands. According to an article on the German-language Welt (picked...

Academics debate WHO ‘gaming disorder’ classification and global political implications

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Remember how the World Health Organization is angling to classify gaming addiction as a "gaming disorder"? Researchers and self-regulatory bodies have been pushing back...
Well, this was a little on the nose, wasn't it?

TERA’s console versions are coming in the first half of 2018

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In the works since its conception in 2013, TERA's console version is finally coming to North America and Europe in the first half of...

Massively Overthinking: Considering pay-to-win MMO peripherals

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MOP reader and commenter Sally Bowls recently sent along a link to an insanely awesome 34" monitor that costs more than a lot of...

The Survivalist: Another year, another Survival Game guide

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A new year, a new batch of survival games! Yes, the genre has become so popular that one guide, no not even two guides...

World of Warcraft e-sports: The return of the Mythic Dungeon Invitational and Arena World Championship

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World of Warcraft and e-sports: two great tastes that taste great together, right? That's Blizzard's position, anyway. On Friday it laid out its plans...

The Game Archaeologist: Neocron

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It's the distant future. The high-tech battle armor you wear sharply contrasts with the ruins of civilization that you traverse. You spot an enemy...

The Game Archaeologist: Revisiting the first three months of World of Warcraft

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Were you there? Many of us were. Many weren't. Either way, November 23rd, 2004 was a watershed date for the MMORPG industry and one watched...

Interview: ArcheAge’s 4.0 Maelstrom launches December 13 with changes to lunagems, raid finder, and more

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Batten down the hatches because a big storm hits tomorrow! ArcheAge's Maelstrom, with its cross-server navel arena, launches on December 13th. We got to...

Dragon’s Prophet sequel Savage Hunt is supposed to launch tomorrow

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While Dragon's Prophet took a stiff nosedive in North America and was ultimately shuttered by Daybreak in 2015, the dragon taming MMO didn't die...

Life is Feudal is rolling out a clean-slate roleplaying server following shaky open beta launch

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The MMO version of Life is Feudal got off to a shaky open beta start last week, not that our seasoned MMO veteran commenters...

Belgium seeks to ban lockboxes as gambling, plus Hawaii and France weigh in

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Capping off the Great Star Wars Battlefront II Fiasco of November, Belgium's Gambling Commission and the Dutch Gaming Authority both began investigating lootboxes/lockboxes to determine whether...
Oh, hello there!

Netmarble mobile MMO Lineage 2 Revolution has officially launched

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As the Google Play app on my phone frantically notified me this morning, Lineage 2 Revolution has officially launched itself right on out of...

EVE Online players take action to prevent a suicide

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When they heard a cry for help go out in their game, these players took action right away. A few days ago on November 5th,...

Global Chat: World of Warcraft BlizzCon reactions

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Whether you play it now or not, chances are that your paths have crossed with World of Warcraft in the past. This is true...

Final Fantasy XIV announces fan celebration in Denmark

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Final Fantasy XIV players in Europe have a great excuse to head over to Denmark next month, as the game is hosting its "first...

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