MMO Week in Review: Star Citizen’s CitizenCon 2015 and Squadron 42 (October 11, 2015)

    
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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!

Star Citizen’s CitizenCon pretty much owned this weekend, and yeah, it was the “convention” kind of con, not the other one. Here’s a quick run-down of the big news:

We’ve lined up all the big videos below: the full presentation, star map, clip from S42 and behind the scenes, the alpha 2.0 live demo and press demo, facial animation tech for S42, and the Bishop senate speech. Check ’em out, then read on for the very best of this week’s MMO news and opinions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5sRUYwgWGI

With thanks to I-Spy, Darkwalker75, and Gene for the extra linkies!
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