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Cruisin' down the street in my six-four.

Final Fantasy XIV offers updated job guides ahead of Shadowbringers early access

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Today you will see vacant stares and distant wistfulness of the faces of all Final Fantasy XIV players as they dream of the upcoming...
Let's go for a walk, then we'll get along.

Destiny’s Sword has almost reached its funding target with two days to go

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The bad news for Destiny's Sword is that the title has not yet funded, still sitting at a bit over a thousand dollars to...
Cool, fine.

First impressions: Astellia is acceptable – not astonishing, but certainly not atrocious

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There was a certain something that remotely intrigued me about Astellia Online before we reached the closed beta phase, so like any sensible human...
Hello, peoples.

Final Fantasy XIV is apparently getting a live-action television series

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Well, this is unexpected. It looks like Final Fantasy XIV is going to be coming to the small screen with the announcement of a...

Black Desert localization typo shortchanges guilds by 90% of promised rewards

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Let it never be said that video game localization isn't a big deal worth spending money on, as an error in Black Desert's event...
Find the path.

Video essay attempts to identify how MMOs lost their way

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Is the MMO genre dead, or has it simply lost its way? In a recent video essay, YouTuber TheHiveLeader makes the argument for the...
Whee or something.

The cinematic from the latest bit of World of Warcraft’s War Campaign has some definite hints about the future

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We understand that some people would prefer not to be spoiled about the newest developments in World of Warcraft, especially as the latest patch...
Beta fish.

The Daily Grind: What was the last MMO beta you sought out?

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You might think that our work here at Massively Overpowered means that your friendly neighborhood MMO journalists get into any beta we want without...
Such a compelling narrative of 'gun'

PUBG Corp has a new studio working on a game creating a new narrative in the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds universe

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So, how much do you know about the universe of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds? It's perfectly valid if your reaction to that question is incredulity that...

EVE Online controversy breaks out over new starter pack, CCP addresses the community

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EVE Online has a long and complicated history when it comes to the debate surrounding microtransactions. The playerbase literally revolted against developer CCP Games...
Old and busted.

Old School RuneScape is taking aim at account security

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You all have phones, right? Because you can use those to enable two-factor authentication for RuneScape, something that Jagex strongly encourages you to do....
Next up, turtles!

Blade & Soul producers reveal NCsoft’s plans for the game over the rest of 2019

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Here's the one bit of bad news for Blade & Soul fans from the latest letter from the producers: The Unreal Engine 4 will...
Ow, right in the face...

Final Fantasy XIV will not release Viera and Hrothgar naming rules ahead of Shadowbringers launch

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If you want your Final Fantasy XIV bunny to have a lore-appropriate name, you are going to have to guess. A post on the...
Now don't kiiiiiiiss

Final Fantasy XIV releases its patch notes for the Shadowbringers expansion

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It's time for patch notes! Sure, players still have a couple of days before Final Fantasy XIV throws wide the gates for early access...

The Daily Grind: What should Funcom do with Secret World?

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Whenever I think about Funcom and Secret World, my blood pressure goes up. Here we have not just one of the most unique MMOs...
Oh gosh.

Hearthstone is removing Vanish and Mind Blast to reinforce class identities

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Class identity is kind of a big deal in Hearthstone, since the decks that any given class can field are limited by a class's...
surfing something.

Star Trek Online rescinds plan to use controversial audio emote in summer festival

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A brief kerfuffle over an emote planned for Star Trek Online's Risian Lohlunat Festival has already come to an end. As players on Reddit...
A bunny must jump.

Final Fantasy XIV offers a Shadowbringers-themed physical security token

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Do you love having an authenticator but hate putting it on your phone? Because the Square-Enix account authenticator is coming back, but now with...

Choose My Adventure: Getting to the group stuff in TERA

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My final week in TERA saw me hitting the ground running, looking to utilize whatever means I could to chow through the levels, get...
so bye

Fallen Earth has had two very bad months, but work is still being done on the game

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Matt Scott, CEO of Little Orbit, has popped back over to the official Fallen Earth forums to offer an update on the game's development....

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