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Finding a handful of daunts.

PAX East 2019: Dauntless talks launching, version 1.0, and the Epic Store

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The fine folks at Phoenix Labs aren't bringing Dauntless to Steam; instead, they're heading to the Epic Store as planned. We can all speculate about...

The Daily Grind: Do you still get excited about upcoming MMORPGs?

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It was the late aughts. My husband and I had scraped together money to fly to London for a meet-up with our Europe-based guildies....

Star Wars Galaxies Legends emulator put out a huge March update trying to fix player cities

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The April Fools' Day event isn't the only thing that's recently gone live in the fan-favorite Star Wars Galaxies emulator known as Legends. While...
We are great at our jobs.

Diablo III kicks off testing for patch 2.6.5 on April 5

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It's time for a little testing in Diablo III starting on April 5th (that's how you know it's not a joke) when patch 2.6.5 arrives...

Massively Uplifting: Bethesda’s gift to gaming granny, friendships forged in EverQuest and Guild Wars 2

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It is no joke: There is plenty that's good going on in the gaming world, and we want to share that with you. You...
Kapwing!

PAX East 2019: Bless Unleashed really isn’t Bless Online (to its credit)

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The folks behind Bless Unleashed are not just porting over Bless Online to the Xbox One. This is a refrain that Bandai Namco and Neowiz have...

The Black Desert Shadow Arena banwave and backtrack is an absolute clusterfudge

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For the last week we've been covering the hacking wave in Black Desert, as cheaters swarmed the Shadow Arena battle royale mode with trial...
Llook out, Llary! It's the llandlllord!

Massively Overpowered feature patch notes for April Oneth

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Here at Massively Overpowered, we're always doing our best to make use of our staff's particular talents. We make sure to have Justin saying...

The Daily Grind: Should AAA companies expect gamers to fund esports prize pools?

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The esports industry is absolutely no stranger to watcher-funded prize pools. I know this. We've watched as companies like Riot Games and Hi-Rez have...
Don't worry, something will happen any day now.

Global Chat: Looking back at 20 years of EverQuest

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EverQuest's 20th anniversary isn't going unnoticed and unobserved in the gaming community this month. In fact, several MMO bloggers have raised a glass to...

One Shots: CatDog, CatDog

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The second I saw Hirku's picture of his Warframe pet, the lyrics of Nickelodeon's CatDog came to mind: One fine day with a woof...
Fun is sometimes relative.

The Daily Grind: When did you start playing MMOs?

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This is a fun and simple question that is also remarkably complex to answer, because there are so many different ways to answer it....

Battle Bards Episode 141: Riders of Icarus

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The Battle Bards take to the sky to investigate the somewhat obscure Riders of Icarus and see if the lofty visuals can be matched...
Artificial.

Valve pledges to fix Artifact’s ‘deep-rooted issues’ in attempt to salvage the game

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Things haven't been going particularly great for Artifact. Valve's digital card game, which launched in November of last year, has been rapidly hemorrhaging players...
Hello? I'm here because someone called? Something about duty?

Call of Duty swatter receives 20 years in prison

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The so-called Call of Duty swatter, Tyler Barriss, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his 2017 swatting call that resulted in...
Yes.

WRUP: Things you can glue to your car edition

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You can glue lots of stuff to your car. Here's a list of some of the things you can glue to your car. A...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO’s lore confuses the heck out of you?

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Fantasy authors (aspiring and published) are renowned for their tendency to create elaborate and often labyrinthian backstories and world histories. And while this lore...
Betacular.

Betawatch: The Elder Scrolls Blades is accessible early on mobile and no you won’t like the business model

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Here's the news that has had our staff chat in a tizzy this week: The Elder Scrolls Blades is now in early access on mobile...
Unembraced.

Final Fantasy XIV preps for its European data center split starting on April 2nd

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It's not the launch of the third Final Fantasy XIV expansion, but the splitting of the European and North American data centers is one of...

Black Desert’s big banwave this week apparently had more than a few false positives

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Earlier this week, we covered Kakao's move to crack down on cheating in Black Desert, specifically in Shadow Arena, which has reportedly been plagued...

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