Events

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Dark and Light investigates Gobboween and reveals more icy creatures

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Just because Dark and Light is in early access and has another content patch under construction doesn't mean that it is going to fully...

Frontier Expo 2017: Elite Dangerous goes ‘Beyond’ with big plans for 2018

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When I spoke to Elite Dangerous' devs at this year's Frontier Expo 2017, the company's first fan expo, they admitted that communication went dark...

The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Taiwan meet-and-greet (October 8, 2017)

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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...

EverQuest II unearths a few new Halloween tricks

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You'd think that for really old holiday events, most MMOs would just schedule and forget them. It's kind of impressive, then, that the EverQuest...

EVE Vegas 2017: Pirate factions will hunt you down in new EVE PvE

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If your experience with EVE Online's PvE is of grinding through waves of predictable NPC pirates firing space pea shooters at you, get ready...

Frontier Expo 2017: Planet Coaster adds scenarios, picnic tables, and lets vendors loose

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Visitors can sit while vendors run wild! That's the news that Planet Coaster devs shared on stage at the inaugural Frontier Expo 2017. The...

EVE Vegas 2017: EVE Online’s free-to-play option is getting a huge boost

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When EVE Online added its free-to-play alpha clone account option, it felt more like an infinite trial than a truly viable free tier. Alpha...

From New York Comic Con, SWTOR and Timothy Zahn welcome you to Copero

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The developers for Star Wars: The Old Republic held their Cantina Tour event just outside New York Comic Con last night. To help promote the SWTOR content...

SMITE 4.1.9 Departure to the Afterlife brings back the Halloween arena and new skins

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Halloween is taking over SMITE this month -- and every other MMO and MOBA, of course, but that's OK because it's the best holiday...
Gosh, I love farming.

Destiny 2 cranks out events, teases ‘seasons,’ and prepares for the PC invasion

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With a few weeks to go before the PC launch of Destiny 2, Bungie has its hands full preparing for an influx of new...

British alt rock band Muse will close out BlizzCon 2017

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Blizzard's going old school once again with its band selection for this year's BlizzCon: UK alt rock band Muse. Here's the spiel: "Widely renowned as...

Shroud of the Avatar pops out a free October trial, runs a Halloween contest

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You can't turn around in this genre these days without Shroud of the Avatar leaping out at you with another free trial. And so...

Boat mounts, Halloween, and Billy the Kid blast into Wizard101 and Pirate101

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As Pirate101 celebrates its fifth birthday this month, there is no shortage of things to keep budding buccaneers occupied in this strategy MMO. New...

Overwatch and Pokemon Go bring back Halloween terror

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"The nights grow cold and monsters appear. A great evil gathers and Halloween draws near..." Oh yes, it's that time of year again. The sheer...
Jaina;'s caught her head on the crusher.

The BlizzCon schedule is out, and it sure has some World of Warcraft panels

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Again, we caution our readers, as we did yesterday, that there is not any official announcement of an announcement regarding the next World of...

Secret World Legends’ Tokyo: Orochi Tower drops next week, followed by Halloween

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Funcom posted up a new Secret World Legends infodump over the weekend, and if you were expecting it in a new post as we...

Dark Age of Camelot welcomes players back with a free month for its birthday

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Happy birthday Dark Age of Camelot! This month, Mythic's (now Broadsword's) classic realm-vs.-realm MMORPG celebrates its 16th birthday following its 2001 launch. The team raised...
Which witch witched which?

DC Universe Online brings back the Witching Hour once again for Halloween

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It's the most wonderful month of the year, especially if you like the ghoulish or the macabre, and DC Universe Online is already planning...

EVE Evolved: What to expect from EVE Vegas 2017

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CCP Games' annual EVE Vegas event kicks off in less than a week on October 6th, and once again MassivelyOP will be on the...

The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits record concurrency (October 1, 2017)

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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...