Events

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H1Z1 Invitational returns to TwitchCon with a $500,00 prize pool

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Daybreak's stream darling is starting down the road to another grand tournament, as the H1Z1 Invitational was announced to be returning to TwitchCon this...
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WildStar’s space chase is on

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Ready, set, go join WildStar's Space Chase event for the next week! From now through August 7th, players are being tempted to run expeditions...

Guild Wars 2’s second expansion, Path of Fire, launches September 22 (liveblog)

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Update! It's over now, but you can catch the recap and preorder info right here! If you've somehow managed to avoid all the many leaks...

Ashes of Creation talks up its PAX West public demo, hires six more devs

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If you're heading to PAX West in September, you might want to make plans to visit the Ashes of Creation booth at the show....
Bang bang.

Guild Wars 2 names and shames tournament cheaters

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Want to enter in and -- more importantly -- win in a Guild Wars 2 monthly tournament but you lack the well-honed skills to...

The MOP Up: Skyforge investigates the Cradle of the World (July 30, 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...

The Stream Team: Taking a Hobbit to Isengard in LOTRO

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Today is the third annual "Take the Hobbit to Isengard" community event on the Landroval server and Massively OP's MJ can't wait to participate!...

Pokemon Go raised $5.8M Sunday in spite of live event catastrophe

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Pokemon Go's weekend Fest event may have been a massive and predictable failure of communication and preparation, but it wasn't a failure for Niantic's piggy...

ChinaJoy 2017: ARK Park, Black Desert, and L2 Revolution

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Goodies from this week's ChinaJoy are already trickling back to us. Notably, Snail Games has posted a new trailer and screenshots for ARK Park, its VR-based ARK:...
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Valiance Online kicks off its investor alpha today

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If you've been eagerly awaiting the day when Valiance Online would open for testers, the day has come. The investor alpha is starting today...
My expectations weren't that I would be jumping into this right away, but...

Ultima Online starts testing its fall update while Dark Age of Camelot continues its Dragon’s Curse campaign

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Let's check in with the Broadsword MMOs to see what's happening in its part of the online world, shall we? Ultima Online has kicked off...
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ROBLOX is on track to pay indie devs $30M this year, reaches 56M active monthly users

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A game where the studio pays out millions to players? What kind of bizarro world are we living in, anyway? When it comes to the...

Touching base with Dark and Light mobile, Elsword, and MapleStory

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Here at Massively OP, we like to give you a great deal on news, which is why we're offering this special three-for-one news post...

EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s Tinkerfest 2017

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After a few years, it can be difficult for long-time EverQuest II players to get excited over the return of a festival; not only...
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Frontier Developments plans a convention for Elite: Dangerous in October

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Do you have a deep and abiding love for Planet Coaster? Probably not. How about Elite: Dangerous? Yes, that's good, many more hands are...
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City of Titans and Ship of Heroes team up for City of Heroes successor panel at PAX West

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There will be a City of Heroes panel at PAX West... after a fashion. The game may be gone, but the City of Titans...

Pokemon Go event organizers blame cell traffic overload for snafu

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The fallout and analysis of the debacle that was last weekend's Pokemon Go Fest continues, as Niantic has been pressed for answers on why such...

The Stream Team: Collecting clockwork spiders in EverQuest II’s Tinkerfest

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It's Tinkerfest time in EverQuest II, and Massively OP's MJ wants to collect all the clockwork spiders! There's a familiar, a limited-time combat pet,...

Pokemon Go organizers apologize for live event debacle, saying they’re ‘horrified with the results’

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Over the weekend, we reported on the distastrous Pokemon Go Fest in Chicago, where thousands of paying ticket holders spent most of the day...

Citadel Forged With Fire’s last weekend beta was a bit rough

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If you jumped into Citadel: Forged With Fire's stress-test-style of beta this past weekend, you may have gotten a heaping helping of just what...