Events

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The Stream Team: Starting summer off with a bang (and giveaway) in Star Trek Online’s Lohlunat festival

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How do youbneat the heat of the summer solstice? In space! Massively OP's MJ is celebrating the start of summer by dipping into Star...

Blizzard is offering a third round of BlizzCon tickets, so don’t despair (yet)

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Did you miss out on your last attempt at snagging BlizzCon 2017 tickets? Of course you did. Those things sell out faster than unicorn...

A crafting festival is rolling into Runes of Magic

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Look alive, Runes of Magic players -- Patch 7.1.1 is coming to the game tomorrow, and it's going to require every ounce of your...
Be it ever so... whatever this is, there's no place like home. Thankfully.

Trove activates all daily bonuses for week-long event

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Sometimes you just got to get a little nuts, you know? Go crazy and flip on all of the switches, activate every bonus event,...
Some daunts remain.

E3 2017: Hands-on with Dauntless shows it’s more than a Monster Hunter clone

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Phoenix Labs' not-Monster Hunter monster-hunting game Dauntless is obviously standing in a big shadow after E3 2017. I wasn't yet fully aware of what Monster Hunter World was...

The Chicago Pokemon Go Fest was sold out in less than a minute

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Following the huge reveal of Pokemon Go's summer content plans -- detailed in yesterday's massive overview and interview by MOP's Andrew Ross -- Niantic...

E3 2017: Monster Hunter World demo, difficulty, global appeal, and leaks

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Monster Hunter World's reveal caught me completely off guard during its E3 2017 reveal. We'd already had a title announced for the Nintendo Switch, and...

E3 2017: Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida on Stormblood, design, and themeparks

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Since there were so many early access issues with Stormblood, I figured I'd try to give you Final Fantasy XIV players a little something to chew...
kyle has a cool yard

Shroud of the Avatar adds East Asian-themed town, kicks off Q&A

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Fancy a bit of the Far East in your MMORPGs? Shroud of the Avatar is making that wish come true with its unclone of...
Health deferred.

EVE Online calls upon pilots to fight a rogue swarm

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If you haven't heard from one of your friends who plays EVE Online lately, it might be because he or she is in the...
What and what?

E3 2017: Hands-on with Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones

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I like naval combat in my MMOs. That's my weakness. Vehicle combat is great, but for some reason, I especially like boats. When I...

SMITE adds Cu Chulainn to its roster and kicks off a Code of Chivalry event

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This week's newest member of the SMITE line-up is Cu Chulainn, the Hound of Ulster. Cu is a rough-and-tumble melee warrior who boasts high...
And now, the next chapter.

Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood early access experience

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There have basically been two attitudes throughout the past weekend with Final Fantasy XIV's early access to Stormblood. Here, we'll run it like a...

E3 2017: Elder Scrolls Online’s Matt Firor on Morrowind, nostalgia, and PvP

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The Elder Scrolls Online released its first expansion, Morrowind, shortly before E3 2017. MMOs rarely come up with mainstream media, but with Morrowind's nostalgia power, I heard...

E3 2017: Pokemon Go’s raiding, gym revamp, badges, and an interview with Niantic

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Surprise! Niantic brought Pokemon Go to E3 2017 and invited members of the gaming press outside the sacred halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center...

The MOP Up: Destiny 2’s class roster (June 18, 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...

E3 2017: Hands-on with Destiny 2

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Like many readers, I was originally disappointed when Destiny wasn't released for PC. I'm not even a Halo fan but could see that the title had promise....

E3 2017: Hands-on with Sea of Thieves’ multiplayer ship crewing

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As I mentioned in MassivelyOP's Best of E3 Overthinking article, I came away from this year's con thinking Sea of Thieves was the best playable...
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Neverwinter celebrates its fourth birthday with events and unicorn mounts

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Neverwinter is prepping the celebration of the anniversary of its hard launch on PC way back in 2013. The festivities, dubbed The Protector's Jubilee,...

Here’s how to participate in Gigantic’s big stress-test event this weekend

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Nothing to do this weekend now that E3 is winding down and everything you want to play is way far off in the future?...