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Black Desert’s Dark Knight awakens as spring blossoms with new goose egg event

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As promised, the popular Dark Knight class has awakened in Black Desert with today's weekly update. "Her awakening weapon, named ‘Vediant’ is a set of...
Listen up.

WildStar’s double XP event returns this weekend

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Saddle up, cupcake, because you're about to experience the fast lane in WildStar! Carbine announced yesterday that is has another Double XP X-Plosion event coming...

EVE Fanfest 2017: EVE Online plans amazing new PvE gameplay

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Today's EVE Online is a far cry from the empty but hopeful sandbox released back in 2003, having constantly re-invented itself for over 14 years...

World of Warcraft Patch 7.2.5 includes a time-travel quest, transmog competition, and Black Temple timewalking

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Players who have already wrung out every drop of entertainment that World of Warcraft's Patch 7.2 had to offer might be wondering "what's next?"...

SMITE lands dual patches this week, delays Racer Rumble one day

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If you are a SMITE dev this week, chances are that you're probably not getting a lot of sleep. Hi-Rez Studios made it some...

Lord of the Rings Online plans two-month nostalgia hunt for 10th anniversary

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Don't expect the same-old fireworks display from Lord of the Rings Online as it hits its 10th birthday this month. Well, there will be...
Dropping an album.

PSA: The Elder Scrolls Online kicks off its free play week today

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If you don't yet own The Elder Scrolls Online but want to see if it's worth owning ahead of the Morrowind update, you'll get...
Demons are forever in style now.

World of Warcraft’s command center is up on US servers

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As players fight through the Broken Shore in World of Warcraft, it's important to know which of the various support structures are up at...

BioWare delays SWTOR 5.2 for a week, might be working on KOTOR 3 and a ‘semi-MMO’

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Let's rip off this band-aid quickly: There will be no SWTOR Update 5.2 today. BioWare announced on the forums that it is delaying the...
Puppy.

Heroes of the Storm crowns a dorm champ, catalyzes a wedding

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Congrats are due this week to the University of Texas at Arlington, whose Heroes of the Storm e-sports team pretty much walked away handily...

The Stream Team: Seeking out DC Universe Online’s Starro

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Have you ever met an evil demon starfish? Massively OP's MJ is about to hunt one in DCUO. Starro the Conqueror has invaded, and...
Homeward bound.

Play The Elder Scrolls Online for free for a week starting tomorrow

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Have you been itching to pop into The Elder Scrolls Online ahead of the launch of Morrowind in June? Good news for you: Bethsoft...
when yo crew stylin af

EVE Vegas is coming this October, tix go on sale

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Missed out on this year's EVE Fanfest? There's still a chance for redemption, comradery, and geeky fun with this October's EVE Vegas event. For...

The MOP Up: Scorpio’s doomsday device (April 9, 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...

EVE Fanfest 2017: Hands-on with competitive VR sports game Sparc

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At the end of February, CCP Games announced a new game that has nothing to do with EVE Online or even the EVE IP. Named Sparc,...

EVE Fanfest 2017: DUST 514 successor Project Nova is still in development

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Developer CCP Games made its first foray into the console FPS market back in 2013 with the incredibly ambitious DUST 514, and things didn't exactly go...
It's all gone to hell!

World of Warcraft broadcasts arena cup e-sports tourney today, sells second batch of BlizzCon tix

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At 2:00 p.m. EDT today, World of Warcraft players looking to test their mettle in PvP will be clashing in the game's first arena...

Dark Age of Camelot beckons adventurers to a new dragonish campaign

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An undead threat. A clutch of dragon eggs. Buried treasure. An unnerving disturbance. All of these are portents of Dark Age of Camelot's latest campaign,...

EVE Fanfest 2017: EVE Online joins the hunt for exoplanets through Project Discovery

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The scientific community has been buzzing lately with the incredible news that a star system less than 40 lightyears away named TRAPPIST-1 was found...

The Stream Team: Frolicking in LOTRO’s spring festival

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Massively OP's MJ is pretty happy that LOTRO extended its spring festival another week, giving her more time to go frolic in the festivities....