Events

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EVE Fanfest 2017: EVE Valkyrie adds atmospheric flight in Groundrush, coming April 11th

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Virtual reality dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie has taken centre stage in the emerging VR landscape, growing from a tech demo developed by some devs at CCP Games...
I mean, I sort of get it, but pinning your hopes on things is a fool's errand.

Black Desert gooses its players in this week’s patch

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MMO got your goose? Now you can get it back with this week's Flondor Goose Egg event in Black Desert. Courtesy of the new 1.37...

Good luck getting your BlizzCon tickets today

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Just a heads up if you were going to try your hand at snagging a ticket to this November's BlizzCon, as your first of...

World of Warcraft suffers demonic assaults, welcomes marching tadpoles

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When the skies go black and start raining down fel fire, you best know that there's some bad hoodoo going down. In the case...

LOTRO posts April event schedule, makes temporary store change

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As Lord of the Rings Online players wrap up the spring festival this week, they won't have much time to breathe before the next...
Well, this isn't ideal.

Tree of Savior runs dual promotional events

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If you have nothing better to do this week, why not check out Tree of Savior? The action-RPG MMO is looking to recruit brand-new...

The Stream Team: Let there be cake for Elder Scrolls Online’s 3rd birthday!

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Let there be cake! So says the celebration of Elder Scrolls Online's third birthday today. And Massively OP's MJ sees no reason to turn...
The Olympic committee looks really different now.

Blizzard has opened an e-sports stadium in Taiwan

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Blizzard already has an unlicensed amusement park -- so why not a licensed stadium? That's indeed exactly what the company has built in Taiwan. The...

The Stream Team: Partying with fools in Elder Scrolls Online’s Jester’s Festival

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April Fools' Day didn't end on April 1st in Elder Scrolls Online. No, there's still one more night to enjoy the holiday pranks, and...
Flying nowhere.

Bless Online bribes players to come back

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Bless Watch continues here in the west, where we twiddle our fingers and eye with envy the doings of this MMORPG over in Korea....
I'm happy with the choices I've made. These have all been good decisions.

LOTRO doesn’t see its shadow, extends spring festival for another week

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Spring is here, so why not enjoy it for a while? That's the philosophy guiding Lord of the Rings Online, which announced yesterday that it...

Elder Scrolls Online is turning three, and it brought us all cake

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The Elder Scrolls Online has come a really long way in three years, I think most of our readers will agree. That calls for...
That's so metal.

DC Universe Online launches its next major event on April 5

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The next big event in DC Universe Online pits heroes and villains alike against Starro, a mind-controlling interstellar starfish. That's just a fun phrase...

EVE Fanfest will play host to deadly plague this weekend

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In a macabre move, EVE Fanfest 2017 (this coming weekend!) is merging game activity and convention to bring its players in contact with a deadly...
Hire me.

Final Fantasy XIV makes a surprise appearance at WWE’s Wrestlemania

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Professional wrestling is weird. Frequently, that means that it's weirdly awesome, but it's still weird. Case in point, you probably would not have expected...

The MOP Up: Guns of Icarus has relaunched as Guns of Icarus Alliance (April 2, 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...
It's not real.

The Daily Grind: What MMO April Fools’ Day joke makes you sad it’s just a joke?

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It's not really difficult to tell when an announcement is an April Fools' Day joke; they're usually pretty obvious. Final Fantasy XIV's announcement of...

April Fools’ Day 2017: Hijinks across the MMOverse

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If you don't like tricks and jokes, just stop reading right now, turn the lights off, and go climb back into bed. Nothing on...
In this trying time.

Final Fantasy XIV’s Hatching-tide offers you an egg mount in this trying time

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There has never been a Hatching-tide event in Final Fantasy XIV that has not been at least a little weird. This year, however, it's...
The hills have eyes. And mouths, and hands, and punchy personalities.

Skyforge prompts players to investigate the Emerald Stream

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There's a new outbreak of a heretofore unknown species of Phytonides in Skyforge, which is... not normal, but it's well within the usual wheelhouse...