Events

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She is now one with the Force.

Star Wars: The Old Republic players pay tribute to Carrie Fisher

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The loss of Carrie Fisher, a celebrated author and the actress who played General Leia Organa, is an enormous blow to Star Wars fans...
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Final Fantasy XIV previews patch 3.5 and the Heavesturm event

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The new year is coming, and with it, the annual Final Fantasy XIV celebration of the new year. Yes, Heavensturm is arriving on Eorzean...
It's not that weather here!

Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival in review

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Ah, that moment when something is revealed that everyone already knows about. There was no real ambiguity about what the first new job was...

Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Best MMORPG Holiday Event of 2016

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for the MMORPG with the Best Holiday Event of 2016, which is yet another new award for...

The Stream Team: Here comes ARK’s Raptor Claus

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How do you celebrate Christmas Eve? Massively OP's MJ goes hunting for Raptor Claus! He's flying through ARK's sky leaving presents all around the...

The Stream Team: Living it up in Elder Scrolls Online’s New Life Festival

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The Elder Scrolls Online surprised and delighted Massively OP's MJ with a Halloween-themed event, but that wasn't the end of things - now there's...

Skyforge goes on a dino dig and celebrates winter wonders

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How will you spend your Christmas break? Skyforge is giving you two interesting options, one traditional and one... prehistoric. Players with at least 1,000 prestige...
That's not the problem.

Anarchy Online manufactures the winter holidays

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Anarchy Online might be a tad tardy to the holiday party, but it's making an effort. With the game's December 20th patch, the Winter...

Chaos Theory: The kink in Secret World’s Krampusnacht

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The Secret World, I'm shaking my head at you. I mean, I wasn't expecting anything really for the Krampusnacht holiday. But this? Remember back when...
We represent the short-term planning guild!

World of Warcraft announces the dates for its upcoming micro-holidays

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Holiday events in MMORPGs are nothing new, but World of Warcraft's upcoming micro-holidays are a little bit different. These aren't extended holidays meant to...
LET'S HOLIDAY THIS UP

The Daily Grind: Do you do in-game gift exchanges in MMOs?

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Well, the winter holidays are just about here, and that means giving the fit of games. Also, gifts that aren't games. Some gifts that...
BIG BIG BIG

WildStar triggers an all-weekend double XPmas

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WildStar may choose to call its double XP weekend event an X-Plosion, but considering the timing of this particular weekend, we prefer to label...
Give me things.

Dark Age of Camelot gives players many presents for the Midwinter Festival

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Don't worry, folks, Dark Age of Camelot is here with its Midwinter Festival, and it knows about the real spirit of the holidays: Getting...

Riders of Icarus challenges you to round up its reindeer

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Are we... are we done with winter holidays in MMOs yet? Can we talk about something else now? No? Oh. Very well. What's next?...
We can't stop here. This is neon ultrabat country.

Trove lights up Snowfest, lets players design minigames

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Where are you spending your winter holidays? Trove is making a compelling case that you should hunker down in its pixelated, voxelated world for...

Marvel Heroes has 14 days of Christmas presents waiting for you

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It's a day that ends in y, which means Marvel Heroes has an excuse to party. And its latest round of revelry kicks off...

ArcheAge starts holiday festival, compensates players with unique mounts

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ArcheAge is so, so sorry, guys. While the mess of Revelation's launch in North America still has yet to be fully cleaned up, Trion...

Star Trek Online’s Borg come home for the holidays

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What are you hoping to see in your stocking come Christmas morning? If you're like most geeks, chances are that you are hoping against...

The MOP Up: Dota 2 goes on a new journey (December 18, 2016)

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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...

World of Warcraft unwraps Winter Veil

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Ugly sweaters and rumblings of the Abominable Greench are signs that World of Warcraft's Feast of the Winter Veil is back. From now through January...