Events

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Bethesda is focused on Fallout 4 and Elder Scrolls Online

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Elder Scrolls Online will be the Elder Scrolls title of record for the next little while, according to Dualshockers. The publication interviewed Bethesda VP of...
Let's do this old gag again.

Gamescom 2015: Blizzard answers more World of Warcraft: Legion questions

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Everyone who cares about World of Warcraft wants to know more about Legion, even though the details are likely to remain vague for the...

Gamescom 2015: Guild Wars 2’s new mastery system details revealed

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On the opening day of Gamescom 2015, I crept away from the buzzing hum and dazzling lights of the show floor to sit down with Guild...

The Daily Grind: Did anything from Gamescom excite you?

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This year's Gamescom was pretty interesting from my perspective, and even though I wasn't able to go in person, I spent a decent amount...

Week in Review: Gamescom 2015 (August 9, 2015)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! Blizzard...

Gamescom 2015: Gigantic announces August CBT start

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Go go Gigantic beta! At Gamescom this week, the cell-shaded Gigantic announced that it will be ending its alpha test and transitioning into closed...

Gamescom 2015: Star Citizen gets a monthly report and a big Gamescom presentation

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It's a big day for fans of Star Citizen, as Cloud Imperium has put out a typically massive monthly report. Oh, and there's that...
Demon Hunters HATE this holiday

Gamescom 2015: More details on World of Warcraft: Legion

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It's only been a day since the announcement of World of Warcraft: Legion, but fans are already eager to learn more about the expansion....

Gamescom 2015: Defiance is getting new baddies, supreme weapons

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The fourth and final Trion blurb from today's Gamescom press release involves Defiance, the sci-fi shooter with Syfy transmedia synergy. An upcoming patch will...

Gamescom 2015: Trion talks upcoming ‘significant’ ArcheAge updates

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Trion just took an info dump at Gamescom, with "major" updates scheduled for all of the firm's MMOs. ArcheAge is getting something called Heroes...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO festival event is your favorite?

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Lord of the Rings Online's summer festival ends this week, and I'm kind of glad. I've been partaking, of course, but it's a grind...
First mention of Steppenwolf gets you kickbanned.

Gamescom 2015: The Crew offers up a Wild Run trailer

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Are you extreme enough to take part in The Crew's next big expansion? Wild Run sends players to The Summit, where apparently extreme racing...

Dota 2’s International interrupted by DDoS attacks

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If you managed to catch any of Dota 2's $18 million International 2015 yesterday, you may have seen players sitting around scratching their heads instead...

Gamescom 2015: SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire gallery

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Did you miss the big Star Wars: The Old Republic news from Gamescom at the crack of (US) dawn this morning? Massively OP's Larry...

Gamescom 2015: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns gallery

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Guild Wars 2 heard you liked screenshots, so it made sure to bring a ton to Gamescom, all flavored with Heart of Thorns goodness. Massively OP's...
Storming of the hero.

Gamescom 2015: Blizzard shows off new heroes and maps for Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm

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Heroes of the Storm players are going to have quite a bit to look forward to in the near future. The game's newest map,...
Look, it's a card game, folks.

Gamescom 2015: Hearthstone debuts cards, Jousting, and rank bonuses

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What would a grand tournament be without jousting? The new Jousting mechanic from the upcoming Hearthstone expansion The Grand Tournament pits players against one...

Gamescom 2015: SWTOR expansion news and trailer

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In Cologne, Germany, EA began its press conference for Gamescom 2015 with the typical action sequence montage from single-player games, but what MMO fans...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever run an event in an MMO?

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Long ago, I used to live for player-run MMO events. In old-school MMORPGs, people judged a guild's quality as much on what it did for...
Losing in a way that's incidentally the same as not in fact losing at all.

League of Legends does not in fact kill off Gangplank for real at all

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Just a few days ago, dear reader, we wrote to you about how League of Legends had done something novel by killing off the...