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A judge has dismissed another chunk of Crytek’s Star Citizen engine lawsuit

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Happy Christmas, Cloud Imperium. MOP readers will recall that almost exactly a year ago, Crytek sued Star Citizen developer CIG, alleging that CIG infringed its...

Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions

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As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later? So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.
YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME?!

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now free-to-play with a new battle royale mode

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Gosh, the mighty have fallen when it comes to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The game isn't hemorrhaging players like certain other titles, but it does appear...

The Daily Grind: How much does your reputation matter in a modern MMO?

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One of the memes I see repeated a lot when folks are waxing nostalgic about the old days of MMOs is this idea that...
I don't like this, but hey, someone did.

Vague Patch Notes: MMO emulation as a paean for the dead vs. a mockery of the living

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If you ever need to know why we'll happily cover Star Wars Galaxies emulators and not Ultima Online emulators here on Massively Overpowered, the reason is...

Funcom will debut its next Conan game this Saturday

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A month ago during its last investor call, Funcom clarified that it was working on at least six new games in addition to its...
No, this isn't it.

Rapper 2 Milly files lawsuit against Epic Games over Fortnite dance emote

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Epic Games is under fire from rapper 2 Milly, who has filed a lawsuit against the Fortnite developer that alleges that one of the...

Even Fallout 76’s ticket system is a buggy mess: A customer support loophole was leaking personal info

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Did you think Bethsoft's Fallout 76 woes couldn't get anymore woeful? You lack imagination. According to multiple Reddit and forum posts collected by Kotaku, those...

Dungeons & Dragons Online offers a two-year season pass for $299

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There was a time when lifetime subscriptions seemed like they were a bridge too far, but Dungeons & Dragons Online is breaking into new territory...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2018

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Another year is coming to a close! That means we're doing all of our usual end-of-year recaps, and that also means that we're once...
No, our wholly predictable problems!

Valve bans a toxic Dota 2 pro after his team takes insufficient action

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Herein lies the problem for Valve running Dota 2: The company doesn't want to actually provide any rules or guidelines or moderation for the game's...

Fortnite: Epic announces sandbox Creative mode, streamer donates $164,000 in tourney prize money

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It looks as if you're getting some Fortnite Game Awards announcements early thanks to (what we'll assume is) an accidental upload from Fortnite...
I'M A FOOTBALL STAR, I'M POPULAR

Niantic agrees to settle the property trespass class action lawsuit over Pokemon Go

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Way back in 2016, at the height of the new-news-every-day-on-Pokemon-Go, we covered a lawsuit lodged against Nintendo and Niantic by one Jeffrey Marder of...

Epic will challenge Steam with the Epic Games Store’s pro-developer policies

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Hey Valve, it's not just Discord coming for you: Epic Games wants a piece o' that action too. The Fortnite-and-Unreal-Engine developer today announced the Epic...

Rumor: Daybreak might be building a new PlanetSide game

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So who else had "the PlanetSide franchise gets a class-based battle royale" in the predictions pool? Welp, looks like it's happening. We've gotten several...
HOORAY

Fallout 76 collectors edition buyers will get the canvas bags they were promised after all

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Last week, Fallout 76 fans lit the world on fire over the revelation that the "West tek canvas carrying bag" promised to $200 collector...
Page through.

Leaderboard: What do you think about Steam’s new revenue sharing plan?

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At the tail end of last week, Valve announced a new revenue sharing plan for publishers on Steam that simmered all weekend. In a...

Make My MMO: Former Dogma Eternal Night CM blasts studio over stymied White Wolf partnership

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, DDOCentral pointed us to a thread on the Dogma Eternal Night website that sheds light on what's gone awry...
The man with the scars.

Superdata founder Joost van Dreunen sees dark days ahead for the game industry

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If you'd like to remain optimistic about the future of the video game industry, you may not like what Superdata founder Joost van Dreunen...

LOTRO composer Chance Thomas loses sound company over ponzi scheme

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Many Lord of the Rings Online fans are well acquainted with Chance Thomas. While not the only composer for the MMO, his work on...

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