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Massively Overthinking: MMO predictions for 2016

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Now that we've all had a good laugh at the things we got wrong and marveled at the things we got right in last...

Age of Conan loses lead designer, offers multi-month sub deal

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Sad tidings are in store for the Age of Conan community today, as Lead Designer Matthew "CirithGorgor" Bennett announced that he is leaving Funcom. Bennett...

EVE Valkyrie will launch bundled with the Oculus Rift

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Oculus and CCP have just announced that the EVE-spinoff VR shooter, EVE Valkyrie, will launch bundled with the Rift itself in 2016. https://twitter.com/oculus/status/674983291527671808 CCP Bosun joined...

Ten years ago today, Star Wars Galaxies’ NGE made the New York Times

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Hat tip to Redditor dejoblue, who's reminded everyone about the fateful day back in 2005 when SOE, struggling in the wake of World of Warcraft's...
Getting carded.

The Daily Grind: Will you try Epic’s Paragon MOBA?

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I hadn't heard of Paragon before last weekend, but after watching the brief gameplay clip that Epic released to tease its upcoming MOBA, I'm...
Whoa there, little mechy.

Project Genom is getting a full open world and rebuilt locations

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Wondering what's going on with Project Genom? You're not the only one, as the most recent development dispatch makes it clear that the team...

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Most Improved MMO

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the most improved MMO of 2015. All MMOs, regardless of release date, were eligible for this award,...
How do you survive?

Darkfall requests community feedback; F2P is off the table

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It's not exactly a secret that Darkfall Unholy Wars isn't a darling of the entire Darkfall fandom, considering that there are two separate attempts...
Three-point landing! Sort of.

Bless enters focus group testing until December 20th

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Bless was originally slated to release right around, well, now. Right this moment, as you're reading. No fooling! But the game had some issues...

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Biggest MMO Story of the Year

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the MMO story of the year. This isn't an award based on popularity as measured by hits...

Cube World resumes active development

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When voxel sandbox Trove hit the pavement running, I know I wasn't alone when my first reaction was, "Damn, this looks like Cube World, only,...

Epic’s new game is a MOBA called Paragon

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Epic's entering the MOBA space with Paragon, which is scheduled to hit the PC and PlayStation 4 in 2016. The studio released a brief...

Dungeons & Dragons Online explains legendary green steel crafting

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Turbine is adding legendary green steel crafting to Dungeons & Dragons Online. It's a "wide-reaching, complex crafting system," according to an equally wide-reaching forum...

ARK: Survival Evolved scores some mainstream press coverage

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ARK: Survival Evolved got some mainstream press coverage over the weekend, with a piece in the Seattle Times that focused on Studio Wildcard lead...

SWTOR climbs, FFXIV falls in Raptr’s October rankings

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Raptr recently released its most played games list for October 2015. MMOish titles featured heavily in the list, with Star Wars: The Old Republic...

Shroud of the Avatar details its City of Truth, conducts an R24 postmortem

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It's the weekend, which means that it must be time to peruse the latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter. Sure enough, Portalarium released another...

No Man’s Sky has neither missions nor collectibles

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No Man's Sky is a big game, what with 18 quintillion planets that would take 600 billion hours for players to explore, according to...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite voxel-based game?

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Every time I play Space Engineers, or even write a post about it, I'm blown away by the recent planetary update. The sheer size...

HEX’s PvE mode detailed in a fresh video

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That kickstarted HEX: Shards of Fate trading card game is still a thing, and earlier this week, HEX Entertainment published a video showing off...

The MOP Up: Players choose Lineage II classic server name (December 6, 2015)

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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...

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