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Star Trek Online’s Winter Wonderland event starts December 3

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Q is back with Star Trek Online's annual Winter Wonderland event. The festivities begin at 12:00 p.m. EST on December 3rd and run through...

Shards Online is hosting a pre-alpha 3 livestream on December 12

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Shards Online is hosting a livestream on Saturday, December 12th, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST. What's the occasion? Well, it's the beginning...

Vendetta gets prettier on the Oculus Rift

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Did you know that Vendetta Online was the first MMO to support the Oculus Rift virtual reality device? And did you know that Vendetta...

Spatium is a space sandbox survival MMO on Kickstarter

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Spatium is a new MMO thing on Kickstarter, and while MMO Kickstarters are a dime a dozen these days, this one might just stand...

Shroud of the Avatar newsletter looks at arena building and more

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Did you miss Shroud of the Avatar's Friday update? I did; I was too busy stuffing my face with leftover turkey and dressing to pay...

Guild Wars 2’s PvP League starts tomorrow

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Guild Wars 2's first PvP League season starts December 1st, which, not coincidentally, is tomorrow. ArenaNet has published a how-to post for those of...

AdventureQuest 3D retools flash game into cross-platform MMO

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For 13 years, AdventureQuest has provided a 2-D solo experience for Artix Entertainment's fans. Now the game is due for a major upgrade, as...

Here’s a shocker: Hellgate is shutting down (again)

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Raise your hand if you're surprised that the latest version of Hellgate is closing down. OK, smartasses in the back row, put 'em down,...
I'm sure somebody thinks that's neat!

Star Citizen approaches the $100 million funding mark

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Numbers are kind of funny. The total amount of Star Citizen's funding doesn't really mean anything, per se; $100 million is just a significant...

The Daily Grind: Did you find any MMO deals over the weekend?

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So Black Friday has come and gone, and now I guess it's Cyber Monday, or something like that? I don't know; I don't pay...

The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s charity drive (November 29, 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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Make My MMO: Dogma’s world of darkness comes to Kickstarter (November 28, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Dogma: Eternal Night kicked off its fundraising campaign, for those of you still feeling the burn from CCP's failed...

Tree of Life changes towers, locks, and more in its latest patch

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Fantasy sandbox Tree of Life got a patch this week, which included a number of building system changes designed to make it easier to...

The Game Archaeologist: Ultima X Odyssey

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I think any MMO veteran has a private list of prematurely canceled games that he or she deeply wishes had been completed and launched....

Star Citizen is adding 50,000 more testers to its persistent universe

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If you weren't one of the lucky few who got into Star Citizen's first persistent universe test group last week, but you were one...

Skyforge is getting ready to tweak all of its classes

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Skyforge is getting ready to do the class balance shuffle, so if you enjoy how your class currently plays, too bad! The announcement post...

Wurm Unlimited is kicking ass on Steam

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Wurm Unlimited is still hanging out in SteamSpy's top 25 after one month of release. A press blurb from Code Club lead developer Rolf Jansson...
Oh, well, good.

Betawatch: The Repopulation’s downtime risk is real (November 27, 2015)

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If you wanted to point to an MMO doing everything right when it comes to Kickstarter, The Repopulation would be a fine pick. Unfortunately,...
Swings and roundabouts!

Leaderboard: Are you guilded in your main MMO?

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I've been playing Albion's closed beta this week, and if there's one thing I've learned about the top-down fantasy sandbox, it's that soloing is...
Good plan.

Guild Wars 2 sees a bright future in e-sports

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Why did Guild Wars 2 go free-to-play? According to Fortune, ArenaNet's decision to switch business models was centered around its desire to grow the fan...