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Phantasy Star Online 2 coming to PS4 in 2016, still no word on Western release

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The western-elusive Phantasy Star Online 2 is making the jump to the PlayStation 4 in Japan next year, bringing along a brand-new episode. The news comes...

MMO Week in Review: Funcom’s fate (August 16, 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! Funcom...

The MOP Up: Fishing Planet will rule all

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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...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: August 15, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Project Gorgon topped another couple of stretch goals. The funky fantasy sandbox thing with cows stands at just...

Gloria Victis fights with its animation system, emerges victorious

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Gloria Victis pre-alpha version 0.3 is live, and apparently it took some doing, since the changelog post describes a "long fight with the animations...

Alienware is sponsoring a modding contest for ARK

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If you're a pro modder and you like ARK: Survival Evolved, you might want to have a look at the dino sandbox's new modding...

Camelot Unchained’s Jacobs on animations, the game engine, and more

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Did you miss Camelot Unchained's evening update last night? I did, but fortunately this isn't radio and we can all go read it together....

The Game Archaeologist: Microsoft’s Mythica

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While Microsoft may be the big cheese when it comes to operating systems and worldwide domination, for whatever reason the company has the absolute...
I guess I could connect with my mother here, if I cared?

Betawatch: August 14th, 2015

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We all thought that Otherland was dead due to something as silly as a very long silence and the complete failure of its development...

Leaderboard: What’s your favorite Funcom MMO?

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Earlier this week, news of Funcom's dwindling financial fortunes kind of depressed me. And judging by our comments, it depressed a number of you,...

Here’s ‘everything you need to know’ about ArcheAge server merges

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Trion's latest ArcheAge website update purports to tell us everything we need to know about ArcheAge's upcoming server transfers. Now, my first thought was...

The Soapbox: Why I’m hopeful for the future of MMOs

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Earlier this week, Justin asked what gives you hope for the future of the MMOs. As you might expect, the responses were many and...

This Russian Black Desert trailer is worryingly appealing

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I should have learned my lesson after the debacle that was ArcheAge, but a part of me is still somewhat excited to play the western...

Albion is aiming at an EVE-like metagame

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The Videogame Backlog has interviewed Christian Ziegert, who is the head of operations at Sandbox Interactive and who is responsible for the fantasy MMO...
Hashtag-will-fight-you.

Crowfall updates its legalese, releases animator blog and vid

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Ready to drink from Crowfall's information firehose? That's good, because Artcraft has published a few more updates for its throne war simulator. First up...

Apparently Otherland is still being developed

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What ever happened to Otherland? Well, it sold a bunch of copies, spawned three sequels, and had its feature rights sold to a film...

Project Gorgon might feature cow-only guilds

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Project Gorgon's Kickstarter still has 10 days to go, so the devs at Elder Game have published a new set of stretch goals. They...
I'm sure someone thinks this is neat.

SMITE launches on Xbox One on 8/19

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The testing is finished and there's nothing left for SMITE to do but launch properly on Xbox One. So the game is indeed launching...

Nexon Q2 2015 finances strong thanks to MapleStory 2 and mobile

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It's another good quarter for free-to-play developer Nexon. The company posted its Q2 2015 financial report today, and while profits are slightly down from...

The Daily Grind: How do you play Elder Scrolls Online?

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I reinstalled Elder Scrolls Online this week, and I don't know why. I mean, I like the game well enough, and did from day...