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War Thunder is ‘within a hair’s breadth’ of a complete destructibility system

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War Thunder players will soon be able to destroy the game's ground environment, according to a new Gaijin dev blog. Previously the ability to...

The Mop Up: FEAR is dead edition

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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 8, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Project Gorgon continued to feel the Kickstarter love thanks to the realization of its $30,000 stretch goal. Star...
Spread your wings and, well, glide.

Betawatch: August 7th, 2015

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It's time for the first Guild Wars 2 expansion beta weekend! Technically, it's a public weekend, but the only parts of the public that...
NOW PUNCH! YOUR FRIEND! PUNCH, PUNCH YOUR FRIEND! GET OUT ON THE FLOOR AND PUNCH YOUR BEST FRIEND!

Lineage Eternal should have two more tests this year

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Thus far, Lineage Eternal has only had one focus group test, but NCsoft appears to be ramping up the game's test schedule as the...

Skyforge’s Crucible of the Gods PvP tweaks detailed

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Skyforge has published another update relating to next week's Crucible of the Gods patch. This time the focus is on the changes coming to...

Leaderboard: Would you play Civilization Online?

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XLGAMES isn't bringing Civilization Online to western consumers. At least right now. Maybe XL and partner 2K will localize the title at some point, but...

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...

Shards Online: Proposing the ‘persistent online world’ game

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Last week, our comments erupted over some game studios' haphazard use of the term "MMO" -- and how that overuse and misuse has possibly tainted the...

Heimburg: Project Gorgon is ‘the most ambitious thing I’ve ever attempted’

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It seems like half the Massively staff has been playing Project Gorgon here lately, so we figured it was time to seek out the...

The Daily Grind: What would entice you back to WoW?

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While a number of our writers and many of our readers are fans of World of Warcraft, it's no secret that a lot of...

Massively Overthinking: The first VR MMO

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In this edition of Massively Overthinking, Kickstarter backer Yinta wants to talk about virtual reality. "When will we see the first VR MMO?" So let's tackle...
What're you doing here?

Black Desert’s western community manager is interviewed, doesn’t say much

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Are you interested in Black Desert? If so, a new interview with the game's western community manager might be worth a read. Or it might...

German tech tree is coming to World of Warships in October

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Wargaming has announced that the German tech tree will set sail in World of Warships this October. If you're visiting Gamescom this week, you...

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...

Gamescom 2015: Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts dismisses Derek Smart

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Line of Defense's Derek Smart has made it quite clear what he thinks about Star Citizen and its creator, Chris Roberts, by calling for...

SMITE previews a new joust map

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Hi-Rez published a video diary today featuring SMITE lead designer Scott Zier and various artists, who spend the brief running time explaining how the...
All this and more dinosaurs besides.

Gamescom 2015: ARK gets a brief new trailer

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ARK: Survival Evolved got a new trailer at this week's Gamescom. It's super short, but it also manages to capture just about all that's awesome...

ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to Xbox One early access this winter

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If you want to play ARK on a console for whatever reason, you've only got to wait a few more months. We've known for a...