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ArcheAge, Trove producers address Trion layoffs, tell players not to worry

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Last week's Trion Worlds layoffs appeared to have hit ArcheAge particularly hard, with the loss of a well-known producer to the eliminated positions, on...
Baby, it's cold outside.

World of Warcraft: Mexican wrestling, movie cuts, and Battle for Azeroth story spoilers

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There is just no way to smoothly mesh this Frankenstein assortment of World of Warcraft stories together, so hang tight -- abrupt transitions ahead. Why...
Oh gosh why.

MMO Week in Review: WoW’s seventh go-round on the expansion carousel (July 22, 2018)

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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! As...

The MOP Up: Gnomeland Security orders EQ2’s Tinkerfest (July 22, 2018)

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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...

Elder Scrolls Online brings back the ‘Midyear Mayhem’ PvP event next week

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ZeniMax is gearing up for a big PvP showdown in The Elder Scrolls Online next week with what it's dubbed the Midyear Mayhem PvP...

RuneScape preps player-owned farms, pushes forward with mobile MMO testing

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Time for a huge RuneScape progress update, so let's cover all our bases with one energetic post, shall we? Starting with the signature game,...
On a unicorn.

MapleStory 2 somehow ‘sells out’ of founder’s packs

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Artificial scarcity or necessary action? Either way, fans are going to have a hard time securing a founder's pack for Nexon's upcoming MapleStory 2,...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen in small claims court, Fractured nearing the finish line (July 21, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Fractured ramped up its Kickstarter dev blogs as it nears the finish line of its crowdfunding effort, which ends...

DC Universe Online joins Aquaman in Atlantis

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With the Aquaman movie coming this December, DC Universe Online doesn't want to be left out of the fishy fun. Just before the movie...
Ultima Online

Ultima Online plans rentable storage vaults for F2P players, plus new castle and keep designs

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With the game's 100th patch in the rear-view mirror, Ultima Online's developers are already hard at work on the 101st patch due out in...

Fantasy Life Online launches in Japan this month, no word on Western release date

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Game historians might recall that way back in 2002, game development studio Level 5 and Microsoft were collaborating on bringing the cel-shaded True Fantasy...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Legends of Aria wants you to break it (July 20, 2018)

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Please, break the servers for Legends of Aria. The developers want you to break the servers. There's a big event this weekend and everyone...

Wizard101’s main city gets a magical makeover

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When you've got magic on your side, renovation on a grand scale should be a snap, right? It was probably a little more difficult...
tappa tappa tappa

Warframe finally unleashes Nyx Prime (and others) in next week’s sale

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As Digital Extremes opens up its Warframe prime vault next week, so too might many players be opening up their wallets in response. "Become the...
It's a playground.

Fortnite’s Playground mode struggled due to matchmaking server stress

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Some limited-time modes in Fortnite are successful and some aren't, but the Playground mode was notable in that its issues had nothing to do...
We'll sell it by not selling it! It's the perfect crime.

Atlas Reactor launches new Oblivion map just in time for a double-experience weekend

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Trion's big games always get so much attention that I always forget about Atlas Reactor, but here it comes this weekend with a mighty...

Dauntless previews the flaming exotics arriving with The Coming Storm expansion

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Dauntless turned heads earlier this week by announcing two things: It's racked up 2M players in free-to-play open beta, and it's got a big...

Rend discusses sweeping content changes, wipes alpha servers ahead of new testing surge today

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Keep an eye on your inboxes today if you're hoping to get into Rend's alpha test: Frostkeep announced this week that it's added two...
What a dump.

Stardew Valley is finally really truly launching PC multiplayer on August 1st

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Stretch your mind back over two years ago, when the much-loved Stardew Valley first confirmed it was getting a multiplayer version, thereby justifying our...

Fractured’s player city system is the evolution of Star Wars Galaxies

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MMORPG sandbox Fractured has five days to secure another 16K to make its $116K Kickstarter goal - and it just broke the $100K barrier...

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