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Project Gorgon goes from craps tables to speed D&D gambling

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Watching Project Gorgon's development is almost as fun as actually playing the game, and with the game's next patch meant to feature gambling heavily,...

Worlds Adrift tests alliances on the new PTS, tackles update 27’s gear damage and PvE biomes

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Worlds Adrift's public test server officially went live last week, the game's weekly newsletter proclaims. "Enjoy the broken mess is a QA build," Bossa...

The Repopulation untangles its core issues and works on a new patch

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Do you still hold any hope for The Repopulation? There seemed to be a decided dip in interest for this sci-fi sandbox following its...

Warframe is rolling out the Revenant Warframe this week

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You know how I know Warframe is kicking butt and taking names? Our tipsters are just nuts for this game, and the onslaught of...

WVU researchers post survey seeking input on video game character avatars

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I suspect that most MMO players, especially the sort who hang out on forums and blogs and care deeply about the games they play,...
We may also not be in Telara, either.

RIFT Prime will get the 2012 Storm Legion expansion this fall

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Remember way back in 2012 when Storm Legion launched in Trion Worlds' MMO RIFT? You can remember all over again this fall, at least...
Stormy weather.

First impressions of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, part 4: Conclusions

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Part four covers expansion odds and ends plus the conclusion to our series: the problem with Azerite, progression, and why the expansion isn't bad, just weakly executed.

Gamescom 2018: Blizzard announces Diablo’s Mephisto for Heroes of the Storm, Tychus and crew for StarCraft II

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Blizzard is rolling into Cologne with a bunch of Gamescom reveals for some of its titles, two of which are on display already today. First...
Trailing!

Path of Exile has some nifty graphics improvements coming with Delve League

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I don't know about you, but I've never thought of Path of Exile as a particularly ugly game in need of major graphical work...
This will be helpful.

Cliff Bleszinski promises to detail Boss Key’s demise in his upcoming autobiography

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For those of you who missed it over the past year or so, the path of Boss Key Productions was one of being founded...
Oh no tentacles.

Final Fantasy XIV prepares for another return of the Rising

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Every year, the residents of Eorzea in Final Fantasy XIV gather up to think back to the end of the world as part of...

Camelot Unchained works on a 64-bit client and lovely new lighting

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All this month, Camelot Unchained has been in the thick of its Beta 1 test, and so far, it doesn't look like the devs...

Forsaken Legends team gets diverted into zombie survival territory

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It's been a very long, very strange road for Forsaken Legends. This ambitious fantasy sandbox garnered some attention when it began to sell prelaunch...

MMO Week in Review: The war over WoW

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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! World...

The MOP Up: Warface heads to PlayStation 4 (August 19, 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...

Perpetuum is back from the dead thank to the Open Perpetuum Project, all with the original developer’s blessing

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One of the biggest losses to the MMORPG genre last year was sci-fi sandbox MMORPG Perpetuum Online. The Avatar Creations devs threw in the...

Pokemon Go: New Pokemon, quality-of-life additions, and gen 4 hints

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Niantic's Pokemon Go updates are still chugging along and providing fans with more than just new Pokemon. But new Pokemon are kind of the...
Fresh-ish.

Archeage adds new content to its fresh start server

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How long is a fresh start server really about a fresh start? You could argue at this point that it's more of a fresh...

Make My MMO: Two canceled MMO Kickstarters and two languishing, but plushies for the win (August 18, 2018)

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It's been a weird week in MMO crowdfunding. The Codename Reality Kickstarter isn't looking good; devs have raised under 2% of their original half a million dollar...

Age of Conan goes triple bonus on your tanned hide

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While a typical summer vacation might involve hanging out at a beach and enjoying a tasty barbeque, in Age of Conan's world that beach...