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MMO Week in Review: Battle for Azeroth this summer (February 4, 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! World...

The MOP Up: Overwatch rings in the Lunar New Year (February 4, 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...
Good, great, grand.

Aion’s new stigma is actually a good thing

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Aion's new dungeons aren't the only exciting features coming in Update 5.8: The Divine Fortress. NCsoft has another present hidden behind its back for...

Pokemon Go: Stephen Fry mockumentary, AR acquisitions, and new buyable avatar outfits

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Pokemon Go summoned all controversies at once this week with the announcement of new buyable avatar items that are essentially locked to achievements. Redditors...

Make My MMO: Crowfall’s EU servers, Camelot’s newsletter, Star Citizen’s perks (February 3, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained's idea of a "short" newsletter is still over 3000 words, but it's live this week with a rundown...

Worlds Adrift looks forward to the next two patches

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With the next big testing patch arriving on Tuesday, Worlds Adrift is preparing players for a wipe that will make way for improvements to...

World of Warcraft hasn’t told us how it’s going to handle Battle for Azeroth retail CE upgrades

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This past week has been a flurry of activity among World of Warcraft fans as they raced to pre-order the Battle for Azeroth expansion...

Nexon America hit with a round of layoffs Nexon says is insignificant

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GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Nexon America has undergoing a round of layoffs. The number of affected employees is currently unknown, though a source reportedly...

Citadel: Forged With Fire’s great golem would like to kindly step on your face

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Just because a creature is huge, hulking, and incredibly powerful doesn't necessarily mean that it wants to crush you under its feet and grind...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Legends of Aria starts its closed beta (February 2, 2018)

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Congratulations, Legends of Aria, we're glad to see that you're in closed beta now. It's been a twisting road for this particular title, but...
I'm getting misty over here.

The Black Death shows off graphical improvements and an upcoming wiki revival

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Despite its subject matter and, well, name, The Black Death is not a particularly unattractive game. That doesn't mean it can't use a bit...
Classy.

Final Fantasy XI’s next version update gives you a whole new Dynamis-Windurst

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Ah, Dynamis. Once, it was the graveyard of level 75 players, where well-coordinated groups would go in and get murdered repeatedly by statues whilst...

Guild Wars 2: Mesmer changes, the friendship contest, and the real identity of the Herald of Balthazar

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If you missed Guild Wars 2's Twitch stream this afternoon, and you probably did because it's Friday and ain't nobody got time to watch...
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Life is Feudal offers a video overview of agriculture

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In the middle ages, no doubt serfs worked the land, stared out over the horizon, and dreamed of a day when people could spend...
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Valentione’s Day returns to Final Fantasy XIV

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It's that time of February once again, and that means Lisette de Valentione is arriving from Ishgard to spread her message of love while...

Co-op survival MMO Dead Maze pits you against zombies when it launches February 13

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Last August, we heard about a cute little coop survival MMO called Dead Maze. Yeah, yeah, it's zombies. But it's also not your average...

Multiplayer shooter Ironsight goes into open beta

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Lock and load, Ironsight is ready to go. Aeria Games' military multiplayer shooter went into open beta testing on Thursday, allowing just about everyone...
Rewarding.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds blocks players from using Reshade with its latest patch

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The latest patch for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is supposedly focused around improving Miramar with more cover and more stuff to discover, making it a more...

Neverwinter talks about game fixes, puts the final touches on the Cradle of the Death God

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Cryptic's state of the game livestream came out earlier this week for Neverwinter... and it was not quite as groundbreaking as you might have...
Try it out.

Destiny 2 outlines its development roadmap while it’s gotta go fast

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The latest development roadmap for Destiny 2 has arrived, and it's pretty expansive. It covers updates through May, which winds up being the next...