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MMO Week in Review: Farewell, Nostalrius (April 10, 2016)

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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! This...
Where is something I can hit with a pointy bit of metal?

Gloria Victis patch balances weapons and adds armor penetration

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The combat in Gloria Victis is a big part of the game, so it makes sense that the developers are taking their time to...

The MOP Up: Demons invade Skyforge (April 10, 2016)

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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...

H1Z1: King of the Kill adjustments highlight beta process

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A new H1Z1: King of the Kill producer's letter is a prime example of how the testing period of development often goes. Like mechanics...

Skyforge’s next update will make finding adventures a snap

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Good news, everyone! Skyforge's next big update, Reaper's Revenge, is only days away from release. Allods Team announced this week that the content patch...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s studio report (April 9, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Star Citizen published a massive studio report, complete with a brand-new video on EVA transitions for first-person combat. Meanwhile, Sacrament...

Leaderboard: Did you sub to EVE Online for World War Bee?

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MOP's Brendan's terrific ongoing coverage of World War Bee -- the great war that wages on inside perennially combative MMORPG sandbox EVE Online --...

The Stream Team: Exploring ARK’s new cave biomes

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After taking out the Broodmother, MassivelyOP's MJ and the gang were unable to locate ARK's two new caves. It was probably just as good,...

Camelot Unchained makes ‘slow and steady progress’ toward beta

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The pieces are falling into place for Camelot Unchained's first beta, although it's not quite here yet. Mark Jacobs jumped onto the stage on...

Mount up in Wild Terra this weekend

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Wild Terra's mega mount patch, which has been five months in the making, will finally let players saddle up tomorrow. On Saturday, April 9th,...
Car game.

Betawatch: Everything is going into beta (April 8, 2016)

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Do you feel a cold, hollow pit in your heart that could only be filled with Auto Assault and its legacy of motorized vehicles...

The Stream Team: Taking on the third Ascendancy trial in Path of Exile

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Two down, four to go! MassivelyOP’s MJ has passed her first two Ascendancy trials, and she's eager to finish up more so she can...

ARK’s modding contest offers you the moon

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Back in January, Studio Wildcard announced a modding contest for ARK: Survival Evolved. Those mods have now been submitted, and it's the community's turn...

Hear the first music track from No Man’s Sky

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Wonder what you'll be hearing while you're exploring the near-infinite universe of No Man's Sky? Work has completed on the soundtrack for the upcoming...
Well, not so much.

Nosgoth is shutting down at the end of May

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Sad news today for fans of asymmetric vampire shooting games; Nosgoth, the multiplayer shooter based on the Legacy of Kain franchise, will be shutting...

Dungeons and Dragons Online tech woes continue a month after datacenter move

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Cast your mind back to the long-ago era of "early March 2016," during which Turbine moved Dungeons and Dragons Online to a new datacenter....

Ultima Online rejects F2P rumors, says Steam launch has been held up by EA

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If you were waiting to try Ultima Online when it launches on Steam as devs have been promising for over a year now since...

Guild Wars 2 is nerfing Super Adventure Box tribulation mode cheesing

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Can't hack Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box but really want a sparkly orange weapon? Get your runs while you can. ArenaNet Game Security...
I don't miss the days without blood elves, not at all.

WoW Factor: Nostalrius, copyright, and player demand

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If you haven't been following the latest Legion testing - which, at the end of the day, is just a series of iterative updates...
In hindsight, this was a bad decision.

Black Desert is patching in auto-path looping right now

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Hope you voted yes on the auto-path looping feature that Black Desert put to player vote on Monday! The poll closed with over 83% of the...

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