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Run-and-gun permadeath platformer StarBreak launches in May

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What would it have been like if you could have played the side-scrolling platformers from the 1980s and 1990s with tons of other people?...

Worlds Adrift walks down the fashion runway

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Cosmetics are serious business, people. And lest you think we're joking, we really are not: Players obviously care deeply about how their characters look...

How Turbine built Lord of the Rings Online’s Battle of Pelennor Fields

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Turbine Design Lead Ben "DrOctothorpe" Schneider has a meaty design blog out for Lord of the Rings players anxiously awaiting the launch of Update...

RIFT’s Shadeborn can hit two targets at the same time

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We've been covering the gradual reveals of the new souls (read: classes) coming to RIFT with Patch 3.6 this month, including the Runeshaper and...
It's not happening, people.

Bless Online strives to balance its PvE and PvP communities

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This past weekend the Bless Online dev team sat down with the community in Seoul to talk about the state and future of the...

Derek Smart is pulling Line of Defense from Steam over review-bombing

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In response to a question about Line of Defense's status on Steam, developer Derek Smart (yes, that Derek Smart) has told players that he...
Because of course she's curvy.

Livelock reveals its final character, Catalyst

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Livelock has revealed its final character out of its lineup of robots, and she's not going into battle alone. Not just in the sense...
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Project Gorgon introduces player vendor stalls

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There are plenty of ways to sell items to other players in Project Gorgon already, but there are some situations not covered by the...

The Black Death starts Steam early access next week

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What imaginative little boy or girl doesn't occasionally escape into the fantasy of being a grubby peasant during one of the worst pandemics in...
Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

ArcheAge players cry foul on a $100 in-game pool

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It's been a cold April in parts of the US, but ArcheAge is addressing that with the addition of a new hot tub house...

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,...