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Life is Feudal adds immersion with seasons patch

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How many times have you expressed (or seen expressed) the desire to watch seasons change in an MMO? That's not a feature that most...

Rokh makes the planet Mars come alive

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There are so many multiplayer survival games swirling about these days that you might be forgiven for overlooking one or two. We haven't heard...

BattlEye clarifies anti-hacking program and privacy to ARK players

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After ARK: Survival Evolved players expressed some concerns about the new anti-hacking program BattlEye and its EULA, a BE dev took to the survival...

Shroud of the Avatar is an ally for player-created quests

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It should be rather obvious by now that the Shroud of the Avatar dev team is just as focused on involving the community in...

Asker Online is closing down next month

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Well, that did not last long. Only months after launching, Asker Online announced that it is shutting down on March 22nd. The action MMO featured...

Preview Blade & Soul’s Warlock class in a new overview trailer

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NCsoft is hyping Blade & Soul's upcoming Warlock class with a fresh video today. "The Warlock is Blade & Soul’s second dedicated ranged class with...
I get the temptation, but you are not actually a captain.

Interview: The scoop on Star Trek Online’s skill redesign

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I make no secret of the fact that I'm very fond of Star Trek Online, but I also make no secret of the fact...

6.4 million people propelled The Division’s beta to a new console record

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The Division set a record this weekend for the biggest beta in a new-brand, current-gen console game. Ubisoft told blog readers today that more than...
Jackal off.

The Elder Scrolls Online adds new vanity pets for DLC owners

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Owning the DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online already confers a benefit upon you, insofar as you have access to everything contained within that...
I know, I usually don't reuse these so quickly, but come on. This time it makes perfect sense.

Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2 notes

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It's patch day, ladies and gentlemen! All right, so it's the day before patch day. It's close to patch day. It's patch day adjacent....

ARPG Grim Dawn is about to emerge from early access

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If you've been watching multiplayer action RPG Grim Dawn since it joined the Steam early access program back at the end of 2013 as we...
Great old.

The Secret World’s subscriber badge reward unwittingly provokes dismay

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The Secret World's recent membership status tweaks have more than a few players up in arms. A 450+ post thread on the official forums chronicles...
The important thing is that no one learned anything.

IBM is testing a Sword Art Online VR MMO next month

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If you've never watched Sword Art Online, here's the quick version: There's a VR-based MMO that became popular but then trapped everyone inside of...

Blade & Soul adjusts anti-cheater measures, says server transfers are in the works

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NCsoft is making a few changes to its anti-cheater software in Blade & Soul and says that its efforts to combat sneaky behavior are...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMORPG boss fight?

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World of Warcraft's Burning Crusade was very definitely not my favorite WoW expansion, but it had some fantastic dungeons. Karazhan leaps to mind as...
Black Desert

MMO Week in Review: Black Desert and ArcheAge cash-shop rage (February 21, 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! Cash-shop...

The MOP Up: PlanetSide 2 gets a promotion (February 21, 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...
FACE

Get a video preview of Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Update 30

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The truth of the matter is that you could jump onto the test server for Dungeons & Dragons Online right now and preview Update...

No Man’s Sky will have a physically accurate universe … almost

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If you've been following upcoming space exploration game No Man's Sky, you've probably heard a few things about its incredibly large procedurally generated universe....

Firefall loses its senior systems designer

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Last Thursday the Firefall community had to bid a sad farewell to David "Cloudchaser" Severs, the senior systems designer for Red 5 Studios. Severs...