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Blade & Soul is live; here’s the launch roundup, gallery, and trailer

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NCsoft's Blade & Soul formally launches in the west today, having spent the last few days in headstart. To celebrate how far it's come in...

Heroes of the Storm announces Spring Global Championship

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The past few years have seen MOBAs take over the competitive gaming landscape, with just a handful of games managing to attract millions of...

World of Warships embarks on community event ‘Project R’

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Who would like a new destroyer? Wargaming just launched a five-week community event for World of Warships to bring the Kamikaze R destroyer back...

Wild Terra discusses dynamic world maps and PvE safe zones

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Wild Terra's server structure is undergoing a transformation. In a new dev blog, the developers explain that the sandbox's servers will each boast a unique,...

Worlds Adrift gives a glimpse of its lush flora

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In the third episode of the Worlds Adrift Show, the devs show a tantalizingly brief glance of the game's new grass and flowers. Hope...

Dungeons and Dragons Online preps Gnome race and 10th anniversary dungeon

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In 2016, Dungeons and Dragons Online is joining that elite club of MMOs that have been running for an entire decade. Yes, this year...
Well, here's hoping, at least.

Firefall prepares for update 1.6 with more than a day of downtime

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Here's the bad news for Firefall fans: the game is going down for maintenance on January 19th at 11:00 a.m. EST, and it's staying...

Improbable wants to build better MMO worlds

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If you're looking for signs of what the next generation of MMOs could look like, then you might want to start checking out the...
More than you know.

You’re stuck in Manhattan for The Division’s launch

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What's the best borough of New York City? If you said Queens, Brooklyn, or the Bronx (no one ever says Staten Island), you're going...
Try to fly better than this.

Get some useful tips on Blade & Soul before it launches tomorrow

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Tomorrow's the big launch day for Blade & Soul for anyone not already enjoying the head start opportunity. Users on Reddit have helpfully compiled...
The most something game.

ARK: Survival Evolved plans to bring online more than 100 new Xbox One servers

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Excessive popularity isn't always a good thing for an online game. ARK: Survival Evolved has been struggling with handling an overabundance of Xbox One...

Vivendi sells all of its shares of Activision Blizzard for $1.1 billion

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Breaking up is always hard to do -- unless, of course, there's a whole ton of money in the mix to make you feel...

MMO Week in Review: Blade & Soul’s headstart

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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! Blade...

Fans are remaking RuneScape with Neverwinter Nights 2’s toolset

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Most RuneScape fans would probably agree that Jagex's game is very fine indeed, but there are always those who look at an MMO and think,...

Star Conflict’s latest patch introduces badass player-made destroyer ships

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Building on its December Age of Destroyers patch, Gaijin's space sandbox Star Conflict has this week patched in that very ship class for players to create. "The first...

The MOP Up: Titan Siege debuts (January 17, 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...

Wakfu and Dofus add the Huppermage class

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It's not every day that you see the same class come to two different MMOs, but here you go: Ankama has added the new...

Diablo III’s 2.4 patch debilitates console versions

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Diablo III's much-anticipated 2.4 update is causing as much harm as it is good for both Xbox and PlayStation communities. Console players have reported...

Make My MMO: Shroud of the Avatar preps release schedule (January 16, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Shroud of the Avatar broke $8 million in crowdfunding thanks in part to a crazy telethon in which...

Wear animals while mentoring in Moonlight Blade

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What's big in fashion in Moonlight Blade for the new year? It's not animal prints -- it's animals! From accessories to costumes to weapons, the...