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Funcom’s Q4 2015 revenues are up from Q3, creditors restructure loans

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Funcom has released its fourth quarter 2015 financials, and the news is both good and bad. The studio's latest quarterly revenues were up $342,000 US...

Hellgate is shutting down its last server in the world

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Hellgate is one of those titles that never quite seems to die; the former Flagship title has been resurrected and shut down so many...
Plus ce change choses, &c.

Ultima Online’s next patch lands this March

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Ultima Online latest newsletter, part of a new initiative to insert itself into your inbox, reveals the Broadsword team is hard at work on...
Same old story.

World of Warcraft’s Lunar Festival starts today

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There's a bit of a content drought in place on the World of Warcraft servers at the moment, what with the game's last major...
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Take a tour through Elder Scrolls Online’s Thieves Guild DLC locations

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As The Elder Scrolls Online inches toward the release of the Thieves Guild DLC, ZeniMax is hyping the incoming content. Today, it's released a...

DUAL Universe promises a seamless galaxy on a single shard

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When it comes to creating a science fiction MMO, there are two directions you can take. You can either hold up EVE Online as...
Book 'em

Wisdom of Nym: What we know so far about Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch

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So we know what's going on with the next patch for Final Fantasy XIV, or at least as much as could be released during...

Firefly Online aims to misbehave in beta soon

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Firefly Online's certainly been running quiet over the past year or so, in part due to the rework required from landing the show's actors...
More exciting than the video.

The Divergence Steam drama timeline: What we know

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Update February 2nd: The DMCA complaint has been dropped and the store page is back online. In the wake of Divergence Online's disappearance from the...

The Division extends beta test, plots open beta, grapples with rampant cheating

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The good news? The Division is extending its weekend beta test for an additional day, allowing players to keep on exploring its fallen New...
I said - what's cooler than being cool? ICE COLD!

WildStar’s next major update promises to be very, very cool (in an ice region)

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Ready to enjoy some more chill time in WildStar? The game's next update has been announced, and it should be really cool. Literally cool....
Let's not have a repeat of the last time.

Final Fantasy XIV is resuming Mac clients sales on February 23rd

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When Final Fantasy XIV launched its first expansion in the middle of last year, it also meant the launch of the game's Mac client....
This didn't work out all right.

MMO Week in Review: The Repopulation’s triumph (January 31, 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! After...

Take a tour of a pair of Bless Online dungeons

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For some, the meat of any MMO is in its dungeons, and it is here that Steparu has turned his attention in his journey...

The MOP Up: Dungeons & Drama Online (January 31, 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...

Why isometric sandbox Wild Terra is switching to 3-D models

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Hardcore sandbox Wild Terra's latest dev diary digs into the guts of how it came to the decision to switch the sprite-based character animation...
I'm seeing... actually, this sums it up.

Destiny to celebrate V-Day with Crimson Days

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We're staring down the barrel of Valentine's Day, which means that love and Cupid's arrows are in the air. But that's not enough for...
What is the world.

Otherland is temporarily borked on Steam

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If you're trying to play Otherland through Steam today, you might be noticing the store page is offline. Drago Entertainment dev Lucjan told concerned fans...

The Repopulation switches engines, announces survival spin-off ‘Fragmented’

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The Repopulation has finally issued its promised announcement to the community following the long HeroEngine drama that drove it offline last month: Above &...

PSA: Star Citizen’s free-fly weekend and Squadron 42 split

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We've got a double Star Citizen PSA for you this weekend. First, Star Citizen is open this weekend for yet another "free-fly" event; anyone can...