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Guild Wars 2’s soundtrack to release on vinyl LP [Updated]

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Back in our holiday gifts guide for the MMO hipster, I made a joke about demanding game soundtracks on vinyl. Little did I know...

Guild Wars 2 e-sports team ragequits over design meta, technical issues

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Here's a bit of MMORPG e-sports drama for you: A major Guild Wars 2 e-sports team bailed from competition last night. Competing in the game's ESL Guild...

Elite: Dangerous’ Horizons goes live today

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Elite: Dangerous' Horizons - specifically, the 1.5 ships update - is set for launch today. Horizons is considered the next season for the game's original version,...
Well, I had fun.

Star Wars: The Old Republic celebrates Life Day

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It may be a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but the residents of Star Wars: The Old Republic still know...
Ho, then when I say so, ho again.

Final Fantasy XIV previews this year’s Starlight Celebration

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Have you ever noticed that every single holiday celebration in Final Fantasy XIV goes wrong? There's never a year when player characters are not...
We all go together.

PSN users find level boosts for Destiny on the PSN store

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Good news, Destiny players on the PlayStation with a desire to bypass a good chunk of leveling! You belong to a rather narrow subgroup,...

It’s a Wipe! mimics online guild management

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How well do you fancy yourself a guild leader? If you've ever had a hankering to try it out without all of the drama...

The Daily Grind: Are you an MMO ‘harbinger of failure’?

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Earlier this year, blog Kill Ten Rats wrote about "Harbingers of Failure," a term coined by a quad of marketing researchers to describe people...

Not So Massively: Counter-Strike nerfs all the guns (December 14, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...

DDO previews Update 29: The Codex War

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Before 2015's hourglass runs out of sand, Turbine promises to get one last big update for Dungeons and Dragons Online out of the door. The developers...

The Ghost in the Shell online shooter is live now on Steam

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Say this one ten times fast: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online is live today on Steam's early access platform....

The Secret World kicks off 12 days of deals

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Do you love The Secret World and have some disposable income to toss in its direction? Then Funcom's 12 Days of Deals could be...
Probably a game.

Guild Wars 2 plans post-Heart of Thorns balance changes

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On the Guild Wars 2 official forums today, ArenaNet's Gaile Gray has outlined a number of balance changes heading to the game, once again...
The hungriest of domes.

Crowfall aims siege warfare at February

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If you're enjoying the current round of testing for Crowfall, we have both good news and bad news for you. The bad news is...

World of Warcraft: Legion tosses in more celeb cameos

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World of Warcraft is no stranger to hobnobbing with real-world celebrities, from hiring them for commercials to putting them into the game as not-so-secret...

SWTOR lets former subscribers play first chapter of Knights of the Fallen Empire for free

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As many of you know, to get in on Star Wars: The Old Republic's recent expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, you at least have...
I am COMPELLED to SHOOT!

Trion compensates Devilian players for lost progress on the Seadrift server

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There's nothing quite like logging in over the weekend to play some Devilian, logging out after a little while, and then logging back in......

MMO Week in Review: Star Citizen’s ambitions (December 13, 2015)

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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! Star...

EVE Evolved: Operation Frostline patch and event guide

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Practically every MMO does some kind of event for the holidays, but how do you bring the holiday cheer to a dystopian sci-fi universe...

The MOP Up: GTA Online makes every bullet count (December 13, 2015)

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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...