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Not So Massively: Star Citizen’s map is amazing (October 12, 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...
Department of Recursion Department

Shroud of the Avatar goes recursive with Release 23

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Shroud of the Avatar is the most recent game that Richard Garriott has worked on, so why not spend your time in that game...

You can kill people with trees in Worlds Adrift

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Bossa Studios' new Worlds Adrift title already seemed rather ambitious. With a recent dev blog, though, the studio admitted to the lofty goal of...

Skyforge is getting additional PvP modes at some point

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Skyforge North American producer Aaron "Legatus" Biedma has penned a new producer letter that's posted on the game's official website. Biedma says that he...
It, uh... works?

Ub3rgames wants to reboot classic Darkfall

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The long and checkered history of Darkfall has taken an interesting turn thanks to Darkfall: New Dawn, a project that aims to reboot the...

Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns economy and legendary weapons

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ArenaNet has published two Guild Wars 2 dev blogs today: one on the economy and one on legendary weapons. ANet economist John Smith begins by...

Otherland teases Halloween event, reacts to player suggestions

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Even in the midst of its early access testing, Otherland is planning some sort of Halloween event later this month along with a large...
Combat attire: you're doing it wrong.

Take a look at the gameplay of Black Desert’s Witch

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There's still no hard information on when Black Desert is coming westward, although the game is currently in open beta in Russia and it...

WildStar promises economy and tradeskill improvements

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In response to player feedback from the recent Reloaded update for WildStar, Carbine is preparing several changes to the economy and tradeskills that will be added...

Marvel Heroes 2016 arrives this December with tons of initiatives

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Come this December, Marvel Heroes will be upgrading from its 2015 version to 2016, representing the new model of superpowered gameplay heading our way. Gazillion...
In the grim darkness of whatever, blah blah explosions.

Eternal Crusade’s alpha is meant as a dry run of the live experience

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Are you of the mind that Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade jumped into alpha a little bit too early? A new state of the game...
It's no Star Citizen, but it's far closer.

Elite: Dangerous shows off a planetary surface

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Give people a game about flying around in space and the first question you hear is, "When can we walk around on a planet?"...

Daybreak’s Jens Andersen says PlanetSide 2 ‘is really struggling’

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Daybreak Executive Creative Director Jens Andersen admitted on Reddit that PlanetSide 2 isn't doing as well as it should: "The game is really struggling, and...

Funcom asks bondholders to defer company debts

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As we've reported previously, Funcom's financials aren't in the best of shape, and as of this morning, the company is appealing to its bondholders to lend a hand...

The MOP Up: Skyforge’s new raid (October 11, 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...

Asta plans public beta for November 3

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Will Asta succeed in the west after it failed in the east? That's the question that we're inching toward answering, as Webzen announced that...

MMO Week in Review: Star Citizen’s CitizenCon 2015 and Squadron 42 (October 11, 2015)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! Star Citizen's...

You’ll never see Camelot Unchained’s Archer before she shoots you

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Interested in being a deadly threat at a distance? Then you should pay attention to Camelot Unchained's archer archetype, which comes in three class...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: Divergence Online takes Steam by storm (October 10, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Divergence Online landed on Steam Greenlight, bolstering its ongoing Indiegogo campaign by rocketing to #15 on the platform's Greenlight...

Players publish video tribute to Landmark developers

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A group of Landmark players have posted a heartwarming tribute video to the folks at Daybreak working on the game. Players Denghe, Oxillion, and Xyloriel, who...