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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...
Appreciable?

Final Fantasy XI adds Unity shirts and jump emotes (and actual content)

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After more than a decade of operation, Final Fantasy XI has finally added jumping. Sort of. You still can't use it to reach high...
HOLIDAY ADD

Elite Lord of Alliance’s first major content patch adds a new level cap, a new area, and Christmas

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How long should a game be around before you start upping the level cap? Elite Lord of Alliance (or ELOA as it's known to...
And in the distance, the call of payment.

DayZ now allows monetized private servers

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In the event of a zombie apocalypse like the one that has apparently hit the world of DayZ, human money will be entirely worthless....

H1Z1 gets comfortable with food

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What does H1Z1 and The Sims have in common? Other than being gruesome torture boxes for innocent video game characters, both games are focused...

SWTOR server is hit by a rollback

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Does your Star Wars: The Old Republic character drown his or her sorrows in the local cantina? If you're a player on the Harbinger...

Star Citizen launches 2.0 alpha for all Citizens

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Cloud Imperium has just launched Star Citizen's 2.0 alpha version to the public. "Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 is here! Today, we are proud to make...
And this time, we mean it.

Betawatch: Albion Online celebrates the season and its backers (December 11, 2015)

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Who loves Albion Online? The game is clearly doing something right enough to celebrate 60,000 founders backing the game in its current beta test;...
Creepy even by the setting's standards!

Diablo III previews Greyhollow Island for Patch 2.4

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There are lots of different flavors of creepy in Diablo III. Obviously, players are dealing with a world of the demonic at all times,...

Asker Online adds the scythe-using Blood Vampire

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Korean action-MMO Asker Online's idea of vampires has nothing to do with sparkles, counting, or plotting revenge against Simon Belmont. Instead, the Blood Vampire is...

Trove’s Chloromancer takes root next week

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Announced earlier this week, Trove's new Chloromancer class draws inspiration from the RIFT class of the same name, and now we have a better understanding...

SWTOR is working on a new warzone and fresh monthly content

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BioWare Community Manager Eric Musco hit the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums this afternoon and dived into the hellishly long discussion thread that's been rolling since...
This seems like a tonal shift.

Destiny developers clarify the shift to event-based updates after The Taken King

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Players of Destiny might well have expected the game's future updates to resemble what had happened before The Taken King, with medium-sized DLC packs...
FALCON PAWNCH

Check out fan-made videos for both of TERA’s new dungeons

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The most recent patch for TERA added in two new dungeons along with a new class. But what if you're not sure about those...

Albion Online celebrates 60,000 founders

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Albion Online studio Sandbox Interactive has a lot to be pleased about today: It's reached a new milestone in the form of 60,000 total founders. Two...

Rokh offers a persistent multiplayer survival sandbox set on Mars

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If H1Z1's zombies and ARK: Survival Evolved's dinos aren't your kind of survival sandbox, how about one set on the planet Mars? Darewise Entertainment and...

MechWarrior Online stomps onto Steam

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Looking to get your 'mech on with your favorite digital gaming platform? If you're a Steam user, then rejoice, for MechWarrior Online is now...
The gang's all there.

SkySaga commemorates a year of alpha testing and teases holiday events

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Let's get this out of the way before having any sort of serious discussion about SkySaga: The developers have tweeted a picture of a...

Hearthstone welcomes Winter Veil

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Hearthstone is adopting big brother World of Warcraft's holiday event, as the card game has officially ushered in the start of Winter Veil earlier...