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MMO Week in Review: WildStar Reloaded (October 4, 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! WildStar...

The MOP Up: How long would you last in your MMO? (October 4, 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...

Gloria Victis patches for kicks

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The latest pre-alpha build of Gloria Victis went live this past week, and it's all about the most deadly attack of them all: kicking. Scoff...

Carbine muses about WildStar on consoles

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With the spotlight on WildStar this week, many are thinking about the game's future, including the folks at Carbine. One possibility for the game...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: Pantheon’s seed financing (October 3, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, fans of Brad McQuaid's Pantheon fantasy MMO got some good news. It seems as if Visionary Realms has...
Ride like the wind.

Albion’s September state-of-the-game covers gameplay and art

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Sandbox Interactive posted an Albion state-of-the-game update on its website this week. The info is broken down into art department and gameplay sections, with...

SWTOR details combat changes, level sync in Fallen Empire

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Quite a few combat changes are in store for players when Knights of the Fallen Empire hits SWTOR later this month. A new dev...

Camelot Unchained announces early 2016 beta test

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Camelot Unchained looks to be moving into beta testing in early 2016. In a livestream yesterday, City State Entertainment revealed that the beta should kick off before the...
Oh, bother.

Betawatch: October 2nd, 2015

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Bad news for fans of elegant turns on the dance floor and all of the delicious accompanying politics that Ever, Jane promised - the...

CCP lays out EVE’s 2015/2016 roadmap

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CCP has published a new video featuring its EVE Online roadmap for the rest of this year and well into 2016. Executive producer Andie...

Dragon’s Prophet calls it quits in North America

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The latest free-to-play fantasy MMO to call it quits is Dragon's Prophet. Daybreak and Runewaker announced today the decision to shutter the title in North...

Guild Wars 2’s guild hall arena is ‘a combat sandbox’

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Guild Wars 2's week of dev blogs continues, this time with an update about guild hall arenas. ArenaNet calls its new guild hall arena...

Tree of Savior preps for larger closed beta

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Tree of Savior's English beta is about to get even more intense, with a larger test being readied to launch sometime in October. The second...

Marvel Heroes adds Kitty Pryde and Sunspot

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Ninjitsu, phasing, and dragons: Marvel Heroes' newest character Kitty Pryde has it all. The X-Men favorite joins the roster in today's 1.73 patch as a primarily...

EverQuest II: Expansion for progression servers, merges and free transfers for production servers

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The results are in! During the big expansion reveal livestream yesterday, EverQuest II’s Executive Producer Holly Longdale announced the outcome of the most recent...
Pretty metal.

Neverwinter shows off the iconic Forgotten Realms characters added to the game with the Underdark

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Are you looking forward to meeting some of the iconic cast members of Neverwinter's lore with the game's upcoming Underdark expansion? Do you have...
My name is might have been.

Records indicate that Rhode Island’s deal with 38 Studios was meant to be secret

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The 38 Studios story has been a mess since it was first announced, right up to the studio's collapse. It turns out that the...
Forward, my friends. To houses!

Guild Wars 2 shares more guild hall details, confirms raid gearing

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Guild Halls are a big part of the feature list for Guild Wars 2's first expansion, and with good cause. The ongoing livestreams of...

SWTOR is streamlining its cash shop for the expansion

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New and improved features aren't the only changes that BioWare has in store for Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire....

WildStar adds temporary new servers to lighten F2P load [Updated]

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There's no question that WildStar's servers have been crushed this week under the weight of the free-to-play population. Carbine admitted that its four "megaservers"...