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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen gets investors, development is continuing

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen missed out on its Kickstarter goals, but that wasn't the end of the road. Visionary Realms, after an extended...

ArcheAge addresses castle construction bug

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A quest bug connected to the construction of castles on ArcheAge's Diamond Shores has resulted in Trion Worlds issuing a hotfix over the weekend...
This poor woman may now be able to wear a shirt.

That Wizards of the Coast vs. HEX lawsuit has finally been settled

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Good news, virtual card game fans! That long-running lawsuit between Hex Entertainment, Cryptozooic, and Wizards of the Coast is finally out of the way....

Ever, Jane holds off on its beta launch

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The austere Ever, Jane updated to Release 1.9 over this past weekend while keeping the title in alpha testing for a while longer. "We...
Sure you are, home slice.

Star Citizen studio ‘grows’ dev team, claims layoffs are ‘streamlin[ing]’

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It's never exactly calming to hear that a large project is laying people off before release, and that's the rumor swirling around Cloud Imperium...
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Guild Wars 2 details the Druid, raiding, and final expansion test weekend

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Guild Wars 2 players will be able to get their collective hands on Heart of Thorns very soon, and that's a good thing. The...

MMO Week in Review: WildStar’s second chance (September 27, 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's...

The MOP Up: A rebirth for Star Wars Galaxies

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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...

Here’s what happened with Star Citizen’s FPS module this week

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Cloud Imperium published its weekly look at Star Citizen's Star Marine FPS module progress earlier this weekend. Most of the week was spent fixing...

Camelot Unchained boss talks classes, new hires, and more

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Camelot Unchained's end-of-the-week update was published earlier this weekend. Head honcho Mark Jacobs revisited the big class presentation reveal, and explained that the RvR...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: September 26, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Divergence Online continued to raise eyebrows. First, head honcho Ethan "Lord of Edge" Casner spoke with MOP regarding...

Albion upgrades its private islands, talks map-making

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Albion Online released a couple of dev updates this week. The first focused on private islands, and more specifically, how you can upgrade the...

ARK sums up its Survival of the Fittest tourney with a video

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Have you been following that month-long Survival of the Fittest tourney in ARK: Survival Evolved? If your answer is no, but I meant to,...

BioWare details SWTOR’s Consular and Inquisitor changes

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You can't have an MMO expansion without class changes, and Star Wars: The Old Republic's Knights of the Fallen Empire update is no exception....

PSA: Double XP is happening in RuneScape right now

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If you need a reason to log into RuneScape this weekend, how does double XP grab you? Jagex says that the majority of training...
Too bad, sword sad.

Betawatch: September 25th, 2015

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I really hope your plans for the immediate future didn't include playing the full retail release for Sword Coast Legends, because the game's launch...

Black Desert teases the awakening weapon system

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Weapon choice, or lack thereof, is one MMO topic that doesn't seem to come up very much. Some games allow players to select from...

TwitchCon 2015: Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns trailer; the Ranger’s Druid is a healer

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ArenaNet is debuting its Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns trailer today at 6 p.m. EDT on the main stage at TwitchCon. So far today,...

Funcom’s The Park shows off a trio of creepy screenshots

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Funcom released a trio of new screenshots today for The Park, the upcoming Secret World single-player spin-off that's slated for release next month. The...

Leaderboard: Synth vs. orchestra for space MMOs

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Earlier this week we got a taste of Pedro Camacho's orchestral score for Star Citizen. I loved it, but I've also been putting together my...