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Devilian spotlights the Cannoneer

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How would you like to play a character who looks like a 10-year-old with a short skirt and a large cannon? If your response...
Nobody can fly, stop trying to fly.

Heroes of the Storm shines the spotlight on Kharazim

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How much do you know about the newest support character in Heroes of the Storm? If you know less than you'd like, or if...

Trion Worlds buys gaming mouse for injured Trove player

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When an MMO gamer named Ziedus cut his left hand at work and had to have surgery to repair it, he announced that he...

WildStar beefs up world discoveries

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WildStar is rethinking and renovating many of its systems for the upcoming free-to-play update, even small ones like discoveries. Discoveries are cracked glowy patches in...

ArcheAge is gifting players free griffins next month

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The griffin: half-eagle, half-lion, and soon to be all yours. ArcheAge players will soon have the opportunity to snag one of these flying beasts...
Phun phor the phamily.

Phantasy Star Online 2 coming to PS4 in 2016, still no word on Western release

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The western-elusive Phantasy Star Online 2 is making the jump to the PlayStation 4 in Japan next year, bringing along a brand-new episode. The news comes...

MMO Week in Review: Funcom’s fate (August 16, 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! Funcom...

The MOP Up: Fishing Planet will rule all

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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...

Player housing is coming to Elder Scrolls Online

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While it might be a while coming, player housing has been confirmed as an upcoming feature for Elder Scrolls Online. Start picking out your...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: August 15, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Project Gorgon topped another couple of stretch goals. The funky fantasy sandbox thing with cows stands at just...

Gloria Victis fights with its animation system, emerges victorious

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Gloria Victis pre-alpha version 0.3 is live, and apparently it took some doing, since the changelog post describes a "long fight with the animations...

Destiny’s weekly update talks security

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Did you catch Bungie's weekly Destiny update? There's a lot of stuff in it. Of note, the company's "Security Response Team" explained how it...

Alienware is sponsoring a modding contest for ARK

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If you're a pro modder and you like ARK: Survival Evolved, you might want to have a look at the dino sandbox's new modding...

Camelot Unchained’s Jacobs on animations, the game engine, and more

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Did you miss Camelot Unchained's evening update last night? I did, but fortunately this isn't radio and we can all go read it together....
Ham ham ham ham ham.

WRUP: Better baby names edition

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Argyle Farts. Mumu of the Pyramid People. Simon, Kyle, and Snorkums. Subject Name Here. Damp. I Have a Human Brain. Relogaz of the Sunless...
I guess I could connect with my mother here, if I cared?

Betawatch: August 14th, 2015

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We all thought that Otherland was dead due to something as silly as a very long silence and the complete failure of its development...

Neverwinter nerfs high-level mobs, grants increased XP

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Neverwinter is making some changes to the leveling curve between 60 and 70. A dev blog released this week says that the team has...
So that's why this game is like that!

Champions Online overhauls events and offers sales

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Events are the real thing to do at this point in Champions Online; there's not a whole lot of new updates in the pipe...

WildStar gives free store currency to patch testers

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Right now WildStar's free-to-play update is deep into closed beta testing, with one of the hottest new features being the game's upcoming cash shop....

Here’s ‘everything you need to know’ about ArcheAge server merges

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Trion's latest ArcheAge website update purports to tell us everything we need to know about ArcheAge's upcoming server transfers. Now, my first thought was...