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Shroud of the Avatar’s zombies are infectious fun

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Every MMO, whether sci-fi, fantasy, or equine, must at some point feature zombies. It's video game law. Fortunately for Shroud of the Avatar fans, it...

EverQuest 2 will merge servers ‘within the next few months’

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EverQuest 2 producer Holly Longdale says that Daybreak will merge US servers on the long-running fantasy MMO "within the next few months." She says that merges...

The latest Neverwinter dev blog talks a tiny bit about strongholds

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Cryptic has published a new dev blog that touches on Neverwinter's upcoming strongholds feature. It's designed to provide content for guilds, and much of the...

E3 2015: SWTOR Knights of Fallen Empire rumors are true

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BioWare teased that things would change for Star Wars: The Old Republic on June 15th. And it's true. The rumors we reported on this...

EVE Online video hints at Entosis Link’s power

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EVE Online may be seeing a shift in how its intergalactic warfare works with the advent of the new Entosis Link. According to CCP,...

E3 2015: Rare’s Sea of Thieves might be sort of an MMO thing, maybe?

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Rare announced a new piratey thing called Sea of Thieves at today's Microsoft E3 event. It's an Xbox One exclusive and Windows 10 title...
THIS IS CHARITABLE

E3 2015: Elite is now previewable on Xbox One, Close Quarter Combat coming soon

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Frontier CEO David Braben has announced that Elite: Dangerous will be one of the first "early access" games available via the Xbox One's Game...

‘Speed MOBA’ Solstice Arena shutting down, offers parting gift

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After two years in operation on both mobile devices and the PC, Solstice Arena is calling it quits. The so-called "speed MOBA" announced last night...

Ion is a ‘massive open world universe’ from Dean Hall and Improbable

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DayZ creator Dean Hall announced his new RocketWerkz studio last winter. This week, we've got a better idea of what he's been up to...
Which is good, because we have to justify that Xbox One purchase somehow.

E3 2015: The Division’s beta happens this winter, release in March [Updated]

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If you're itching to beta test The Division, I hope you have Microsoft's latest console. Ubisoft announced that Xbox One owners will get an...

Eternal Crusade reduces scope, promises earlier delivery

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Are you willing to take a swirl of good news and bad news with your alpha? Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade fans have no choice,...

Dota 2 Reborn revamps the game from the ground up

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Dota 2 is stockpiling its arsenal against the competition with the advent of a massive overhaul called Dota 2 Reborn. Dota 2 Reborn won't be changing...
West Virginia is alike all over.

Blade & Soul offers an overview of the world at large

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There's a great big world out there in Blade & Soul, but if you were hoping it would be a calm and welcoming place...
Oh, so many trials.

Pathfinder Online adds free trial system in latest ‘early enrollment’ build

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The business model of Pathfinder Online's current testing phase is odd, since you have to pay a box price and a subscription fee to...

World of Warcraft acknowledges ’emotional response’ to flying controversy

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The full story on Blizzard's decision and subsequent reappraisal of grounding flying mounts in World of Warcraft is still being revealed. In a new...

Aventurine offers to license out classic Darkfall’s game code

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The drama over the proposed Darkfall classic server continued this weekend. Aventurine CEO Zad Mehdawi removed his original post on the subject, saying that...
Oh, good, spiders and mushrooms.

E3 2015: The Elder Scrolls’ TCG; ESO’s Orsinium, Imperial City

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The downside of E3 pre-conferences coming earlier and earlier is that the event just gets longer and longer, but the upside is that you...

MMO Week in Review: SWTOR rumors, ESO on console (June 14, 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! The...

E3 2015: Perfect World is making Torchlight Mobile

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Torchlight has no shortage of fans devoted to the stylized action RPG, and this week those fans have a new reason to rejoice. The...

Dark Age of Camelot announces its Otherworlds Campaign

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The RvR frontier of Dark Age of Camelot is about to heat up, as Broadsword is on the verge of unleashing its multi-month Otherworlds...