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You can’t see the new Warcraft trailer, but you can read about it

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Last week's San Diego Comic Con was of great interest to World of Warcraft fans, as Director Duncan Jones led a panel of the...
Depopulated.

The Repopulation’s newest patch adds tutorials and mentors

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How does one play The Repopulation? Do you know? Are you sure you know? Because the developers found that the game's previous tutorial didn't...

Derek Smart calls for FTC investigation of Star Citizen’s finances, presents Chris Roberts with list of demands

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Game developer Derek Smart continues to be terribly concerned over the future fate of Star Citizen. After an epic-sized rant last week, Smart posted...

Revival’s Gonzalez: ‘This is a passion project and not a money grab’

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Gothic horror sandbox Revival cuts a bit of a polarizing figure, at least early on in its development process and at least here in...

Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s Awakening and Heroes of Newerth’s new character Skrap

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This week in not-so-massive online games, third-person MOBA SMITE confirmed that it's raised over $640,000 in competitive tournament prize money through sales and crowdfunding...

RuneScape’s Liberation of Mazcab raid now available

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RuneScape has been around for quite a while now, but one thing the long-running fantasy title has lacked is a proper raiding experience. As...

Runic will show a new game at PAX Prime

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Torchlight developer Runic will be revealing its new project at this year's PAX Prime, according to a post on the company's forums. The firm...

Trove is adding servers to keep up with demand

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Trion seems pretty happy with the response to Trove thus far, calling it "unbelievable" in a post on the game's forum over the weekend. The...

Star Trek Online releasing Broken Circle featured episode this Thursday

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It's time for Star Trek Online captains to take the fight to the Iconians. The game has been building up to an epic confrontation...

Guild Wars 2 combat working as intended, will work even more as intended in the future

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Don't expect Guild Wars 2 to change its combat to mimic the traditional holy trinity setup that most MMOs have, but do expect that...

Pathfinder Online starts Wrath of Nhur Athemon event

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Just because Pathfinder Online is still in the early access phase doesn't mean that it can't throw an event or two into the mix. In...

Hearthstone drops more possible Argent Tournament clues

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Oh Hearthstone, you tease you! After delivering an announcement about an upcoming announcement, Blizzard posted a cryptic short story on the game's website that...

Skyforge weathers early access issues

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Can't have an MMO launch -- even an early access to the soft launch -- without a few nasty surprises for both the studios...

Marvel Heroes on Ant-Man and the vote for future heroes

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With a panel at last week's San Diego Comic Con and preparations for this week's Ant-Man patch, Marvel Heroes has been quite busy talking...
Here we continue.

Final Fantasy XI previews the second part of its final story

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The next version update for Final Fantasy XI doesn't bring the end, but it does bring the continuation of the end. The second chapter...
The more you spend, the more you... actually, continue spending.

Shroud of the Avatar offers a 10% pledge bonus for the summer

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Shroud of the Avatar has been offering its pledged testers regular updates for a while now, and that's pretty darn cool. If you were...

MMO Week in Review: Daybreak’s defiance (July 12, 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! Following...
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Trove’s uber adventure worlds are challenging to the max

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Looking for the toughest content in the newly released Trove? Then you're going to want to climb the ladder of the game's adventure worlds...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: July 11, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Derek Smart reminded everyone that he exists. Not that he's crowdfunding an MMO or anything, but he did...

Revival recaps its June dev blogs, talks physical coin storage

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Fantasy sandbox virtual world Revival has released its latest newsletter, which takes a look back at the various dev blogs penned by the Illfonic...