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Skyforge wants you to break its servers today

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"We welcome you to break our servers." This tongue-in-cheek invitation comes from the Skyforge devs who are running one final pre-open beta test designed to...
So many colors in the anger rainbow.

TERA’s latest patch invites you to go berserk

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Do you want to get angry? Do you already feel pretty angry? Do you feel so angry that you want other people to hit...
Holy moly.

World of Warcraft asks why you use the Black Market Auction House

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It turns out that you can bring the Black Market Auction House to your very own Garrison in World of Warcraft if you so...
I'd buy one.

The Alexander raid dungeon launches in Final Fantasy XIV

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Yesterday, Final Fantasy XIV previewed Alexander; today, the game has patched it in. That's a pretty aggressive patching schedule even with the game's reputation of...

Not So Massively: Dota 2’s $15M compendium, Vainglory’s Android launch

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Star Citizen started delivering weekly progress updates on its overdue FPS module this week, and two developers talked about how you'll be able to...

Former WildStar dev Stephan Frost is now WoW’s design producer

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WildStar lost a lot of dev talent over the past year, but at least one ex-Carbine staffer has landed on his feet. Former WildStar...

DUST 514’s Warlords 1.2 patch debuts tomorrow

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CCP hasn't given up on DUST 514 yet, as evidenced by the fact that the PS3-exclusive shooter is getting a new patch tomorrow. It's called...

Ion’s Dean Hall wants to show how much innovation is possible in MMOs

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If you're curious about Dean Hall's new Ion project that was recently announced at E3, a new interview at Polygon might be worth reading. Hall explains...

Star Citizen’s new Frankfurt office features 21 devs now, 50 by year’s end

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Cloud Imperium has opened a new development office in Frankfurt, Germany, according to the company's latest press release. Star Citizen, dubbed a "first person...

You could win a lot of money by playing Marvel Heroes this week

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Do you need a reason to log into Marvel Heroes? Beginning on Wednesday, July 8th, you can participate in Gazillion's $25,000 giveaway simply by...

EVE Online deploys Aegis part 1 tomorrow

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EVE Online's newest content update is apparently so big that developer CCP has decided to split it up into two chunks. The first part of...

Shroud of the Avatar maps out the next three months of updates

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Did you ever see that late '90s TV show Early Edition, where this guy got a copy of tomorrow's newspaper a day early? Shroud...

The Warcraft movie might become a trilogy

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Movie stills aside, we're still waiting to see our first real look at 2016's Warcraft film. The good news is that this will happen...

Neverwinter’s guild keeps will require blood, sweat, and gears

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Cryptic is incredibly excited about Neverwinter's upcoming guild housing if the studio's barrage of strongholds dev diaries is any indication. Strongholds won't just be given to...
Looking like armor doesn't mean anything now, does it?

Final Fantasy XIV previews Alexander, claims 5M all-time subs

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It might not be your cup of tea, but Final Fantasy XIV is certainly the cup of tea for a large number of MMO...

MMO Week in Review: Playing devils, punching dinos (July 5, 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! Trion...

WildStar’s devs spill more on F2P transition

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The picture of WildStar's future is slowly starting to emerge from the haze with continuing discussion from Carbine Studios about this fall's business model...

Star Citizen gets a monthly report, Star Marine status update

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Hot on the heels of last week's Star Marine delay update comes a new monthly report from Star Citizen chairman Chris Roberts. As per...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: July 4, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Pathfinder Online introduced mules. No, not your dual-boxed healer or the crafter avatar that you force your kid to...

Pathfinder adds mules, cautions against attacking them

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Goblinworks has added mules to Pathfinder Online, according to a new dev blog by designer Lee Hammock. Mules are intended to make long-range travel...