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Smedley has bright predictions for PlanetSide 2’s future

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It's been said before and will be said again a few more times before it's no longer true: Fans of Daybreak games are a...
Worlds Adrift

Here’s how you build your airship in Worlds Adrift

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If you're curious about building your own airship in indie sandbox MMO Worlds Adrift, look no further than the latest dev blog. You'll need...
EVE Online

New EVE dev blog details nullsec and sov changes

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If you've got an interest in EVE Online's upcoming changes to nullsec and sovereignty mechanics, and you've got a lot of time, you'll probably...
E-sports

E-sports, permadeath, and completionist are now in the dictionary.com

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Dictionary.com has granted a bit of legitimacy to a trio of gaming terms. E-sports, permadeath, and completionist were among the latest batch of words...
Albion

Albion tweaks its trees, resources, and landscapes for summer alpha

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Albion is gearing up for its summer alpha, and one of the new features on display during the test will be a landscape redesign. "The...
GTA Online

Rockstar: ‘No one has been banned for using GTA single-player mods’

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If you've been visiting any GTA V or GTA Online forums this week, you've surely heard about the modding brouhaha that cropped up with...
Drawing on the rick history of scholarly dudes built like professional bodybuilders.

Heroes of the Storm confirms Kael’thas and promises a Reddit Q&A

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Good news, Blizzard fans! Kael'thas Sunstrider has been confirmed as the next hero being added to Heroes of the Storm. Now you can entertain...

World of Warcraft preps bonus events and adventure guide for 6.2

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What would it be like to play an MMO where every day presented a new event to enjoy? This will be the reality for...
SWTOR

SWTOR players harass a BioWare dev and his family

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What do you do when MMO devs mess with your favorite class? If you're a handful of Star Wars: The Old Republic players,...

Land of Britain creates card game to fund the MMO

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Land of Britain may be a long way off from launch, but that hasn't stopped Potato Killer Studios for developing a spin-off online card...

Blizzard still succeeding despite World of Warcraft slide

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There's no doubt that Blizzard took a mighty hit this past quarter as it lost three million World of Warcraft subscribers in the post-expansion,...

Meta: Support Massively Overpowered on Patreon

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Three months ago almost to the day, the Massively OP team came to you, the MMO community, with a promise and a request. AOL...
You use it to bash this.

Trove previews the upcoming Boomeranger class

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Another big patch is coming to Trove in the near future, and it's bringing along a new class. The class feels... familiar, somehow. We...

Landmark’s new island shapes revealed

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If you are eager to scope out Landmark's new landscapes in order to find the perfect spot to construct your next home, you can get...
Do you want Borg? Because that's how you get Borg.

How Skyforge’s invasion system works

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The world of Skyforge does not sound like a fun place to live. In addition to everything else that people have to deal with...

Conquer Online celebrates 12th anniversary with new content

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Happy birthday to Conquer Online, which turns 12 years old today. The title is throwing a month-long series of in-game events to celebrate the...

Elder Scrolls Online video demonstrates freedom and choice

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Do you like freedom? Do you like choices? Well, of course you do; you're a living person, not RoboTron 2010. Elder Scrolls Online purports...
Classic.

Star Wars: The Old Republic cracks down on RMT ring

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In the MMO community, shady websites selling game currency for real currency are considered especially heinous. In Star Wars: The Old Republic, these operations...

Guild Wars 2 unveils the Guardian elite spec: Dragonhunter

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Here we are in the wilds of Guild Wars 2 once again, and you can see we've got a big old dragon right there....
EverQuest

Daybreak releases EverQuest progression server details

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Daybreak has announced the results of its EverQuest progression server polling. The shard's name will be Ragefire, and the initial unlocked expansion vote was...