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Not So Massively: Descent’s Kickstarter woes; Heroes of the Storm’s $450K tourney blunder

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Descent: Underground has passed the 50% mark on its Kickstarter campaign and promised to add singleplayer to the title but has only four days...

HEX opens PvE content, announces $100K global tournament

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Thanks to the latest update, HEX: Shards of Fate fans can now enjoy solo PvE content that boasts 30+ new AI enemies in the...
Halo

Those Halo Online modders aren’t scared of Microsoft

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Microsoft's recent DMCA takedown notice may have temporarily derailed plans to liberate Halo Online from its Russia-only prison, but the modders responsible for last...
Glub glub.

Here’s how to hunt whales in Black Desert

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Would you like to hunt whales in Black Desert? No, not the big cash shop spenders, but actual whales in the ocean and stuff....

Read the confession of an MMO duper

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Dupers -- players who take advantage of exploits to duplicate rare items in-game in order to sell them -- can be a type of...

Are ‘me-too’ MOBAs a development trap?

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There's no doubt that the MOBA genre is a behemoth in the industry right now, with titles like League of Legends and DOTA 2...
Vendetta Online

Vendetta updates with 1.8.331 build

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Long-running indie sci-fi sandbox Vendetta Online published a new build last weekend. Version 1.8.331 improved high drain power cells, it buffed extreme drain power cells,...
No more gates.

World of Warcraft tokens go on sale April 7th

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Looking forward to paying for your World of Warcraft subscription with in-game gold? You don't have long to wait at all; the WoW Token...
For one reading of this sequence of words, this looks right.

Dungeons & Dragons Online drops Update 25 and the Temple of Elemental Evil

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So what is the Temple of Elemental Evil? Is it a temple devoted to evil performed by elementals? Is it a temple devoted to...
Oh, that's not super-disturbing or anything, thanks.

Shroud of the Avatar chronicles community projects

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The most recent update to Shroud of the Avatar had a bit of a bunny theme. It was intentional, a bit of a nod...

Meet the MMO that lives in Second Life

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Welcome to MMOception: an MMO within an MMO (or if you want to get technical, an MMO within a "virtual world"), By using scripting and the...
More like real reality.

The Elder Scrolls Online celebrates its first anniversary with a video

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It might be hard to believe, but it's been a whole year since The Elder Scrolls Online launched. Specifically, it was a year as...

Now Greed Monger’s project lead has bowed out

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The crumbling of the once-promising crowdfunded sandbox Greed Monger continues, as project lead Jason Appleton announced that he's abandoning the project and giving control...

MMO Week in Review: April 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! This...
Star Citizen

Star Citizen saw a lot of progress in March

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Star Citizen's latest monthly report was published this weekend. It covers most of the progress made in March, 2015, which was substantial according to...

Music Man Online beckons players to dance and date

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Music Man Online -- a game that has a delightfuly confusing acronym, by the way -- has very little to do with 76 trombones...

World of Warcraft throws a 10-day sale that includes Warlords of Draenor

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Good Blizzard sales don't come around too often, so if you've been holding off on buying World of Warcraft or its most recent expansion,...

Marvel Heroes adds AXIS raid

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Gazillion says that Marvel Heroes was the first online action RPG to featuring raiding, and it's following that up with a new one called...
Way to go, Jedi grinders

Crowfall’s Walton says we should blame him for Star Wars Galaxies’ NGE

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Hey, NGE fans! Crowfall's Gordon Walton says that the day that will live in Star Wars: Galaxies infamy was his idea. Now, that's oversimplifying things just a...
Cash shops make doggie sad

Here are some cute Elder Scrolls Online cash shop doggies

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"There's new stock coming to the Crown Store," ZeniMax says. "A cartful of friendly (and maybe a tad mischievous) new pets" will arrive in...