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Elder Scrolls Online’s new trailer spotlights multiplayer content

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The Elder Scrolls Online is inching closer and closer to its console launch just three weeks from now, and that means... trailers! The last video...

ArcheAge spawns fresh Reddit drama over pay-to-win

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Third time's a charm with Reddit! Remember back in March when a Skyforge moderator threatened to ban anyone using the term pay-to-win and was...

Voxelnauts Kickstarter melds VR, voxels, and sandbox gameplay

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What do you get when you stick a sandbox, voxels, and VR into a blender? You get Voxelnauts, a new voxelbox -- actually, they're calling...

Week in Review: NCsoft’s wild week (May 17, 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! NCsoft...
Elite Dangerous

Elite’s Mac client benefits the PC; Powerplay update delayed

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Hey Elite fans, did you miss Friday's newsletter #75? If so, it's worth reading for the news about the Mac client and the Powerplay beta. Originally...

Shroud of the Avatar gets slammed by DDoS attack

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If you're having trouble accessing Shroud of the Avatar's website or game, don't worry -- it's not you. The devs posted a notice on...

Guild Wars 2’s ‘movie monster’ Necromancer spec outlined

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Did you miss Guild Wars 2's Points of Interest stream on Friday? Me too. Every game seems to stream on Friday, and it's hard...

How Crowfall deals with changes to player purchases

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What do you do when you've already sold something that hasn't been fully built yet -- and might need to be changed from its...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: May 16, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Gloria Victis developer Black Eye Games let us know that it's in "the home stretch" in terms of...
Star Citizen

Test fly Star Citizen’s Aurora and Mustang for free this week

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If you're like me, you bought into Star Citizen way back in 2012 and you haven't dropped a dime since. Don't get me wrong...
AND NOW - I DIE!

Betawatch: May 15th, 2015

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I'm not going to lie to you, dear readers: I don't care much about Star Citizen. I am aware, though, that the actual big news...
Mortal Online

Mortal Online is getting a new continent this weekend

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Mortal Online is getting a new continent this Sunday. It's called Sarducca, and it's home to a bunch of soldier fanatics who are loyal...

The cowpocalypse hits Diablo III for its anniversary

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Hey, would you look at that: Today is Diablo III's third anniversary! Of course, this being a hell-torn haunted world, there can't be a...

World of Warcraft dev attributes subscriber drop to ‘cyclical’ play patterns

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Losing three million subscribers? That might be a big thing to some people, but for World of Warcraft Lead Game Designer Ion Hazzikostas, it...
Black Desert

Here’s a look at the latest Black Desert open world boss battle

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Want to see the newest Black Desert boss battle? Head to Steparu's site, as he's got video clips and screenshots of the new creature that...
TSW

Rumor: Mounts are coming to The Secret World!

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It appears as if mounts are coming to The Secret World. Massively OP reader Nordavind sent us this screencap of a Funcom Twitch stream that...

Gloria Victis prepares to pull the trigger on Unity 5

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Those anticipating Gloria Victis' glorious transformation into the new Unity 5 game engine won't have long to wait at all. Black Eye Games said...
Yeah, there's no version of this that ends well.

Saga of Lucimia posts character creation video on Twitch

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The Saga of Lucimia promises to be a sandbox MMO with absolutely no solo content. None whatsoever. And it's aiming to accomplish this with...
It's like overhead WildStar.

Das Tal demos skill-based combat and posts Kickstarter FAQ

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What does skill-based combat mean to you? We can't tell you that, but we can tell you what it means to the makers of...

Age of Conan adds a bear mount and quest line for seventh anniversary

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It's shaping up to be one doozy of a month for Age of Conan as the title celebrates its seventh birthday. In the May...