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Black Desert makes $2M in cash shop sales in one week

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Wait, what did that headline say? Did Black Desert really make a cool two million in just a week? Apparently so! According to FreeMMOStation.com, the...

MMO Week in Review: February 15, 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! Daybreak...
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Shroud of the Avatar previews Necropolis dungeon, new world areas

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What's new with Shroud of the Avatar? Quite a lot if you're judging by the latest lengthy update (#112 for those keeping score at home)....
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Camelot Unchained hires a sound designer, preps for alpha

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Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs says that his team is currently in "soft crunch" mode as CU moves closer to its alpha phase. Said alpha...
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EVE Fanfest to feature Worlds Collide server competition

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Planning a trip to Iceland for this year's EVE Online Fanfest? If so you'll probably want to look at CCP's latest blog post, which...

Marvel Heroes adds Arachne team-up, starts Mardi Gras

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It does seem as though any popular superhero will inevitably drum up a bunch of me-too imitators, from Batgirl to Wonder Dude (who totally...

Spread the love with The Secret World’s Valentine’s Day event

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Just because the world is being taken over by secret cabals and an unstoppable wave of filth from the outer darkness doesn't mean that...
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Star Citizen adds progression to its dogfight module

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Star Citizen chairman Chris Roberts has posted a blurb outlining a new system called Rental Equipment Credits that is coming to Arena Commander's 1.1...
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Daybreak teams reassure MMO players, deflect DDoS attacks

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More assurances are coming your way from Daybreak Games, this time from reps of each of the studio's games. "Absolutely nothing" has changed, according to...

The EFF wants to exempt some emulated game servers from copyright laws

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How many times have you dusted off an old game you used to love to play online, only to find that the official servers...
SWTOR agent and Scorpio

SWTOR adds hardmode flashpoints, season four PvP, and double XP

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Did you patch up your Star Wars: The Old Republic install yesterday? If not, you'd better hop to it because the 3.1 update added...

World of Warcraft’s graphics to improve in Patch 6.1

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While many of you World of Warcraft players will be squeeing over your new Twitter integration and making the world a much more dangerous...

The Repopulation offers $20 early access

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Getting into The Repopulation's early access program is now cheaper than ever, as Above and Beyond has announced a new silver membership tier for...

Glitch releases two-volume soundtrack

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While Glitch hasn't been available to play since 2012 (and won't be again until Children of Ur and Eleven finish their revival projects), the...

Run, Valiance Online, run!

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There's always a world of difference between viewing MMO screenshots and videos. Sometimes you just have to see a game in action to get...

Mortal Online has ‘a few thousand’ active players

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Ever wondered how many people are playing Mortal Online? Star Vault CEO Henrik Nystrom was unexpectedly candid about the question on the forums, saying...
Kind of taking a drubbing here, Tyria. I'm sorry.

Guild Wars 2 shows off Stronghold gameplay

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Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is bringing a new type of PvP to the game with Strongholds. There are shades of the original...

PlanetSide 2 Creative Director Matt Higby resigns from his post

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EverQuest Next might be safe according to the head honcho of Daybreak, but PlanetSide 2 is in for a rocky time: PS2 Creative Director Matt...
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DC Universe Online launches Amazon’s Fury part II

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Are you ready to go head-to-three-heads with Cerberus, guard dog of the Underworld? Because that's what you'll be doing when you pop into the...

What do you think about WildStar’s capital cities?

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What do you think about WildStar's two capital cities? Do you love or hate them? What do you think could be improved in them?...