Updates

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Two new battalions march into the Civil War MMO War of Rights

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The conflict between the North and the South continues to escalate as both the 5th Alabama and 87th Ohio battalions join War of Rights...

The MOP Up: Battlerite royale (May 6, 2018)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Bye.

Star Trek Online is discontinuing monthly subscription purchases

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There's a business model shift taking place for Star Trek Online, although you could argue it's a somewhat lateral shift. The game will no...

Dauntless hauls out its ‘biggest and most impactful’ patch to date

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Dauntless isn't a game that does things in a small way, from its fearsome behemoth foes to the patches it delivers. And with Closed...

Destiny 2 wants you back for Warmind, Humble Bundle has the game for a song right now

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"Warmind is the start of a new conversation. It's a step forward in the direction we want to start taking Destiny 2." There's a lot...

EverQuest II streamlines its item examine window in GU106, Seeds of Vengeance

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If you've ever taken a look at an item tooltip in EverQuest II and had the distinct impression that you were being prepared for...
Ping.

Radical Heights patches in a new scanner and new customization

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Where are your enemies in Radical Heights? Considering the fact that it's a battle royale game, they're everywhere. But the latest patch adds in...
Can I play this?

Blade & Soul is tweaking dungeon rewards to prefer newer dungeons

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Stop just doing the old, familiar dungeons of Blade & Soul. Do the new ones instead. Even if you'd rather not for whatever reason,...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Update 5.9 concludes the traitor storyline in classic style

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May the fourth be with you, Massively OP readers. I hope you are having a wonderful unofficial Star Wars holiday. And if you're thinking...
Sure, explosions are great, but have you ever looked at graphs.

EVE Online prepares major conversion of player outposts and conquerable stations

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As Brendan detailed in his EVE Fanfest coverage last month, EVE Online's structures are due for a huge overhaul, be they NPC fortification or...
Bang bang.

Guild Wars 2’s Deadeye is taking another shot from stealth

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The Deadeye is in an all right place in terms of DPS, but that alone isn't good enough in Guild Wars 2. The problem...

Star Citizen looks ahead to 3.2, unveils the new Hercules Starlifter concept ship for sale next week

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CIG's Sandi Gardiner and Eric Kieron Davis are back with another installment of Star Citizen's Around the Verse, bookending a brief check-in with the...

Soulworker patches in new playable character Jin, new endgame raid

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SoulWorker's getting a new toon today, marking the fifth playable character in the anime MMORPG. Who is he? Jin Seipatsu, a "courageous boy stricken...

Albion Online’s mid-season patch brings a GvG training ground and more

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Lancelot is still raging hard over at Albion Online. The March 12th content update received a midseason patch this week, bringing players a new...
THE CLAMPS!

Path of Exile details the overhaul coming to Vaal skills

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The purpose behind the Vaal skills in Path of Exile was to offer players big, show-stopping skills that could have a large impact on...

Elder Scrolls Online will make you a master of time itself

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Time manipulation is a tricky thing to do in a multiplayer live environment, but every so often, an MMO attempts to do just that....

Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss has even more rebalancing plans for PvP, debuffs, and crowd control

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Yesterday's Black Desert patch apparently caught some backlash from the community, particularly in regard to the crowd control changes, but that's just the tip...
We're not dead yet.

RIFT datamining uncovers new decorations, items, and damage values for Prime

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Datamining: the time-honored practice of digging things out from the client files for a game that hasn't yet been put into the game. RIFT...

Conan Exiles outlines its day-one patch plans as players grumble over preorder bonuses

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With less than a week to go before launch, the Conan Exiles team is putting out one last newsletter with the plan for the...

S.O.S. ditches survival mechanics to become a full-on battle royale game

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What's that sound? It's the sound of a genre becoming even more saturated, that's what, as SOS is converting into a battle royale game...

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