Updates

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RIFT Prime progression server launches March 7, with pack preorders available now

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Can you believe RIFT's been around for almost seven years? Neither can we. Trion is celebrating by releasing the long-awaited progression server, RIFT Prime,...

Black Desert’s Arsha PvP server is live today, while absolute skills for all classes go live next week

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Brand-new PvP server Arsha is live as promised in Black Desert today. It's running an alternative ruleset with "notably increased defense" stats, extra debuff...
Not so close.

Closers unveils its first new character, Nata

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It's time for a new member of the team to take the field in Closers, and the first new addition to the game's playable...

See how World of Warcraft’s art has evolved with Battle for Azeroth’s critters

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Ever since its launch back in 2004, World of Warcraft has never boasted the most cutting-edge graphics and polygon counts. This was intentional, of...

Here’s how you’ll be paying for Fortnite’s season 3 loot ladder

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You'd think that figuring out how to squeeze loot from a battle royale clone wouldn't be all that complicated, but in Fortnite, you'd be...
ARE YOUUUUUU A BEAST

Path of Exile shows off its new boss fight with Vilenta

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With the next major patch (numbered 3.2, for reference) for Path of Exile, players are going to have other things to contend with in...

ArenaNet delays Guild Wars 2’s next living world episode to ensure it ‘lives up to standards’

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Were you expecting Guild Wars 2 to drop a new living world episode trailer today, complete with deets on when the episode is rolling...
It looks like a good tourist spot.

Neverwinter shows off the ruined undercity of Omu

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If there's one universal rule to cities, it's that they've got some other ruined underground city you can also explore because cities work like...
Some daunts remain.

Dauntless previews the gameplay changes coming to islands

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When you're exploring islands in Dauntless, you are looking for fun. Part of that means looking for the game's huge behemoths to fight, but...

Get a bird’s eye view of LOTRO’s new Mirkwood map

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Sometimes you can learn an awful lot from an in-game map. Take for example Lord of the Rings Online's Northern Mirkwood map, which testers have...
Very nice, how much.

Elder Scrolls Online dataminers spoil the heck out of the upcoming chapter

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Ever since ZeniMax promised a new expansion-scale chapter for The Elder Scrolls Online this year, dataminers have been champing at the bit to be...

Elite Dangerous’ Beyond – Chapter One launches next week – here’s the trailer

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We're just a week away from the launch of Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter One, that fascinating space abomination of colons and dashes! Frontier...
Yeah, great work.

Secret World Legends shows off its new Agent system in brief

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If you're eagerly awaiting new missions to run in Secret World Legends, you're going to have to keep waiting a bit longer. But you...
Why do they both have different ears, though.

Wakfu targets the Huppermage for its next update

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One of the hardest things to change in game design are elements that work but could be working better. The Huppermage in Wakfu serves...
Bang.

Path of Exile video highlights upcoming Spectral Shield Throw skill

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One of the new skill gems introduced for Path of Exile's upcoming Bestiary update is Spectral Shield Throw. With this, players can throw the...
It's FINE it's ALL FINE

EVE Online balances ships and adds the Monitor to its March patch

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Even if you're not familiar with how battles work in EVE Online you can probably still guess at what "headshotting" means for the game's...

Shroud of the Avatar gives its shopkeepers a Victorian makeover

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One fact you may not know about Shroud of the Avatar is that it allows players to stock and operate their own virtual shopkeepers...

The MOP Up: FFXIV’s Eorzean Symphony (February 18, 2017)

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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...
Cool, well, screaming forever now.

Neverwinter details the creation of the Atropal boss

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The Atropal boss in Neverwinter is not something you want to run into in a dark alley. Heck, it's probably not something you want...

ArcheAge Begins debuts its regional championship mode

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Gamevil's mobile spinoff of ArcheAge, ArcheAge Begins, pumped out its fourth content update this past week. The focus this time around was the debut...

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