Updates

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Lone wolf as a verb.

Skyforge is lowering the difficulty of squad adventures

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Do you roll solo in Skyforge? There's nothing wrong with that. You're a deity, you don't need to hang out with other people, you...

Project Gorgon patches alpha while holding an Indiegogo contest

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A smaller build went live in Project Gorgon's alpha this past week, bringing revisions to the hammer and ice magic skill sets. The hammer...

Black Desert gives a sneak peek at Dark Elves, new areas, and more

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Black Desert is on a hot streak of activity is month. The title merged servers in its "New World" update earlier this month while also...

Blade and Soul announces the Gunslinger and Korean F2P

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It seems so very long ago, but the beginning of 2016 was dominated with excitement and expectations for Blade and Soul. For a good...
Playing this guy, for example, would be a good reason.

The Daily Grind: When was the last time you completely changed your main in an MMO?

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There's never really a reason to completely swap mains in Final Fantasy XIV unless you really, really want to have another character. You're never...

The MOP Up: Wurm Online cooks up a hearty Thanksgiving meal (November 20, 2016)

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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...

Ultima Online’s publish 95 introduces December crafting festival and holiday rewards

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Ultima Online's publish 95 is live this week in the 19-year-old MMORPG. The headline features are the Artisan Festival and holiday rewards, which aren't...

Skyforge nerfs squad adventures and steels itself for a Reaper invasion

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Love it, hate it, or ambivalent toward it, it's hard to deny that Skyforge is pretty on the ball with its production of updates....

Enter the Breach in Path of Exiles’ next league, launching December 2

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If you've ever wanted to call out "Once more unto the Breach!" as a battle cry, Path of Exile offers you just that chance...

Black Death’s Providence update adds animal husbandry, treasure hunts, and better NPC AI

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Indie survival sandbox The Black Death has a big patch out this week called Providence with a ton of new features and skills. Players...
Stop, woman, no crying.

The Division’s crying woman is no longer crying… or present

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Before patch 1.4, The Division featured a crying woman in the Grindhouse. Why was she crying? Nobody knows, but considering that the game is...
Forceful.

Star Wars: The Old Republic provides backstory fiction for Knights of the Eternal Throne

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Look, we don't want to spoil the ending of Star Wars: The Old Republic's last expansion story arc for you if you're still working...
Everything's cool out here. Like, emotionally.

The Daily Grind: Are you going back to RIFT for Starfall Prophecy?

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After a briefly delayed beta event last month, RIFT's Starfall Prophecy expansion launched this week. RIFT is Trion Worlds' crown jewel, and this third expansion...

Dark Age of Camelot introduces the new and improved Necromancer

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Old things can be made new again, particularly with a little work and attention from caring MMO developers. Take for instance Dark Age of Camelot's...
What's cooler than being cool?

Path of Exile offers experimental 64-bit DirectX 11 client

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Watch out: Path of Exile has split in twain! What has happened is that with this week's 2.4.2 patch, the MMOARPG has rolled out...

Santa Truck and the PlayStation 4 are coming to APB Reloaded

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You'd better not honk, you'd better not drive, you'd better not rage-quit, I'm telling you why: Santa Truck is coming to town. Well, to...

Shroud of the Avatar tackles combat and crafting in today’s 36th update

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Shroud of the Avatar's Release 36 lands today, a little bit early because of next week's major holiday, Black Friday, which is preceded by...
Ah yes, teamwork.

Star Trek Online deploys fleets to consoles

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While those playing Star Trek Online on consoles are a bit behind the game's PC client, that also means that they get updates a...
This is fine.

Chronicles of Elyria overhauls its influence point system (again)

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Chronicles of Elyria's most recent Kickstarter update is a bit of a screenshot dump, not that we're complaining. In addition to images of a...

MapleStory preps its ‘largest update in nearly a decade’ for December

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MapleStory has been around for a long, long time, so when the game's designers say that they're preparing to unleash the "largest update in nearly...