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Elder Scrolls Online patches in One Tamriel on console this week

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If you're in the 60-odd percent of players who play The Elder Scrolls Online on console, this is your week: One Tamriel arrives for...
Here we go again.

Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival: Reactions to Stormblood

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Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood ought to have be the least interesting announcement possible. It was heavily teased before it actually happened, and we knew that...

Lord of the Rings Online slightly delays Update 19, and here are four ways to pass the time

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While Lord of the Rings Online's Update 19 was originally scheduled to be released today, Turbine made the decision to delay it while the...
Dress-up parties.

David Brevik rebuts rumor that he’s working on the Diablo franchise

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Over the weekend, we speculated about the rumored possibility that Blizzard might announce Diablo 4 at next month's BlizzCon (or possibly even a Diablo...

Autumn returns to Shroud of the Avatar, plus a look at a player-run town

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Autumn has returned to Shroud of the Avatar in the form of Harvest, a Novia region being rebuilt with a more "agrarian theme" for...
Why must you disappoint hopes?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in review

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Being at the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival was interesting for me on several levels because I wasn't just there to have fun, I...
Sorry, miss, you're just not as curious.

The Daily Grind: How much information should accompany an expansion announcement for an MMO?

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It goes without saying that I am happy about Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood. But I am also kind of annoyed that the expansion's announcement...

The MOP Up: Aima gets a death sentence (October 16, 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...

RIFT talks about Starfall Prophecy’s new fortress sieges

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One of the interesting new features coming to RIFT in this fall's Starfall Prophecy is the fortress siege system. Fortress sieges allow players to...
Sorry, miss, you're just not as curious.

Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival: What’s the Lady in Red?

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If there's one thing that's sparked more speculation than any other part of the Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood announcement, it's the rather enigmatic Lady in...

Here’s how Neverwinter’s level 70 Assault on Svardborg trial will go down

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Neverwinter's Sean McCann has a weekend dev update out today all about the level 70 Assault on Svardborg trial, which is due to launch...
Here we go again.

Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival: Recapping The Stormblood keynote

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The second Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival kicked off with the announcement everyone was waiting for: Stormblood, the game's second expansion, bringing players to the embattled...

Return to Karazhan in World of Warcraft on October 25

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Blizzard announced this afternoon that World of Warcraft's first major post-Legion patch, 7.1: Return to Karazhan, will launch on October 25th. During this afternoon's livestream,...

Final Fantasy XIV announces its second expansion, Stormblood

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Yes, it's the announcement all fans of Final Fantasy XIV were waiting for and expecting from this weekend's fan festival, the game's second expansion. The...

TERA opens the doors of its Harvest Festival Hall, teases the return of two classic dungeons

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In a game that's quite renowned for its outlandish costumes, you just know that TERA has to bring something special to the table when...
Dude knows his thing.

Crowfall’s next big update is aimed at serious testers

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In this month's Crowfall Q&A video, Creative Director J. Todd Coleman and Design Lead Thomas Blair give fair warning: The next round of testing is...

Turbine previews LOTRO update 19, says Mordor will come in a 2017 expansion

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Next week in Lord of the Rings Online, the banners will fly, the forces of the Enemy will quake, and the king will march....
There are no spoilers in this image.

Guild Wars 2 warns of incoming balance adjustments

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Will Guild Wars 2 ever attain perfect balance with all of its classes and skills? Probably not, but such is the way of all...

The Exiled plans wipe and patch for AI and casting modes next week

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Indie sandbox The Exiled (fka Das Tal) has a sizable patch coming on Monday. Unceremoniously dubbed Alpha 43, it will unfortunately include a wipe...

A Blood Moon rises over Champions Online once again

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I think it was Eliot who recently joked that Halloween in a superhero game is just gilding the lily -- everyone in a superhero...