Updates

We’re not even going to try to sort out the patches from the updates from the iterations from the campaigns and expansions and expanshalones. If it’s something going into an MMO that’s already out, it lands in this category! [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Dragon Quest X is getting ported to the Nintendo NX as well as the PlayStation 4

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If you're wondering when you'll finally going to be able to enjoy Dragon Quest X despite neither living in Japan nor speaking a word...

Perpetuum Online update brings in new robots and the first lighting improvements since 2012

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Last week Perpetuum Online dropped Patch 3.8 on players -- and life will never be the same again. Well, it'll be very similar, actually,...
Ice cold.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s seasonal events, dungeon mining, and leaving Eorzea

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Not every topic that I can talk about in this column is actually a good column topic because some stuff just... isn't robust enough. I'm...
A big update, and me without any pants.

TERA’s next update arrives on August 9th

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A new TERA update is hitting the live servers tomorrow after server maintenance, but you're going to have to experience it alone. Sure, you...
Sure, why not, whatever.

No Man’s Sky submits a sizable day one patch for your approval

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Happy launch week for No Man's Sky, especially to those who have been waiting years for the exploration-happy title (and PC players will have...

The MOP Up: Project Gorgon’s pig dance party (August 7, 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...

World of Warcraft walks you through two of its new Legion dungeons

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Like a snake shedding its old skin in favor of the new, so too are World of Warcraft players wriggling with excitement over ditching...

Champions Online begins testing Shadow of Destruction update

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Superheroes are notorious for staging spectacular comebacks after suffering defeat or even dying for the sixth time that week. So try not to act...

War Thunder brings in new planes and tanks

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War Thunder's newest patch may be "small in size, but very exciting in content," according to the team. Patch 1.61: Road to Glory introduces a...

Diablo III’s 7th season has begun

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Diablo III's 7th season of play is live in all regions, Blizzard announced last night. This season includes adjusted pacing for the set rewards;...

Allods Online’s Unconquered Summit update arrives

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With a name like "Unconquered Summit," you just know that this Allods Online is taunting you to come and try to beat it. Patch 7.0.1...
Just fight about it, that's the best answer.

Final Fantasy XIV releases its first short story for its third anniversary

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It's something of a tradition now for Final Fantasy XIV to release short fiction around the time of its anniversary. As the third anniversary...
Go Arsenal!

Albion Online previews its passive weapon abilities

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The final beta test for Albion Online has added in plenty of stuff for players to explore, and that includes more passive weapon abilities....

Elder Scrolls Online explains how to conquer Cyrodiil

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One of the interesting features that came with Elder Scrolls Online's Update 11 this week was the option to take a ragtag band of...

EverQuest II’s Altar of Malice will be free when GU101 launches August 23rd

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The next big update for EverQuest II is coming later this month, and it's opening up the 11th expansion to everyone; on August 23rd,...
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World of Warcraft shows off its Legion leveling experience

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The leveling experience of World of Warcraft: Legion is going to be rather different from previous expansions, starting with the fact that the answer...
Everything old is... still old, but a newer sort of old.

EverQuest is consolidating almost 200 alt advancement abilities

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Daybreak has a note out to classic EverQuest players this week tempering their expectations for the August patch. "As we get closer to the...

Wizard101 starts selling instant level 50 boosts, adds a Make-a-Wish character

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Like it or hate it, the trend of instantly boosting new characters to high levels in older MMOs is spreading across the genre. The...

Riders of Icarus outlines its new PvP map, guild alliances, Manastone mode

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Hot on the heels of the launch of Riders of Icarus' Blight of Frost Keep update, Nexon and WeMade made another big announcement for...

WildStar introduces you to the evil pirates of Redmoon Rising

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Call me Ish'amel. Sorry, we couldn't resist the opportunity when WildStar wants to talk about Ish’amel the Bloodied and Captain Mordechai Redmoon. Moby Dick puns aside,...