Updates

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Star Trek Online has launched for Xbox One and PlayStation 4

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Star Trek Online is live today on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, according to tweets from PWE's Salami Inferno. The launch comes amidst PWE's...

World of Warcraft: Legion companion app is now available

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Want to manage your World of Warcraft class order hall missions but don't have the time or access to log into the game? Now...
Shroud yourself, dude.

Shroud of the Avatar’s release 33, Richard Garriott’s AMA and new book

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The final wipe is receding into the horizon for Shroud of the Avatar, but the game is hardly finished patching and adding in big...

Divergence Online returns to Indiegogo to raise funds for the ‘mechapocalypse’

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Star Wars Galaxies-inspired indie MMORPG Divergence Online is back with another crowdfunding campaign. If we've done our math right, this'll make the game's fourth...

Wildcard on why its selling ARK: Survival Evolved DLC while still in early access

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Over the weekend, ARK: Survival Evolved fans and a Studio Wildcard developer clashed when, in response to player complaints that Wildcard will charge for...

The Daily Grind: What do you want out of Guild Wars 2’s next expansion?

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It's no secret that ArenaNet is working on Guild Wars 2's expansion. What is secret is what exactly is in it. I don't want to...

Pokémon Go will soon let you pick a favorite buddy

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Don't pretend that you're impartial and love all of your Pokémon the same. Sooner or later you're going to have to make that brutal...
Myth: Lalafell have to be irritating cutesy-boop piles of crap.

Wisdom of Nym: Myths and misconceptions about Final Fantasy XIV

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One of my favorite parts of the Transformers Wiki - which is already wonderful - is the myths and misconceptions page. It's really well...

ARK: Survival Evolved dev apologizes for saying expansion critics are ‘too cheap to pony up $20’

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If you were one of the folks who were surprised that ARK: Survival Evolved's Studio Wildcard would charge for the Scorched Earth expansion DLC...

EVE Evolved: The consequences of a free-to-play EVE

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This week we heard the unexpected news that EVE Online will be going partially free-to-play when the next expansion lands in November. Like many games...

The MOP Up: Revelation Online’s fashion show (September 4, 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...

Leaderboard: Where does Legion fit in the ranking of WoW’s expansions?

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Poll after poll has shown that World of Warcraft players generally consider Wrath of the Lich King to be the very best WoW expansion....
On the dark side.

The Daily Grind: How should long-running MMOs help new players catch up?

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Expansions for MMOs are really made for the veteran player. A bump of the level cap from 60 to 70 seems reasonable if you're...

PAX West 2016: WoW’s Legion Companion App and Return to Karazhan

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During the World of Warcraft panel at PAX West today, Blizzard revealed that it's rolling out a new mobile toy for the game called...
Here we go again.

Betawatch: WoW Legion launches (September 2, 2016)

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Boy, it feels like we've been waiting for this for a whole year, doesn't it? World of Warcraft: Legion launched this past week, putting...

Armored Warfare briefs commanders on its new Frontline map

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A new PvP map is coming to Armored Warfare in Update 0.17, and its design might throw a monkey wrench into the plans of...

Path of Exile’s Atlas of Worlds expansion is officially live [Updated]

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Path of Exile's Atlas of Worlds expansion is official live. The countdown ticker rolled over at 4 p.m. EDT. Time to get in there! Back in...

PAX West 2016: The Elder Scrolls Online’s One Tamriel is live on the PTS

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During the Elder Scrolls Online panel this afternoon at PAX West, ZeniMax developers fielded a number of questions from the audience centering on what...
why you like this 2016

Star Trek Online is planning a ship-printing service

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If you've been playing Star Trek Online for a while, the adventures of your personal ship might feel a bit more real than those...

Here’s how Skyforge’s Ascension is rewriting character development

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Skyforge's Ascension expansion isn't just another content drop -- it's virtual rewrite of the way characters are built and played in a way that...