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]

EVE Online gives a heads-up about Citadel changes to carrier pilots

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With EVE Online on the cusp of its Citadel expansion, it's a good time to prepare for all of the changes that will come...

TERA unveils Secrets and Shadows update raid and dungeon

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When TERA's Secrets and Shadows update launches next month, two new dungeons will be available for players. There's the 7-player, level 65 raid dungeon, Demokron...

Dungeons and spring bonuses arrive in Blade & Soul tomorrow

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Do you have plans for tomorrow? Blade & Soul certainly hopes that you'll rearrange them to include a tour of its Shattered Empire 2.1...

Hearthstone’s Whispers of the Old Gods means never having to say you’re ‘sorry’

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Hearthstone's Whispers of the Old Gods expansion launches today. First teased via Brooklyn mural last month, the update includes new game formats, friendly challenge meny...

Tamriel Infinium: The Dark Brotherhood of Elder Scrolls Online

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If any of you played the Dark Brotherhood quest in Skyrim, you likely thought very little of the Black Sacrament being performed by the...
Space! It exists, and stuff.

Elite’s latest patch fixes many Xbox issues, introduces Arena

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While both the PC and Xbox One versions of Elite: Dangerous are getting a patch today, the one on the console is much meatier....
Style.

Diablo III shows off the rewards for the newly arrived Season 6

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It's time to get up and start earning rewards for Diablo III's Season 6! "Now now," you whine. "I have to go to work...
When you're out in the club and you see a fly girl, do the creep!

Blizzard responds to vanilla WoW server requests, considers ‘pristine realms’

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The shutdown of the Nostalrius private server happened some time ago, but the debate it started hasn't stopped, and today the World of Warcraft...

Grim Dawn to unveil modding tools this week

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For some players, enjoying the original game itself is only the first step on a larger journey that leads to modifications galore. Grim Dawn...
Bye! Wait, no. Wait, yes!

Firefall’s 1.7 patch tomorrow brings Devil’s Tusk zone content, elite ranks overhaul

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Firefall's 1.7 is on the public test server and is due for deployment on the live servers tomorrowday. The big news is the arrival...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood DLC lands on the PTS, opens Anvil, nukes veteran ranks

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ZeniMax has set a rapid pace for fleshing out Elder Scrolls Online's recently announced Dark Brotherhood DLC, which lands on the PTS today. The...
It's not just me, right?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s deepest dungeon, Palace of the Dead

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The funny thing about Final Fantasy XIV, in some ways, is that the game could actually get away for a reasonably long time without...

ARK: Survival Evolved will soon incorporate player-made mod content

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Big news for ARK: Survival Evolved today on multiple fronts. For starters, the game now claims more than a million Xbox One copies sold...

You can see further and play better in Gloria Victis than ever before

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You can cite all of the fancy, flashy features in your MMO, but at the end of the day, if your game looks horrible...

The MOP Up: Richard Garriott’s new book (April 24, 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...

MMO Mechanics: Innovating mechanics to refresh Guild Wars 2

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I usually keep MMO Mechanics quite general by looking at several games as examples to highlight my point regarding the mechanics of choice in each article,...
Well, okay.

PAX East 2016: Guns of Icarus shows off its new ships, new guns, and new maps

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How many cooperative airship piloting simulators are there in the marketplace at the moment? The answer is that there's basically just the one, and...
Here's the weird zone that no one has seen in forever, you live here now.

PAX East 2016: Final Fantasy XIV answers questions and reveals the Palace of the Dead

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If you think you've seen everything that Final Fantasy XIV has in its bag of tricks, the game's Q&A panel at PAX yesterday made it clear...

The Daily Grind: Are you ever sad when a long-awaited MMORPG expansion arrives?

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We've been joking about Lord of the Rings Online never getting to Gondor, never mind Mordor, that I've become super sad that it's actually...
Wholesome and simple.

PAX East 2016: Warframe reveals fairy warframe concept, sports mode

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At PAX East this weekend, Ditigal Extremes revealed a ton of incoming Warframe content, including a gorgeous new fairy warframe concept ("with razor butterflies" and...