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]

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Dungeons & Dragons Online previews the named loot of its next update

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The next update for Dungeons & Dragons Online is bringing along some powerful new named items. But are they powerful enough? Will anyone like...
Twang.

Black Desert’s Musa and Maehwa class have arrived

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If your enjoyment of a game hinges upon how many different classes you can choose between, Black Desert is getting just a bit more...
Problems!

Guild Wars 2 isn’t selling level 80 boosts, might consider raid difficulty modes

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If you missed last night's Guild Wars 2 Ask Me Anything on Reddit because you were too busy actually playing the update, then you...

Skyforge offers overview of Reapers’ Revenge D-1 Distortion

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When Skyforge's delayed Reaper's Revenge patch releases next week, players will get to experience their first D-series tier of Distortions, those Pantheon-specific encounters that...
Pictured: Not actually winter, probably.

Blade & Soul launches Shattered Empire hub

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Blade & Soul's just gone live with the website for its next big update -- that'd be 2.1, more colorfully known as The Shattered...

Hearthstone confirms April 26 launch for Whispers of the Old Gods

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Talk about those old gods, man. They are always dreaming inky doom for fleshy mortals, rising up through shower drains to interrupt your karaoke,...

Trove: Mantle of Power is a gem of an expansion

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As you read this, the head start for Trove's first expansion, Mantle of Power, has opened its doors to players who purchased one of...

Snag a Perfect World International Dream Chaser booster and mount from PWE and MOP

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In honor of the launch of Perfect World International's Elysium expansion, PWE has granted us 1000 keys for a sweet Dream Chaser booster pack that...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Everything you need to know about Guild Wars 2’s April 2016 update

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Today is the day, people: I'm hoping you're all willing and able to log in and follow along with the Q2 update patch notes...
No need for the fire, the spear hurt enough on its own.

Black Desert’s Korean version previews the Musa’s awakening

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The Musa isn't yet here for North American Black Desert players, but you can still look forward to the awakening for the class. Korean...

RuneScape releases greatly improved NXT game client

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RuneScape has come a long, long way from its days of being a crude assembly of jagged polygons. While the title got a nice visual...
The future is dragons, as is the present.

Wisdom of Nym: What we should (and shouldn’t) expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion

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We all know that this year's Fanfest is going to include an announcement of a new Final Fantasy XIV expansion. "Know" might be too...

World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion launches August 30

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Blizzard has just announced that World of Warcraft's Legion expansion is launching August 30th. The standard edition (physical and digital) will run $49.99, while a...

PWE’s wuxia MMORPG Swordsman is getting a new expansion called Lone Wanderer

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Perfect World Entertainment has just announced a brand-new expansion for Swordsman, its 2014 MMORPG based on the wuxia novels of Louis Cha. Called Lone...

Mabinogi launches first major story update since 2014

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Mabinogi is surely one of the most elaborate MMORPG sandboxes that you're likely to have never played, and it almost slipped under our radar...

Villagers & Heroes is coming to Android tablets

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Villagers & Heroes is one of those underappreciated MMO gems that's been flying under the radar for a while. It might look an awful...
Maybe that's the horrible, fundamental blade that sits at the heart of every nudge forward. That if you're forced to really ask yourself for honesty, you realize that love is just a word you use to justify doing hard work for someone who never thanks you in a way you find meaningful or satisfying.

Funcom’s Secret World-inspired The Park arrives on consoles May 3rd

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Funcom is a busy little bee this month, with patches for most of its MMORPGs, teasers for its upcoming survival sandbox, and now a...
It's beginning to look a lot like QA should have been called earlier.

The Division’s Falcon Lost Incursion has a glitch, and players will be punished for exploiting it

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There are going to be glitches when dealing with something as immense and complex as an online game. It's nearly inevitable. Things will not...

The MOP Up: ARK’s free PvP version goes wide (April 17, 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...

Star Conflict celebrates Cosmonautics Day

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Star Conflict stood up straight and saluted Cosmonautics Day this week, a day that marks the 55th anniversary of humanity sending a person into space for...