Updates

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The British invade World of Tanks on PS4

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The British invade World of Tanks today (again) with the unlock of the Crown's own arsenal for the PlayStation 4 version of the game. The...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Thieves Guild DLC patch notes

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ZeniMax Online Studios has released incremental patch notes for the version of Elder Scrolls Online's Thieves Guild DLC currently on the public test server. Expect...
Needs a little lie-down.

Neverwinter’s Underdark lands on consoles, Maze Engine is prepped for PC

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It's getting very dark for Neverwinter players on the Xbox One. One might even argue that it's getting underdark. Why one might argue that...

RIFT talks about its new souls, one might be the Maelstrom

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The RIFT community is certainly abuzz about all of the big changes and plans for the game in 2016, not the least of which...
Nope, not illustrating this. Have a spaceship.

EVE Online patches in a new camera and skill point trading

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The developers behind EVE Online work very hard to make sure that the game is pretty to look at. That's important. But you can...
No levels, but still levels just like always.

Trove’s new character power ranking system rolls out today

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What level is your favorite character class in Trove? There are rather more answers to that question than you might think. Sure, there's the...
TIme to pay the pipers indeed.

SWTOR continues the expansion story with today’s Anarchy in Paradise release

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It's time to get angry, break things, and start some fires in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Patch 4.1 Anarchy in Paradise arrives today, and...

Skill Trading is coming to EVE Online tomorrow, prices revealed

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A few months ago, CCP Games announced its somewhat unorthodox plans to allow EVE Online players to extract and sell their skill points on...
Washington state can be a bit malicious, maybe.

Shroud of the Avatar previews structures, templates, and regions

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The Shores of Malice are currently being designed for Shroud of the Avatar, but they don't look particularly malicious on a whole. Unless you...
On the plus side, good on these folks for always providing nice pretty images with every new update.

Skyforge releases Marsh of Knowledge patch notes

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Skyforge is bringing you March in February. Specifically, it's bringing the March of Knowledge. The patch is called March of Knowledge, anyway, which seems...
Winning?

WildStar’s new game director Chad Moore on the state of the game

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Chad Moore is moving up the ranks in Carbine Studios; after a long tenure as the lore expert, Moore is now the director behind...
Gambler.

Wisdom of Nym: The Warring Triad and what it means for Final Fantasy XIV

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The Warring Triad is a big deal in Final Fantasy VI. We don't actually know if it's a big deal in Final Fantasy XIV,...
Heroic?

Valiance Online’s pre-alpha is available for testing

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Do you feel a burning desire to get in and try out one of the intended spiritual successors to City of Heroes? Because you...
Have you heard about the bird, etc.

ARK: Survival Evolved adds in giant birds and grappling hooks

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Everyone knows that ARK: Survival Evolved is a survival game. But what do you do once you know that your survival is assured and...
If you were hoping for business model snark, you will be disappointed.

RIFT is testing multicore processing support

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Technology is vital to every single MMO that we play and is also almost completely invisible. When a game is running well, you don't...
Oh, these bugs.

Final Fantasy XIV previews the upcoming Gnath beast tribe quests

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Even if you've never played Final Fantasy XIV, you can probably make a decent guess about how the Gnath work. They're little insectoid people;...
Always the same.

How Diablo III’s set dungeons are built

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There's a new kind of challenge in Diablo III with the advent of Set Dungeons, specific challenges with pre-determined sets. The latest entry on the...

The MOP Up: RuneScape’s TCG wraps up closed beta (February 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...
Also, it's crazy random.

The Daily Grind: Are you reluctant to test MMOs you’re excited to play?

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Am I excited, with some reservations, about World of Warcraft's next expansion? You bet. Am I happy to be involved with the testing? Yes....

EverQuest fixing aggro issues, adjusting progression server XP flow

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Taunting may not be the sexiest feature of an MMO, but for tanks it's as vital an issue as they come. Happily for those...