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]

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 predictions for 2016

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2015 is coming to a close, and I've eaten my own bodyweight (and then some!) in festive treats, so it's the perfect time to...
Deck the, um... halls. Or don't. It's cool.

Survarium patch 0.34 adds Christmas-themed raiding and improved netcode

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The good news is that if you're reading this today, you've managed to survive the holiday rush. The question, then, is whether or not...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR predictions for 2016

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“Difficult to see. Always in motion the future is,” Yoda explained to Luke Skywalker on Dagobah when the boy had a vision of his...
whatevs

Take a tour of the new dungeons in Black Desert’s newest Korean update

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There's no official release date in the US for Black Desert just yet. But it is coming, and that means that there's all the...
My track record has been pretty good!

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s 2016

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I have high hopes for 2016. Higher hopes than I did for 2015, at least. 2015 also started out with my being fired for...

Paladins adds new game modes

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Strange and wonderful things are afoot at Paladins, now that the team has unleashed Closed Beta Patch 11 for testers to explore. The focus of...

The MOP Up: A look behind A Realm Reborn (December 27, 2015)

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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 Warships adds 1940s New York port and anime ships

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Nothing like an end-of-the-year patch to herd players away from pesky holiday parties and familial bonding and back toward the games that love them...

Star Citizen pushes out Alpha 2.1, promises ‘date driven’ patch schedule

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While other studio teams are powering down for the holidays, it looks as though Star Citizen's crew is keeping up the pace. The team...

Istaria celebrates its 12th anniversary with a patch

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Istaria -- the MMO that will forever be linked to its former title of Horizons with any mention of it, making one wonder why the...
Never over.

Perfect Ten: The 10 best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2015

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There is no way we can list all of the great updates in a given year. It's not possible. We are always going to...
Either die or don't.

Phantasy Star Online 2 is moving to the PlayStation 4 in 2016

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If you're still waiting for Phantasy Star Online 2 to be released in North America, today's news isn't going to do much to help...
Lizard laugh.

Final Fantasy XIV talks about future content in its next patches while planning another fan festival

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It's going to be a little while until Final Fantasy XIV players can enjoy the content of patch 3.2, but producer and director Naoki...
We slightly fixed our stuff mostly at the end!

The Elder Scrolls Online looks back on the progress of 2015

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The end of the year is the perfect time to look back over the previous 12 months, decide that they were terrible, and vow...
Dress-up parties.

Diablo III previews the changes and improvements for patch 2.4.0 and Season 5

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The season is nearly upon us, by which we of course mean the next season of Diablo III. The holiday season is already upon...

ELOA pushes out its first ‘expansion’

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Elite Lord of Alliance has done its utmost to make us trip over its name, and now that its first major content patch is...

Here’s how to stay alive in TERA’s Kalivan’s Dreadnaught

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TERA is still riding high on the launch of its Knockout update and new Brawler class. Today, it's released a brand-new game guide video for Kalivan’s...

Not So Massively: Winter game update edition (December 21, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
Going back.

Wisdom of Nym: Why Final Fantasy XIV’s Anima Weapons don’t bother me

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Everyone who has listened to my rantings for an extended period of time knows that I did not like the Zodiac Weapon quests in...
Unbreaking what we screwed up forever.

Tribes: Ascend creative director: ‘We made a lot of mistakes in a lot of different places’

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The history of Tribes: Ascend is a strange one. Like the first few titles out of Hi-Rez Studios, it launched to decent reception, had...