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]

Here we go again.

Wisdom of Nym: Looking back at Final Fantasy XIV’s 2015

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I realize that this is arguably a little early. We've still got a couple of weeks left in 2015, after all, and patch 3.15...

EVE Evolved: Operation Frostline patch and event guide

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Practically every MMO does some kind of event for the holidays, but how do you bring the holiday cheer to a dystopian sci-fi universe...

The MOP Up: GTA Online makes every bullet count (December 13, 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...
Appreciable?

Final Fantasy XI adds Unity shirts and jump emotes (and actual content)

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After more than a decade of operation, Final Fantasy XI has finally added jumping. Sort of. You still can't use it to reach high...
HOLIDAY ADD

Elite Lord of Alliance’s first major content patch adds a new level cap, a new area, and Christmas

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How long should a game be around before you start upping the level cap? Elite Lord of Alliance (or ELOA as it's known to...

Star Citizen launches 2.0 alpha for all Citizens

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Cloud Imperium has just launched Star Citizen's 2.0 alpha version to the public. "Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 is here! Today, we are proud to make...
Creepy even by the setting's standards!

Diablo III previews Greyhollow Island for Patch 2.4

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There are lots of different flavors of creepy in Diablo III. Obviously, players are dealing with a world of the demonic at all times,...

Asker Online adds the scythe-using Blood Vampire

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Korean action-MMO Asker Online's idea of vampires has nothing to do with sparkles, counting, or plotting revenge against Simon Belmont. Instead, the Blood Vampire is...

Trove’s Chloromancer takes root next week

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Announced earlier this week, Trove's new Chloromancer class draws inspiration from the RIFT class of the same name, and now we have a better understanding...

SWTOR is working on a new warzone and fresh monthly content

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BioWare Community Manager Eric Musco hit the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums this afternoon and dived into the hellishly long discussion thread that's been rolling since...
This seems like a tonal shift.

Destiny developers clarify the shift to event-based updates after The Taken King

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Players of Destiny might well have expected the game's future updates to resemble what had happened before The Taken King, with medium-sized DLC packs...
FALCON PAWNCH

Check out fan-made videos for both of TERA’s new dungeons

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The most recent patch for TERA added in two new dungeons along with a new class. But what if you're not sure about those...
Blacker than the blackest black.

DC Universe Online reveals the conclusion to the War of the Light in Episode 20

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The heroes and villains of DC Universe Online have been dealing with the War of the Light for a while now, but the arrival...

Path of Exile adds talisman challenge leagues, launches in Brazil

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Tomorrow's 2.1.0 content update in Path of Exile looks to be a doozy -- so big, in fact, that it starts off with a...

EverQuest’s anti-multiboxing progression server is now live

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Classic EverQuest's latest time-locked progression server, Phinigel, successfully launched last night. Nicknamed "the true box progression server," it metes out expansion content at a...

Tribes: Ascend’s first major patch since 2013 lands today

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Back in August, Hi-Rez surprised disgruntled Tribes: Ascend fans by announcing that it would be resuming updates after years of maintenance mode. At the time,...
Let's go into a room with danger.

Marvel Heroes launches the Danger Room feature

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In the comics, the Danger Room is the aptly named training facility for the X-Men, a room which is dangerous so that the superheroes...

Albion Online ‘Aurelius’ beta update embraces the season

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Just because a game is in beta doesn't mean that it can't bust out an event or two, right? Albion Online thinks so, anyway, and...

Trove adds loot and progression to its new PvP mode

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Trove is no longer a harmonious place for jaunty voxels. If you haven't heard the news, Trion Worlds added PvP into the game with a recent...

Elite: Dangerous expands its ‘Horizons’ next week

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Elite: Dangerous is about to get a lot bigger with the launch of Horizons next Tuesday. Frontier's David Braben announced the date on the...