Updates

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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...

PAX East 2016: Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood DLC begins PTS testing this week

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From its community event at this year's PAX East, ZeniMax announced today that the recently teased Dark Brotherhood DLC lands on Elder Scrolls Online's...

PAX East 2016: DC Universe Online’s Xbox One trailer

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Daybreak has just posted a new trailer for DC Universe Online's Xbox One release. The company announced the Xbox One edition back in January;...
Both hands!

Leaderboard: Will you be giving Guild Wars 2 another chance?

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This week's Guild Wars 2 update has been widely welcomed by both current and past players for its broad-sweeping quality-of-life adjustments (and rollbacks) for...

The Culling’s first big patch introduces playable female toons

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Launched into early access back in March, The Culling is a short-scale battle royale survival game that's already pumping out patches. Ahead of PAX,...

World of Tanks Blitz decreases the cost of ‘irreplacable’ boosts

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World of Tanks Blitz, the mobile offshoot of the popular multiplayer tank battler, has received flak lately for its introduction of "provisions," strong in-game...
Back to the same.

Diablo III’s sixth season kicks off next week, but seasons aren’t coming to console

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Diablo III's sixth season is bearing down on us -- are you prepared? The fun kicks off on Friday, April 29th, at 8 p.m....

Elite Dangerous works on experimental mods, traffic control, and better mission system

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Never let it be said that Elite Dangerous isn't an ambitious title. Right now, Frontier has projects going on to benefit three versions of...

EVE Fanfest 2016: EVE Valkyrie launching a carrier assault later this spring

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The virtual reality EVE Valkyrie is striving to prove that it's not just a passing fad. The starship dogfighting game announced that it's prepping...

EVE Fanfest 2016: Industrial citadels and drilling platforms in EVE Online

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EVE Online's Citadel expansion goes live in just a few days on April 27th, opening the floodgates on a new era of space colonisation for players....

ARK: Survival Evolved introduces ridable direbear and manta ray

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ARK: Survival Evolved marches on this week, seemingly undaunted by last week's studio settlement with Trendy, so players can rejoice that the content is...