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Even with a slight delay, the launch of Studio Wildcard's Atlas has come out of nowhere this holiday season and sent many MMO gamers scrambling to find out more about this pirate sandbox. Fortunately, the studio is chatting the game up pretty heavily this week, and PC Gamer UK even has it as its December cover story. So what is...

If you haven't noticed lately, the discontent over Steam's profit split with creators, the overabundance of trash games, and the whole mess with moderation (or lack thereof) has opened a door for competitors to take on Valve's financial juggernaut. Both Discord and Epic Games are making moves this month in the hopes of drawing players' attention -- and dollars...

There's no doubt that BioWare's Anthem has a lot of expectations and excitement resting on its shoulders, so it's a good thing that those shoulders are massive and reinforced with indestructable metals. The studio dropped a new trailer this week that was aimed at selling the game's Legion of Dawn Edition to hopeful players. Those who do want to pony...

The holiday season is filled with hustle and bustle as folks prepare for festivities. And for Massively OP's MJ, that includes werewolves and vampires in AdventureQuest 3D! She's on a quest to finish up some quests before Frostval, and her number one goal is to get to Darkovia Castle. Take a break from bright lights and festive colors and...

With the public battle royale-style Apocalypse mode coming to Ashes of Creation next week, Intrepid Studios is leveraging the increased attention as best it can. In Thursday's livestream, the team showed about a half-hour of alpha gameplay while talking up the anticipated MMO. Viewers were treated to Elvish architecture, UI elements showing node growth, the quest interface, and hints about...

Chris Roberts and Sandi Gardiner are back at the helm of Star Citizen's Around the Verse this week, and it's fun! But let's be honest, you should skip past the beginning and just go to about 12:40 in the video to see the Hurston concept clothes. They are swanky as heck, Roaring Twenties inspired with a sci-fi twist. "What we're...

The day we never thought would arrive has arrived. DayZ has actually launched version 1.0. It has launched. It's actually arrived at launch. No one is quite sure what to do at this point, but once we finish up with the Porcine Aviation League that has just been founded, we're sure that we'll come to some sort of conclusion. Steam charts...

The second volume of Final Fantasy XIV's Encyclopedia Eorzea was the only item I wanted to get on the floor of the fan festival a few weeks back; alas, it was sold out when I went to buy it, and thus was I forced to order it online and wait for its delivery. And then fight with UPS when their...

Although Ubisoft's upcoming MMO shooter The Division 2 isn't set to launch until March of next year, some lucky players will be able to get their hands on the game this weekend during its technical alpha test. The test, which will run from December 15th at 8 a.m. EST until December 18th at 5 a.m. EST, will be available...

Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for the MMO with the Worst Business Model, which was awarded to Star Citizen last year, though this is more like a dishonor than an award, we think you'll agree. As a counterpart to our award for the best business model of the year, this one is intended to recognize an...