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With the radically changed layout of Aion, Massively OP's MJ invited folks to jump in with her and start over on the new server. And what better time to get involved than during Christmas when there are festivities to partake in? Tune in live at 2:00 p.m. to see Christmas on the Asmodian side of life. What: Aion Who: MJ Guthrie When:...

Isn't it awesome that you can go to a website, pay some money (or Bitcoin, of course this would take Bitcoin), and then have a DDoS attack directed against whoever you choose? Wait, no, awesome isn't the word for that. Awful. That's the word I was thinking of. But it will at least be harder after the FBI has...

No Man's Sky took its place in the hierarchy of multiplayer titles - even MMOs, one might argue - this year with the addition of its 1.5 update, dubbed NEXT, which brought the "full multiplayer experience" to a game that once intimidated it would launch that way (but did not). Unfortunately, players who'd bought the game on Good Old...

Smilegate is continuing its global rollout of Lost Ark, now with the selection of a publisher for Russia and the CIS region, according to Mail.ru's own site. "Mail.Ru will be the publisher of the Lost Ark role-playing action in the CIS," says the company today. "Closed testing of the game is scheduled for next year." "Players are waiting for a huge...

The one down side to working ahead is that sometimes your schedule gets nudged around more than expected. I promise that a further look at the changed and underused zones in World of Warcraft is on its way (and written, even), but it keeps getting delayed, first because of book reviews and then hold on, what the heck is this? This is...

When it first launched, Artifact promised that it would "reimagine" the online card game market in a game with cards only bought for real money, no free cards, and no way to earn anything through play. Then it launched, and despite being the first new game from Valve since dinosaurs roamed the Earth, it proceeded to quickly lose even those...

Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Best Indie or Crowdfunded MMO of 2018, which was awarded to Elite Dangerous last year in this category's inaugural year. All indie MMOs and crowdfunded MMOs are eligible for this award; the game needn't actually have launched yet. Don’t forget to cast your own vote in the just-for-fun reader poll at the...

The first question we need to ask is: What am I, the sheepiest of all PvE sheep, doing in a PvP battle royale game? The second question follows: How quick will it be until my inevitable death? The answer to the second question is pretty simple, as I have a lifespan measured in microseconds. But as for the first, there's...

It's all coming down in Final Fantasy XIV on January 8th, 2019. Patch 4.5, A Requiem for Heroes, launches on that date, bringing with it the Ghimlyt Dark, the conclusion of Return to Ivalice, the first half of the final Stormblood main story quests, and new minigames in the Gold Saucer like an Air Force rail shooter and Doman Mahjong. It...

You'd probably guessed it already, but Missing Worlds Media project lead Chris "Warcabbit" Hare has now confirmed the news: Kickstarted superhero MMORPG City of Titans is not going to make its 2018 "issue 0" launch. As late as October of this year, the team thought it was still doable, but that's apparently changed. "Unfortunately, I have the sad duty to...