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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 Final Fantasy XIV much from inception to conclusion. Really, the only part of it I liked were the weapon models... and even that was touch and go. Put bluntly, they were pretty bad. So here...

The developers behind Perpetuum want you to be able to get in and start playing the game on the cheap. Said developers also want to provide a way for players to spend additional money on the game without anyone feeling ripped off. Thus, the game's new premium packages. Each of the two packs is priced at $10 and contains...

Star Citizen backers who have been living with remorse over scrapping a ship or package now have a way to undo that terrible mistake with the addition of a new unmelt tool. The tool is located in the back of one's hangar. Previously, players who "melted" ships in exchange for store credit had to petition customer service to have that...

The sun is setting on the Kickstarter campaign for vampire-themepark Dogma: Eternal Night, and at the time of this writing, the future doesn't look particularly bright. With a funding goal of $100,000, the game has three days left to make nearly two-thirds of that total, currently sitting well shy of its mark at around $34,500. That doesn't bode well for...

I have a bad feeling about some of the MMOs and pseudo-MMOs we have on the way in 2016. The Division? That thing has been delayed so many times it's a punchline. Pathfinder Online? They needed two million bucks to rise above the three-man maintenance mode their budget deficit affords them. The Repopulation? No one's happy about the HeroEngine delay. And then there's...

Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! What a great time to be a sci-fi MMO player! Star Citizen wowed even long-time backers with its procedurally generated planet system trailer this week, and Elite: Dangerous launched phase one of its Horizons expansha-season-thing before amping up...

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 some patches, then dropped off of the face of the planet. What happened? In a recent interview, creative director Sean McBride discusses the game's initial trajectory as including several mistakes, not the least of which...

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 of it gets backlogged. That’s why there’s The MOP Up: a weekly compilation of smaller MMO stories and videos that you won’t want to miss. Seen any good MMO news? Hit us up through our tips...

Middle-earth's Winter-home is once again open for merriment and questing, as Lord of the Rings Online has brought back its Yule Festival for another year. Of course, when it comes to Hobbits, any day of the year is a good time for merriment and munchies, but at least there's a good reason for it now. The Yule Festival will run...