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Veteran BioWare writer Drew Karpyshyn is back with the studio after leaving to pen several Star Wars novels. On his personal blog, Karpyshyn confirmed that he's been tapped to work on Star Wars: The Old Republic once more: "I suspect a lot of folks are going to wonder if this means BioWare is about to announce a new project tied to...

Venus Rising is open. No, not just in the sense that it allows you to do a whole lot to other characters, although that's true too; its main selling point is that you can live as an ancient Roman and engaged in the activities usually covered by a fade-to-black and tasteful string music in other media. We mean that...

If you were worried that a certain Internet Warlord's crusade against Star Citizen might make it to the feds, you can breathe a little easier today. A prominent Star Citizen backer and Massively OP commenter says he petitioned the FTC under the Freedom of Information Act for all records on investigations regarding Chris Roberts' studios. The result? There's seemingly...

It's been a big week for the folks over at Camelot Unchained, as Mark Jacobs announced that the game has added two new members to the team. Thanks to a recent stretch goal, Senior Network and Server Engineer Marc Hernandez and Senior Graphics Engineer George Davison are now part of City State Entertainment. "I cannot stress enough how important the...

I just spent an hour organizing folders on my media hard drive, which has nothing to do with anything other than it gave me the idea for today's Daily Grind. I've spent many an hour organizing MMO character inventories, which in most cases is sorta similar to organizing file folders on a computer. Heck, maybe it technically is organizing...

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! 2015 is shaping up to be the year of the MMO expansion, headlined by Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns, Final Fantasy XIV's Heavensward, Star Wars: The Old Republic's Knights of the Fallen Empire, and World of...

In the past two editions of EVE Evolved, I looked at the Aegis sovereignty warfare overhaul and how it played out in a recent war in the Providence region. The new system has been a pretty big success in terms of improving the day-to-day play of those living in the depths of null-security space, but there have been a...

We're on the horn with Cryptic Lead Designer Scott Shicoff and Senior Content Designer John Hopler to talk about Neverwinter's brand-new Stronghold siege PvP mode. Could you start by discussing the demand for and feedback on large-scale PvP demand within the playerbase? Scott Shicoff: As with all living games, Neverwinter is constantly adding new things for players to experience. With the...

Destiny players are flocking by droves to upgrade to the new Taken King expansion... but what about those who decided not to jump on board? It turns out that Bungie is making life quite difficult for those trying to stay in the old content. Players without the expansion have found themselves locked out of parts of the game that are...

Is it just me, or is Daybreak actively trying to make me dislike it? To force me abandon all hope when I enter? Because I like the games (what's left of them, anyway) and many of the people (well, ditto), so it takes some dedicated effort to make me wince and begin to question my support. But that is...