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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 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. See any good MMO news? Hit us up through our tips...

Remember EverQuest's dual progression servers that were all the rage(fire) a few months ago? Well they're still rolling along, with player votes determining how quickly the servers open up the doors to additional expansions. According to a new post on the forums, the Lockjaw server voted to unlock Ruins of Kunark early. The expansion will become available on Monday, November...

Hark! Can you hear that? It's the siren call of Star Citizen's Alpha 2.0 update, which is so near that you can hear, smell, and see it (but not play it... yet). In this week's development update, RSI said that it's locking the final bits down to get this build ready for release. "We are really not that far from...

Even the grimdark world of Diablo III has a cute, rainbow-colored side... and reader Zulika is the one to take us through the wardrobe and into that magical world. "In Diablo III there is a hidden land called Whimsydale in which you are attacked by pink & purple unicorns, flowers, and teddy bears," he said. "Here I am battling Evil Oliver, an...

You know what game I keep thinking about playing again recently? TERA. I cannot tell you why, aside from the fact that it's stuck in my memory since I mentioned it in a column a few days hence. There are lots of things I didn't like about the game, but there's something about the game's sense of style that...

What better way to spend Halloween night than wandering through a shadow-filled amusement park? MassivelyOP's MJ is diving into The Park, the single-player experience based on The Secret World's own creepy Atlantic Island Park. She's sure to be startled by spooky sounds as she scours the world for clues to suss out what all is going on. Tune in...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, the usual suspects kept us abreast of their progress with developer blogs, class reveals, status updates, and the like. Camelot Unchained revealed its Scout archetypes, Star Citizen made major changes to its flight model, and Elite: Dangerous showed off planetary combat. That's not all that went on, of course, and the rest of it is...

The latest Worlds Adrift dev blog talks up the game's user interface, and more specifically a "diegetic UI" that is included in the game world. An example of this would be the game's airship instruments, where things like fuel, altitude, and airspeed gauges are all UI components that are "part of the world and appear in-game." The game's complex crafting...

Halloween is upon us, that spooky and magical time of year that exists both in real life and in many of our MMOs. While Halloween tunes won't ever earn their own radio station the way Christmas music seems to, it is a sub-genre that exists and is kind of awesome. Today I'm drawing up a playlist perfect for crackling dead...

Seed is a game that I thought I must have dreamed up at some point. Do you ever have that happen? For years I had a vague recollection of reading an article about some sort of cooperative sci-fi MMO that was in development, but I couldn't remember the name or even verify if it was real. Well, it was real, although...