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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! Welcome, everyone, to the biggest week of MMO gaming of the year. The high point of 2015? You're standing on it, so enjoy the view. Guild Wars 2 launched Heart of Thorns on Friday, celebrating 7...

One of the problems facing some fields of scientific research is that there are often huge numbers of images to classify and analyse, and researchers just can't keep up with the workload. Several labs have launched projects over the years that aim to get the general public's help with this problem, such as the Galaxy Zoo project that asked...

Water is about to get a lot more interesting in Shroud of the Avatar. Starting with Release 23, the game is experimenting with advanced ocean effects in limited areas. These effects include more realistic waves and the ability to intensify if bad weather arrives. The studio also relocated to new offices recently in order to conserve backer funding. Fans of...

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...

Though most of the big reveals for EVE Vegas 2015 were front-loaded into day one's EVE keynote talk, a lot of questions were left unanswered on the specific details of the capital rebalance and citadel structures. Day two's talks provided further details of both features and included a few additional reveals that got rounds of applause from the audience. We...

Wargaming has deployed World of Tanks' 2.3 update on Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles. Highlights include the new Team Destruction game mode, PvE-specific ops, three enhanced maps, clan creation ability, and several new light tanks. Team Destruction is exactly what it sounds like: you'll need to destroy the opposing team inside of a set time limit. The mode is...

I've been reading this book by Charles Duhigg called The Power of Habit. Actually, the full title is The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and in Business, but that was a mouthful for an opening sentence. It's a book that draws heavily on academia as well as interviews with private sector executives to identify something...

Every so often it seems as though the One Shots mailbox starts getting dominated with a single game. I've had this happen with Guild Wars 2 and The Secret World, to note two examples, but as of late it's been all about the Final Fantasy XIV. Must be a shotworthy game, hm? So today we're going to feature only pictures...

If you've been holding out on purchasing the buy-to-play Elder Scrolls Online in the hopes of scoring a great deal, then this might be your chance. For this weekend, the Humble Store is offering ESO for $20.39, which is about a third of the list price. You can even feel good about buying it, as 10% of that purchase will...

Randomness has been a part of most computer games since the beginning because computers can do math very quickly and randomness is exciting. Oh, is it ever exciting. After all, who doesn't like to watch a big critical hit pop up when fighting a boss, followed by the boss dropping exactly what you want on your first run? It's...