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The North American and European versions of ArcheAge are finally getting the level cap bump that Korean players have enjoyed for months. This Tuesday's Secrets of Ayanad patch adds five additional levels and five additional skill points to go along with a new power for each of the game's 10 base skill sets. Trion says that "you can battle creatures...

Did you hear about the latest bit of ArcheAge tomfoolery? There's this mirage donkey mount available in the game's loyalty point store. It was bugged, and the bug basically allowed players to ride it backwards for a huge speed buff while carrying trade packs, thereby allowing faster trade runs and quicker money-making. Lots of players bought the bugged donkey specifically...

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! This week, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre checked out Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion in person, taking the Revenant class out for a spin and scoping out the new zone and PvP. Plus PAX East happened, and...

When CCP Games announced last year that a complete nullsec revamp was coming to EVE Online, the playerbase breathed a collective sigh of relief powerful enough to create its own tropical weather system. There's no question that nullsec and territorial warfare in EVE are broken beyond belief, and players have been campaigning for a complete revamp for years. It's...

Want to be a game developer? Why?! Don't you know it's all about long hours, low pay, and angry pitchfork-toting man-children who want the fruits of your labor for free? OK, it's not always like that, especially at companies like Riot and Blizzard, both of which have made Fortune's list of the 100 best companies to work for in 2015....

Congratulations to European Guild Wars 2 PvP team Orange Logo, who polished off ArenaNet's ESL World Tournament at this year's PAX East last night by upsetting team Abjured in a comeback performance; as reward for their efforts, they're taking home the "The Pride" trophy and a big chunk of the tourney's $50,000 prize. During the event, ArenaNet showed a teaser trailer of...

I wasn't sure exactly what to expect when I first laid hands on Moonrise at this year's PAX East so I suppose that "fast-paced party-based Pokémon" should not have actually come as a surprise. It sort of did, though. Moonrise is the new game coming out of the developer currently best-known for State of Decay, and it's an interesting creature. Comparisons to titles like Pokémon...

What would you do if you went up against a giant face intent on bringing forth your personal doom? I don't know about you, but I would finally use a wizard's staff for its clear purpose as an oversized Q-Tip and make sure that the boss' nasal passages were cleared out. Then we would become the best of friends...

During our insane streamathon on Friday, Massively OP's Jef confided in us that he ragequit Star Wars Galaxies after the NGE hit -- and worse, he deleted his main character. I don't know whether you guys heard my audible gasp, but my goodness, that hurt. I don't care how angry I am at a game; I never delete! I can't bring myself...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, a couple of projects went bye-bye. First up was Trials of Ascension, which admitted to Kickstarter defeat and pulled its campaign after raising nearly $26,000 out of a $600,000 goal in two weeks. Also down for the count is The Wizarding World Online, a Harry Potter knockoff that kinda forgot to ask the...