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Dataminers on Reddit have unearthed publicly accessible but undisplayed code on The Division's website that suggests alpha is on the way. There's no official announcement, but if set live, the code appears to link to what will eventually be the game's alpha signup page. Earlier this month, Ubisoft confirmed that The Division is still on track for a 2015 release. Last spring,...

"Throne war simulator" Crowfall has been tick-tocking its way down a 40-day timer for the last, well, 39 days. Now ArtCraft Entertainment has foreshadowed tomorrow's big reveal by announcing the Kickstarter campaign we all suspected was coming. We also need your financial support. Three weeks ago, we announced our intention to crowdfund this game. Our kickstarter campaign begins tomorrow morning-- at 9am...

Blizzard is likely adding microtransactions to Diablo III. The proposed funny money and its associated features won't be coming to European or American versions of the game, at least for now. Blizzard announced its intentions on the Battle.net forums by calling attention to "new features that may start to show up in data-mined information for patch 2.2 that will not...

European PlayStation 4 players will soon have no reason to feel left out of the PlanetSide 2 fun, as Daybreak informed the community over the weekend that the console beta will soon include the region. "Rest assured that as soon as we launch in EU we will send out a huge batch of codes to our EU players," Executive Producer...

I really didn't want Massively Overpowered's inaugural column about World of Warcraft to focus on the negatives. But I can't in good conscience ignore the fact that patch 6.1 for Warlords of Draenor is not getting the Iron Docks that many players were expecting. It's not that I think it's a grand betrayal of player trust; it's not. Things get...

EverQuest has made a reputation for itself over the years as an MMO that isn't afraid to experiment with progression servers, and as such Daybreak has announced that it is planning yet another such server for players to experience. "The cool thing is that the entire team's been talking about a progression server, and that's one of the ongoing discussions we're going...

Are you looking forward to the newest addition to Guild Wars 2's class lineup, the Revenant? Do you stay awake at night wishing that you could see the Mist-wielding warrior in action? Well, don't do that. Staying up at night is bad for you; a full eight hours of sleep is ideal. Besides, you could just jump on past...

North America and Australia Runes of Magic players, buckle up: You're about to experience some server merger turbulence. During this period, drink service will be suspended and the devs have asked that you remain in your seats with your seatbelts fastened. The team announced the incoming merges last year and recently posted a FAQ about how plans are progressing. The...

Jef and I were talking this past weekend about something Star Wars Galaxies got really, really right: the Jump to Lightspeed expansion, which brought joystick-driven free-form space exploration and combat to the sandbox. More importantly, it brought multi-person ships to a genre that simply had nothing like it. Imagine bringing your ground-based party to a totally different place where the...

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! Up-and-coming PvP MMORPG Crowfall has been counting down a 40-day timer that ends next week, biding its time with announcements about its destruction-oriented voxel-based tech, physics engine, and new classes. Any guesses as to what's happening when that timer...