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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! Trion Worlds teased a new game this week, providing an image of a game fans believe they have identified as Devilian Online, a Korean-born OARPG that's got more in common with Diablo than with the MOBAs MMO studios have...

I've often heard it said that EVE Online is more fun to read about than to actually play, and for the vast majority of gamers I'm sure that statement would hold true. Some truly incredible stories of theft and politics have come out of EVE over the years, but most players will never get to be an integral part...

Tree of Savior supporters who've been following the development of the game as it's moved around the globe to the western market may want to bookmark the official English site to keep tabs on updates and other happenings. IMC Games has renewed treeofsavior.com for the English playerbase; the site currently focuses on the game's latest news and support for 1:1 tickets...

This past year, Shroud of the Avatar moved from a monthly weekend-release cadence to being online 24/7, but the major updates have been no less frequent and new features are introduced regularly. Perhaps even more impressive is that the open communication philosophy between the developers and the players has remained constant throughout the entire process. However, that doesn't mean...

Could this be the first glimpse of Global Agenda 2? During a recent charity livestream, Hi-Rez Studios dropped a minute-long teaser of its team playing an unannounced title. Brief glimpses of the game were shown, which looks to be a multiplayer first-person shooter with high-tech guns and bows. The team concluded the teaser by saying that a separate group has been...

Major props to reader John, who somehow managed to finagle screenshots from his PlayStation 4 to bring us this stunning Destiny vista. Back when I was a kid, we had a foolproof method to capture console screenshots. It was called "stand in front of the TV with a Polaroid camera." That's how I got my Activision badges. "Here's my character...

I've mentioned before that my most stalwart MMO partner is my wife, who has stuck by me through thick and thin. When we move into a new game together, well, we're in it together because we've been friends much longer than we've been playing MMOs together. On the other hand, our other constant companion and close real-life friend was...

Things have definitely been running more smoothly for MassivelyOP's MJ in Skyforge's latest closed beta test. Sure, she had to start over, but the experience has been better all around, and the new class is pretty fun to watch in action. Too bad CBT4 is open for only one week! To experience as much as she can before it...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Chris Roberts elaborated on Star Citizen's FPS module delay as well as his experiences directing motion capture for the game's single-player Squadron 42 campaign. Also this week, Camelot Unchained lead Mark Jacobs delivered plenty of good news, including progress on procedurally generated terrain, performance issues, and an announcement about the beta announcement which should...

The stages of pre-launch development always conjure some measure of protection for a fledgling video game. It may be rough, but that's OK, it's still in alpha. It doesn't have all of its features, but that's OK, it's just beta. When a game is still in testing and players are (mostly) enjoying it for free among a smaller community,...