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I'm pretty excited to get my hands on some different ships in this week's Star Citizen free-fly event. I know, I know, I can grind REC and fly the ships any time I want in the game's alpha Arena Commander module, but A) I don't like to grind any more, and B) I certainly don't like to grind in...

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! Just in time for its first birthday, Carbine formally announced WildStar's free-to-play transition this week; it's due in the fall and is part of NCsoft's stated intent of bolstering its Western roster. Our own WildStar expert Eliot...

EVE Online's Carnyx release is right around the corner on June 2nd, and it's going to be a big update! The Caldari will finally get their tech 3 tactical destroyer with the release of the Jackdaw, a tough little ship that specialises in light missiles and rockets. We're also getting some graphical tweaks, more cruiser-sized burner missions, and the...

So what knocked World of Warcraft's subscribers down so quickly between the launch of Warlords of Draenor and now? Most people playing the game will be quick to point out design decisions, update pacing, and other such culprits. A recent article on Marketplace.org posits a different theory, however - that the game's decline coincides with the rise of mobile...

No doubt you have heard stories of the dark rituals that go on at E3, the secret chanting circles that keep the video game industry running but are hidden from the eyes of mortal men and women. Or, you know, maybe you're just aware that it's an industry trade show. Either way, it's traditionally been closed off to the public......

Are you seriously interested in server architecture? Can you not wait to find out how Das Tal is handling its backend for logging in? Because the people behind the game have already discussed it, but as development and the Kickstarter campaign rolls on it was something well worth revisiting. All the information you could hope to learn about how...

The most recent featured episode for Star Trek Online stirred up some controversy because it's all about gay Klingons. By which we of course mean that there's a lesbian couple attending a fight purely as a background element without any particular attention drawn to it. Unsurprisingly, people have expressed anger at the inclusion on the game's forums, prompting community manager...

One fun in-game photography trick is to use reflections, mirrors, and glass to offer a different -- and sometimes more artistic -- vision of a scene. I have to applaud reader Jake's use of the water's reflection in this piece because it makes it beautiful times two! "I'm leveling a Sylvari Ranger for the upcoming Guild Wars 2 expansion, and...

What in the world happened to the first half of 2015? With one thing or another, it just flew by, and here we are heading into June. Not a whole lot of launches yet, but there's a lot to look forward to - Blade & Soul and Skyforge are both slated for launch, The Elder Scrolls Online is arriving...

Between templates and basic materials being free in Landmark, folks have been able to build bigger and better things in a shorter amount of time. So what new creations are out there dotting the new islands? MassivelyOP's MJ is cruising about to see all the creativity. Join us live at 8:00 p.m. for the tour and the chance to...