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Did you miss the big Star Wars: The Old Republic cantina livestream from Anaheim? That's all right; the whole livestream is available for you to rewatch, or you can read up in handy-dandy summary form. Among the biggest points are the activation of a major story XP boost (roughtly 12x normal rates) starting on May 4th and running for...

On May 19th, Heroes of the Storm goes into open beta testing, allowing everyone in the world to download and play the Blizzard crossover MOBA with no further restrictions. On June 2nd, the game goes live, which means that everyone can download and play the MOBA... but, you know, for real this time? The distinction is a bit thinner. If...

Last week, the Neverwinter team distributed a little bonus code via email to player accounts in celebration of the Elemental Evil update -- just a little item that could be used to unlock several different toys in-game. Except that the item in question was not bound to players and could be traded or sold on the auction house, and...

MMO loading screen text varies widely from game to game. Some titles choose to put snippets of lore on their loading screens, while others reveal portions of the game mechanics. Still others go with filler text that seems like it was written by an intern with a fleeting grasp of English, the game in question, and the sorts of...

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! Raph Koster changed the direction of Star Wars Galaxies historiography forever this week by blogging about the travails of the sunsetted MMO's PvP system and laying most of the blame for SWG's struggles at the feet of the...

Two weeks ago, a mathemagician over at The Nosy Gamer published some interesting calculations showing that EVE Online's subscriptions may have dropped by around 18% in the past two years. CCP has always prided itself on the fact that EVE has grown year-on-year since release, but the last official number we heard was when it reached 500,000 subscriptions back...

We introduced El Somni Quas to you last week -- it's an old school sandbox created by an indie team in the Czech Republic. But that team is keenly aware of some of the genre's stereotypes and assumptions about indie projects and Ultima Online-inspired sandboxes in particular. Jiří Wallenfels, producer of the ESQ project, sent Massively Overpowered a copy of its planned...

Here is some good news for you Camelot Unchained fans who also like pet classes. CityState has found a way to work around the various technical issues that were preventing a proper pet handler from filling out the RvR title's roster. Spirit pets are better than their fleshy counterparts because they can float above the ground, move through objects, and otherwise...

Need for Speed World has entered its final lap. After five years of operation, the game is shutting down on July 14th, with purchases of speed boosts already disabled for current players. New accounts cannot be registered, but existing players will be able to still log in and play until the shutdown date; no reimbursements for cash shop currency...

We don't see a lot of Champions Online pics come through here, probably because of the game's small population. That's a shame because if nothing else, Champions has a vibrant art style and is almost never lacking in interesting sights. One such sight is the image of a teddy whaling on bad guys. We have reader Michelle to thank for this...