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SMITE pushes Saturnalia to next week
Even gods get held up in holiday traffic sometimes. So go easy on SMITE, as it announced that this year's Saturnalia has been pushed from...
Pick up a Starfall Tactics pre-alpha key from Snowforged and MOP
Snowforged Entertainment's online space strategy MMO Starfall Tactics is running another pre-alpha event for testers this weekend.
"Wars for territories, planet colonization, Houses (faction guilds), thousands planets...
Perfect World Entertainment integrates Twitch streaming into its Arc launcher
If you want to play Neverwinter, Gigantic, Star Trek Online, or maybe even Perfect World International, you're probably familiar with Perfect World Entertainment's Arc...
Guardians of Ember headstart access begins today
Sometimes you want to play a game that offers you nuanced morality and a careful examination of your place in the universe. Other times,...
Eternal Crusade Q&A covers map imbalances and short-term development plans
Overwhelming force is a valid tactical decision, but it's not fun when you're playing a severely lopsided match in Eternal Crusade on either side;...
A nasty EverQuest II bug is eating Kunark Ascending rewards
If you are close to completing EverQuest II’s new Kunark Ascending Signature Quest line, you might want to hold off a bit. At the moment,...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
RIFT hotfix tackles several Starfall Prophecy issues
Over a week after Starfall Prophecy's launch, RIFT is still trying to get on top of the many issues and bugs that have plagued...
Hearthstone patches up for Mean Streets of Gadgetzan tomorrow
The streets of Gadgetzan are not mean right now in Hearthstone. (The game where they originated doesn't even have streets, just packed-dirt paths.) But...
RIFT responds to players who say Starfall Prophecy’s launch was a ‘mess’
Not all is rainbows, unicorns, and talking dragons over in the land of RIFT these days. Serious concerns have arisen about the MMO following...
World of Warcraft loses lead quest designer to Hearthstone
Azeroth has lost another one of its chief architects to a rival game set in the same universe. World of Warcraft Lead Quest Designer...
The Exiled adds in a clan finder and whispering chat
A fair chunk of gameplay in The Exiled does involve having a clan to call your own, but up until now finding one has...
Take a gander at Forsaken Legends’ art update and arena video
If you were too busy stuffing yourself with turkey this past weekend (and then sleeping it off), you might have missed the new Forsaken...
World of Warcraft gives out free emissary chests
If you tried to work on your World of Warcraft world quests this past weekend, you might have found yourself increasingly frustrated with trying...
EVE Evolved: Getting started with EVE’s free-to-play
Just under two weeks ago, EVE Online launched its new free to play account option with the introduction of clone states. Subscribers are now given the...
Space roguelike Lazarus kicks off persistent servers
It's the end of the world. Again and again and again.
Lazarus is an unusual space roguelike shooter in which players fly 2-D ships and...
H1Z1: Just Survive tests out quality-of-life update, conducts community survey
Could Daybreak be making good on its promise to give some love to H1Z1: Just Survive? It certainly seems so now that there's a...
Pre-alpha testing begins for Edengrad
Soon, you will be exploring a shattered landscape rife with the bones of the fallen, awash in a sea of wrath and human misery....
Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic
I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...
First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s A Crack in the Ice episode
ArenaNet gave us all word of a seasonably frosty addition to the Guild Wars 2 Living World story last week: The third instalment of season...