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Crowfall locks down forums for backers only

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If you still want to take part in discussions on the official Crowfall forums, you'll have to back the game. The game has locked...

The Repopulation to launch in Q4 2015

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Just when you thought The Repopulation was doomed to be in eternal testing, Above and Beyond Technologies announced that it's releasing. This year. This...

Das Tal devs talk about inspiration, weapons, armor, and meaningful conflict

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Das Tal is forging ahead with its Kickstarter campaign, netting over $19,000 out of its $55,794 goal with 21 days left. The team is...

Not So Massively: Blizzard’s $1.2 million tourney; X-Wing successor hits Kickstarter

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In a bizarre coincidence, four separate MOBAs announced new champions this week. SMITE revealed an adorable Norse squirrel god named Ratatoskr and officially launched...

Voxelnauts Kickstarter melds VR, voxels, and sandbox gameplay

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What do you get when you stick a sandbox, voxels, and VR into a blender? You get Voxelnauts, a new voxelbox -- actually, they're calling...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: May 16, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Gloria Victis developer Black Eye Games let us know that it's in "the home stretch" in terms of...
Star Citizen

Test fly Star Citizen’s Aurora and Mustang for free this week

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If you're like me, you bought into Star Citizen way back in 2012 and you haven't dropped a dime since. Don't get me wrong...
Yeah, there's no version of this that ends well.

Saga of Lucimia posts character creation video on Twitch

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The Saga of Lucimia promises to be a sandbox MMO with absolutely no solo content. None whatsoever. And it's aiming to accomplish this with...
It's like overhead WildStar.

Das Tal demos skill-based combat and posts Kickstarter FAQ

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What does skill-based combat mean to you? We can't tell you that, but we can tell you what it means to the makers of...
And now everything will be better forever!

Aventurine is exploring a Darkfall 1.0 reboot

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Remember a couple of weeks ago when Aventurine developer axilmar caused a bit of a stir with an informal poll regarding Darkfall's pre-Unholy Wars...

Crowfall backers can now gift a copy to a friend

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If you have too much money burning a hole in your pocket and a good friend who didn't get on board with the Crowfall...

‘No more grind’: PvP sandbox Das Tal launches its Kickstarter

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As promised, buy-to-play indie PvP sandbox Das Tal has begun a Kickstarter campaign today to coincide with the launch of the German wing of...

Elite: Dangerous offering Steam keys to game owners

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Good news if you've purchased or are thinking of purchasing Elite: Dangerous from the game's website: Frontier said that it will be offering Steam...

Week in Review: WoW slips to 7.1M subs [May 10, 2015]

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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! World...

Das Tal counts down to its Kickstarter campaign

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Das Tal's Kickstarter campaign has a start date: May 12th. The crowdfunding campaign for the isometric PvP sandbox will kick off on Tuesday, aiming for...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: May 9, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we learned everything we ever wanted to know about Star Citizen's first person shooter module, plus a bit more....
Star Marine

Star Citizen reveals Star Marine’s SATA Ball and a whole lot more

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Cloud Imperium has dropped a huge info bomb regarding Star Marine, which is what the firm is calling Star Citizen's first person shooter functionality. Like...

Massively Overthinking: The return of ‘consequences’ to MMOs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes to us from Kickstarter donor Antonia "Toni" Phillips aka ToniLyran, who's hit on a sore point with our writers, it...

Meta: Support Massively Overpowered on Patreon

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Three months ago almost to the day, the Massively OP team came to you, the MMO community, with a promise and a request. AOL...

The Daily Grind: What would the MMO world look like without WoW?

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Here's a fun question from an anonymous Kickstarter donor to kick off the morning: What do you think the MMO world would look like if Blizzard...

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