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Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Character aging in MMORPGs
Announced earlier this year, Chronicles of Elyria is a startup sandbox in a sea of such sandboxes, but some of its features are rare even...
The MOP Up: A rebirth for Star Wars Galaxies
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...
BioWare details SWTOR’s Consular and Inquisitor changes
You can't have an MMO expansion without class changes, and Star Wars: The Old Republic's Knights of the Fallen Empire update is no exception....
WildStar’s lighting will look different on September 29
Carbine has published a dev diary that explains how WildStar's visuals have been improved for the September 29th WildStar Reloaded update. The patch will...
Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Aging, offline leveling, and the business model
Announced earlier this year, Chronicles of Elyria is a startup sandbox in a sea of such sandboxes, but some of its features are rare even...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Understanding Guild Wars 2’s Mordrem Guard
If you pay attention to the images I use throughout my Flameseeker Chronicles articles, you'll notice that one of my favourite characters to include...
WildStar plans quality-of-life improvements, midnight relaunch
WildStar's massive free-to-play transition and patch is less than a week away, which means that Carbine is getting to the end of its revelations. Today...
Divergence Online adds consensual PvP server stretch goal
Yesterday, we published a detailed interview with Ethan Casner, one of the devs behind Star Wars Galaxies-inspired Divergence Online. The response was more or...
EVE Online reintroduces large-scale expansions
Earlier this week, EVE Online Executive Producer Andie "CCPSeagull" Nordgren announced that the game will be returning to large-scale expansions in addition to frequent patches. What can...
Guild Wars 2’s Scrapper turns the Engineer into a tank
Guild Wars 2's Engineer has long been the master of long-ranged attacks, using rifles, turrets, grenades, pistols, and other gadgets to bring the pain...
WildStar will make crafting less complicated
Carbine has great news for players who feel a little too frazzled and overwhelmed with WildStar's circuit board crafting system: Making stuff will be less...
Elder Scrolls Online highlights its non-combat gameplay
If you're curious about non-combat gameplay in Elder Scrolls Online, a new dev blog on Bethesda's official website might be worth reading. Or it might...
Elite dev blog talks CQC, player factions, and more
Space sim Elite: Dangerous released a couple of beta builds focused on its close quarters combat (CQC) gameplay this week. Producer Michael Brookes says...
SWTOR outlines its 4.0 Smuggler and Agent changes
Do you like shooting things and being stealthy in Star Wars: The Old Republic? Me too. And today's BioWare dev blog is for us,...
Albion introduces crafting shrines and treasure chests
Albion Online is currently focusing on preparations for its upcoming closed beta, but that didn't stop Sandbox Interactive from posting a dev blog that...
Guild Wars 2 overhauls WvW guild objective system
Guilds will have a lot more to do in world vs. world encounters when Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns launches next month. ArenaNet...
Guild Wars 2 unleashes fresh Mordrem event next week and blogs about raids
ArenaNet just confirmed the rumors it sparked about a Mordrem event coming to Guild Wars 2:
From 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on September 10 through...
Here’s what Carbine is doing to WildStar’s loot this fall
"Lots of things are changing -- lots of things," WildStar Senior Game Designer Evan "Verizal" Graziano says in a new loot deep-dive posted on...
Star Citizen’s social module is now playable
Star Citizen fans have a lot to chew on this weekend, as Cloud Imperium has released the game's social module, a dev blog on...
Skyforge players called to repel multi-month alien invasion
A massive, multi-month alien invasion is underway in Skyforge, and the game's player gods are being called to do their part in the fight...
