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Blade & Soul will include North American players in its next world championship
Do you want to be the best around, with nothing that will ever keep you down? Blade & Soul makes a point of being...
Blade & Soul makes Western debut on January 19th
If you've been waiting for the localized launch of Blade & Soul for what feels like an eternity, your wait is nearly over. The...
Dragon’s Prophet has shut down
It's always sad when a game shuts down. Dragon's Prophet never managed to quite find its audience in the American marketplace, and it has...
Lineage II: ‘Classic hardcore is back’
Lineage IIÂ formally launched on Steam this week, complete with a fresh-start server, Zaken. There are even server firsts rewards, mostly pirate-themed goodies, for those...
Massively Overthinking: Is IP-blocking in online games a necessary evil?
This past week, news about Black Desert's IP blocking has reminded me once again how IP-blocking, region-locking, and the resulting isolated MMO communities are...
Black Desert confirms regional IP blocking
Bad news for those hoping that Daum Games would see the light and keep Black Desert's borders open to all nations: The publisher will...
Black Desert fans push against possible IP blocking [Updated]
Some Black Desert fans are concerned that the game appears to be headed for a heaping pile of regional IP blocking in the near...
Das Tal opens persistent testing server
It's one small step for test servers but one giant leap for Das Tal.
The "open-world survival arena" has kicked off a nine-day run of...
Guild Wars 2 celebrates 7 million accounts as Heart of Thorns arrives
ArenaNet is up at the crack of dawn to officially announce that Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion is now live and available at digital...
Guild Wars 2 recaps raids, PvP leagues, and legendary weapons
The first expansion for Guild Wars 2 launches on October 23rd, which means that players are now in the final countdown. Perhaps you'd like...
Here’s how to increase your chances of getting into Black Desert’s alpha
With Black Desert coming to both North America and Europe next year, getting into the test just became one of the hottest -- and most...
Black Desert Online confirms early 2016 launch with buy-to-play model
The race for 2016 is officially on.
Daum Games confirmed this week that Black Desert Online will be coming out in North America and Europe in...
Dragon’s Prophet calls it quits in North America
The latest free-to-play fantasy MMO to call it quits is Dragon's Prophet. Daybreak and Runewaker announced today the decision to shutter the title in North...
Catch a flythrough of the two new regions in Aion’s next update
The 4.8 update for Aion in Europe is adding in new regions to the game, and the fact is that they're just a little...
Global Chat: The death of hope for Pathfinder Online
Pathfinder Online might not be completely dead, but hope for it has certainly gone down the drain following the announcement of the studio's mass...
Echo of Soul announces China closure too
Any way you look at it, Echo of Soul is taking a beating lately. Following the announcement earlier this month that the game will be...
The MOP Up: All news must go!
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...
Final Fantasy XIV is creating its first European data center
Final Fantasy XIV is not a game with action combat, but you can still be pretty thoroughly screwed whilst trying to play the game...
The Repopulation closes a test server to prepare for a hardcore shard
It's both an ending and a new beginning:Â The Repopulation is closing down one of its test servers today, but this is being done to...
The Daily Grind: What cultural influences do you like to see in MMOs?
One of the things I miss about Age of Conan is the Chinese influence in the Rise of the Godslayer expansion. Robert E. Howard's Khitai...
