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Wizard101 relishes its accomplishments so far this year

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It has been a big and busy year for Wizard101, and the team wants to make sure that you notice and appreciate everything it's...

Wizard101 and Pirate101 weather DDOS attacks

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If you have tried to log in and play Wizard101 or Pirate101 in the past 24 hours, you may have experienced disappointment as the...

Star Citizen counts the 3.0 bugs it’s quashed and the toilets on the Origin 600i

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This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse is more or less a recap of Gamescom and a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the chaos behind the...

Wizard101 celebrates its ninth birthday with free gifts

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Here's one MMO that we didn't realize was creeping up on a decade of live operation! Wizard101 is celebrating its ninth birthday this week,...

The MOP Up: State of Decay 2’s multiplayer mayhem (August 27, 2017)

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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...

ARK won’t be featuring console crossplay any time soon

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Friends and family separated by gaming platforms won't be coming together for a joyous reunion any time soon if they're playing ARK: Survival Evolved. Crossplay...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Elite Specialization preview weekend impressions

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Over the weekend Guild Wars 2 players had the chance to get to grips with the new Path of Fire elite specializations in a PvP setting,...

Chaos Theory: What we want out of the Secret World Legends TV show

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Wow. So I had no intention of crafting another Chaos Theory this week. I had plans. Other plans. But then the Secret World Legends...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: MMOs obsessed with the floating islands trope

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One of the fun things about this hobby is that certain tropes repeat themselves constantly. And they're usually weirdly specific tropes, too. Poop quests,...

Guild Chat: What to do if drug use impacts your MMO guild

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which we all band together to help someone get on top of his or her guild-related...
It was a thing.

The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures

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In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....

Massively Overthinking: Is the popularity of small-scale co-op games hurting MMORPGs?

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Gamasutra has an unusual piece from an Ubisoft developer this week arguing that co-op gameplay is the industry's rising midcore trend, one that he...

Overwatch finally incorporates a deathmatch mode

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While resistant for a long time about adding the game mode, Blizzard has finally acquiesced to bringing deathmatch to Overwatch. Game Director Jeff Kaplan explained...

Paris Olympic committee considers e-sports for 2024

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The AP is reporting that the leaders of the Olympic Games are at least considering bringing video gaming on board for the 2024 program...
Whooops.

Crunch mode caused a young Netmarble game developer’s death, Korean government says

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South Korean MMO studio Netmarble is being criticized this week for contributing to the death of an overworked game developer in 2016. The Korea Times...
Strawberry fields forever.

Battle Bards Episode 102: Pure joy

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Is it even possible for pure joy to be derived from MMORPG music? Whether or not, the Battle Bards are going to take a...

Black Desert switches to biweekly maintenance, adds Terrmian Waterpark events

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Happy patch day, Black Desert folks. Did you enjoy getting maintenance patches every week? Not anymore. "Due to the changes in service maintenance, the next...

Elder Scrolls Online puts a high hall on the market

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Sure, you could be content with your little one-room cell for the bare minimum of comfort and space, but if you're going to be...

Anthem lead gameplay designer Corey Gaspur passes away

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The official BioWare blog announced last night that Anthem lead gameplay designer Corey Gaspur has passed away. Gaspur had been a staple of the studio...
Sit the eff down.

Gigantic devs liken their graphics to candy and plastic toys

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If you love to hate on brightly colored cartoony-stylized graphics of games like World of Warcraft, League of Legends, and even Wildstar, know that...

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