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Final Fantasy XIV’s anniversary broadcast reveals plenty of content for patch 3.1
Back on April 1st of this year, the developers behind Final Fantasy XIV made a joke about developing a strategy game in which you...
The MOP Up: Rick & Morty meet MOBAs
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...
One Shots: Quiet grace
When I take pictures of people in real life, I almost never ask them to pose. That feels so artificial to me; I'd rather...
Linkrealms’ summer closed beta starts on August 29
Indie sandbox maker Mythyn Interactive has announced that the summer closed beta for Linkrealms will begin on August 29th.
Linkrealms has received multiple updates since...
Path of Exile patch adds better artwork
A recent small patch for Path of Exile will be easier on the eyes for players, as the team has added better artwork for...
The Game Archaeologist: Star Wars Galaxies’ NGE
It became one of the most infamous moments in MMO history -- and perhaps one of the most misunderstood.
For all that the MMO community...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO prison?
Fictional prisons can be pretty fascinating to explore in books and video games. I've noticed that pretty much every MMO has at least one...
Ex-Daybreak President John Smedley starts his own company
The MMO industry trembled last month as John Smedley left his long-held post as president of Daybreak Game Company (and before that, SOE), but now...
Gloria Victis is doubling its world size, selling naming rights
Fantasy sandbox Gloria Victis aims to double its world size with its next patch. It's scheduled to hit the pre-alpha server sometime in the...
Camelot Unchained gets a state-of-the-game update
Camelot Unchained's website updated earlier this afternoon with Mark Jacobs' latest state-of-the-project post. Jacobs reminds backers and interested onlookers that CU's current version is still...
Dark Age of Camelot shuts down radar cheaters
With the three factions of Dark Age of Camelot locked in a perpetual state of war with one another, widespread cheating has a seriously...
Leaderboard: Have you gotten married in an MMO?
TERA patched a wedding chapel into the lands of Arborea yesterday, and the occasion got me to wondering about holy matrimony in various other...
League of Legends denies Season 5 rewards to banned or restricted players
If you've been a bad boy or girl this year and still expect to reap rewards from League of Legends' Season 5, then you...
Allods Online update has werewolves and vampires living together, mass hysteria
Have the itch to get out and explore some unclaimed territory? Allods Online players will get to do just that with the advent of...
Why individual MMOs and MOBAs are their own market
There's an interesting think piece on Medium that tackles misconceptions when it comes to trying to pigeonhole players and games into categories. The crux...
Star Trek Online’s New Dawn will be ‘full of mystery’
Star Trek Online is on the verge of a storyline shift with the upcoming Season 11: New Dawn, as it puts the wraps on...
Final Fantasy XIV boasts 5 million registered accounts
Let's start this news item with an important caveat - we don't know how many actual active subscribers Final Fantasy XIV has at the...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs that need VR
Man, our Kickstarter backers are fixated on virtual reality. It's almost as if you guys are really tech-savvy and into gaming immersion or something!
Today's Massively Overthinking question...
EverQuest II’s TLE Desert of Flames vote starts tomorrow
EverQuest II producer Holly Longdale has posted an update on the TLE/progression server unlocks on the game's official forums. The Stormhold and Deathtoll servers...
Camelot Unchained shows off terrain, new animation vid
Is it Friday already? It feels like it because Mark Jacobs has checked in with a Camelot Unchained afternoon update. Today, he reports on...
