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Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s crafting scandal; Sins of a Dark Age’s sunset

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This week in Not So Massively games, League of Legends players revealed a reproducible exploit that causes skillshot projectiles to become invisible and may...

Massively Overthinking: MMOs that need VR

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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...
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Elite: Dangerous brings back lifetime expansion passes before Horizons

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The first expansion for Elite: Dangerous is on its way, but as a buy-to-play title there's a bit of confusion about who gets what...

The MOP Up: Fishing Planet will rule all

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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...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 25: Project Gorgon interview

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Justin and Eliot interview Project Gorgon's Eric Heimburg and hit the highlights of Gamescom 2015, including the WoW: Legion reveal.

Not So Massively: NSM at Gamescom 2015; Splatoon’s Octoling hack

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It's been a fantastic week for online gaming with dozens of MOBAs and competitive shooters on the show floor at Gamescom 2015. Hi-Rez Studios...

Reddit revolt erupts over Elite: Dangerous expansion price

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Not everyone was thrilled at today's news that Elite: Dangerous would be expanding to allow for planetary touchdowns with its upcoming Horizons expansion. One...
What's on the ground?! Oh, rocks.

Gamescom 2015: Elite Dangerous: Horizons is kicking off with planetary landing

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The Elite: Dangerous gameplay is expanding downward. To the extent that "down" is a relevant direction in space, anyhow; the important part is that...

Not So Massively: Dota 2’s $18m main event, Hearthstone’s expansion

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This week, third-person MOBA SMITE revealed its new support character Khepri, the ancient Egyptian scarab god. League of Legends pushed its HUD overhaul to...

Not So Massively: RUST assigns random genders; US Senator facilitates e-sports visas

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Star Citizen rebalanced thrusters, hitpoints and weapons in its latest alpha release to the public test server, and the upcoming Star Marine FPS module...
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Elite: Dangerous looks ahead to 1.4 ‘CQC Championship’ patch

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Elite: Dangerous has held its first dedicated convention and is already racing ahead to its next major update. "We’re looking at weeks, rather than...

Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s Awakening and Heroes of Newerth’s new character Skrap

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This week in not-so-massive online games, third-person MOBA SMITE confirmed that it's raised over $640,000 in competitive tournament prize money through sales and crowdfunding...
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Make My MMO: July 11, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Derek Smart reminded everyone that he exists. Not that he's crowdfunding an MMO or anything, but he did...

Elite’s Braben on self-publishing and the perils of virtual reality

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Frontier CEO David Braben is interviewed at VideoGamer.com, and he has some interesting nuggets both for fans of Elite: Dangerous and for industry watchers...

Elite: Dangerous downgrades graphics, plans appearance at Lavecon

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If you have been wondering if Elite: Dangerous looks a little less gorgeous as it did before, trust us, it's not just you. After players...

Nexus Telegraph: Why I play WildStar

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Back on the old Massively-That-Was, we used to feature a sporadic series called "Why I Play." The idea was for each of the writers...

Not So Massively: All the online gaming news from E3 2015

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It's been a big week for online gaming, with several high-profile reveals and announcements made at E3 2015. The latest version of MOBA-esque space...
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E3 2015: Elite is now previewable on Xbox One, Close Quarter Combat coming soon

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Frontier CEO David Braben has announced that Elite: Dangerous will be one of the first "early access" games available via the Xbox One's Game...

Steam’s summer sale offers mad MMO deals [Updated Monday]

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Prepare your wallets to go broke and your libraries to fill to the brim with games that you'll never have time to play, for...

Not So Massively: Heroes of the Storm launches, Infinite Crisis gives up

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It's been a week of mixed feelings in the land of MOBAs, with the thrill of a new game launch juxtaposed against the background...

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