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TERA launches the Dragonsire’s Revenge and Summer Festival today
Ready to face a very large and very angry dragon? The bright side is that he's not really angry at you, specifically; the down...
Valiance Online says its alpha is coming soon
Hearing that something is coming "soon" is the bane of every MMO player; it technically qualifies as a time frame, but it's vague and...
World of Warcraft may be making big changes to Artifact Knowledge with its next patch
Artifact Power is the big power mechanism behind making your Artifact weapon more powerful in World of Warcraft. That seems pretty straightforward; it's called...
Wisdom of Nym: Diving into Omega in Final Fantasy XIV
It's kind of ironic that Omega may be the first time in Final Fantasy XIV where the eponymous foe is our actual antagonist. The...
RIFT opens up patch 4.2 on the test servers
The 4.2 patch for RIFT (Celestial Storm if you're on a first-name basis with patches) is heading to the live servers on July 19th....
TERA launches Dragonsire’s Revenge on July 11
The Dragonsire is out for revenge! What does he want revenge for? Unfair parking tickets! Oh, and the fact that the gods did try...
League of Legends increases prices in the UK over Brexit currency woes
Your pounds won't carry you quite as far in League of Legends at this point. The game's prices for Riot Points (i.e., the currency...
Final Fantasy XI launches its July update and starts a nostalgic campaign
The latest update for Final Fantasy XI has arrived, and it brings with it what players have no doubt come to expect from the...
Star Wars: The Old Republic explains the changes coming to Engineer and Saboteur
Engineer Snipers and Saboteur Gunslingers are getting tuned down a bit in the next major patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The official...
Final Fantasy XIV opens up the normal version of Omega
The launch of a new expansion for Final Fantasy XIV means that new endgame content is always slightly delayed, giving players a chance to...
The Daily Grind: If you could reboot any currently operating MMO, which one would you pick?
It probably won't surprise you to know that we spend a lot of time in work chat behind the scenes of Massively Overpowered discussing...
Ghost Widow gets a spotlight on her Master x Master incarnation
While very few veteran City of Heroes fans were happy about the inclusion of Statesman in Master x Master for a variety of reasons,...
Lost Ark details changes coming with the game’s second closed beta test
It can be hard to be interested in a title that may eventually be ported over to North America but has a dearth of...
The Ex Inanis faction offers new loot for currency in Defiance
The Ex Inanis have arrived in Defiance! Gasp! Shock! This is unexpected! Partly due to the fact that we don't know who the Ex...
Check out Legend of the Ancient Sword gameplay in action
If you enjoy keeping your eyes on Chinese MMOs that may make their way stateside, you'll want to keep your eyes on Legend of...
Pantheon Wars return to Skyforge on July 1
When the deities in Skyforge aren't fighting one of the millions of invasions taking place on the planet on a regular basis, who do...
The Daily Grind: Are e-sports worth the effort for MMO developers?
I spend a lot of time thinking about e-sports. This is, of course, through the eyes of someone who doesn't much like e-sports as...
Armored Warfare reworks the Ghost Field map
After some major mechanical changes, it's possible that a lot of maps in Armored Warfare just don't have the pop they used to. But...
Transformers Online moves to open beta in China
3Are your primary complaints about Overwatch the fact that it doesn't exclusively star giant robots while being a Chinese-only title? Because that's exactly what...
Watch a documentary on the creation and destruction of Final Fantasy XIV
The end of Final Fantasy XIV came quite some time ago, but the game is still going. That's because the launch of the game's...
