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Flameseeker Chronicles: Our Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire launch countdown checklist

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I can't quite believe that around 18 months of Guild Wars 2 development is about to drop in our laps this week through the Path of...
Well, this blows.

World of Warships is offering charity bundles for donating to hurricane relief

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If you've somehow missed the news, Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma have pretty well pounded the daylights out of the Caribbean, Florida, and eastern...
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Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMORPG lore

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In which we discuss varying levels of MMO lore effort and Eliot admits he doesn't remember the names of Pac-Man's ghosties.
Liches do it with nothing.

Heroes of the Storm goes overboard with Kel’Thuzad video docs

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Watch out if you are wandering into Heroes of the Storm territory this month, as a super-nerdcano is erupting thanks to the debut of...

War Thunder adds Emperor’s Garden map, postpones War Diaries storyline

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With a rousing game of Wingball wrapping up over the holiday weekend, War Thunder turns its attention to the next big addition to the...

The MOP Up: Warframe battles cancer (September 3, 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...

World of Warships yanks lackluster Graf Zeppelin, offers apology and refunds

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In its effort to rush a new aircraft carrier to the game in time for this past week's Gamescom, Wargaming might have done World...

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...

The Game Archaeologist: Furcadia

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Let's face it: There isn't really a huge pool of MMORPGs from the 1990s to explore in this column. By now I have done...

Ever, Jane whiles away the hours playing card games

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When you are a part of high society, it comes with certain expectations and customs. Entertainment is not found in slaughtering goblins, but in...

Perfect Ten: MMO experiments in transmedia synergy

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We're not going to argue that MMORPGs are the dominant form of media entertainment these days, but they do have endurance and a devoted...
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Overwatch retools competitive mode, apologizes to Aussie fans

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Overwatch is gearing up to tinker with competitive play once again, according to a new dev video from Blizzard game director Jeff Kaplan. He...

Xbox One X announces ‘select enhanced titles’ that include many online games

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At its pre-Gamescom press conference this Sunday, Microsoft revealed more about its upcoming Xbox One X and its glorious 4K gaming capabilities. As part...

World of Tanks introduces PvE War Stories, amps up metal soundtrack

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Maybe it shouldn't come as a huge shocker that the studio behind World of Tanks is into (pause for punny effect) heavy metal. Wargaming...

The Stream Team: A first look at Foxhole

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Massively OP's MJ has played sandboxes set in space, in prehistoric times, in apocalyptic wastelands, and in fantasy worlds. But until now, she hasn't...

The MOP Up: SMITE’s bad news bears (August 6, 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...
All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

Hacker claims to have made a living cheating in MMOs for two decades

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Motherboard has a fun-slash-depressing piece out this week on an unnamed hacker who claims he's been cheating at MMORPGs to make a living for...

Whatever happened to PlanetSide 2, A Tale in the Desert, and Istaria?

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Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, "What ever happened to that game?" With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it's surprisingly...

Massively multiplayer wargame Foxhole hits early access

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MMOs these days shy away from calling themselves massively multiplayer, so it's always strange when a game that we wouldn't assume is an MMO...
My expectations weren't that I would be jumping into this right away, but...

Ultima Online starts testing its fall update while Dark Age of Camelot continues its Dragon’s Curse campaign

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Let's check in with the Broadsword MMOs to see what's happening in its part of the online world, shall we? Ultima Online has kicked off...

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