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The MOP Up: How long would you last in your MMO? (October 4, 2015)

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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...

EverQuesting: EQ to release The Broken Mirror expansion November 18th

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EverQuest fans excited for the game's next expansion should mark Wednesday, November 19th down on their calendars -- that's the day The Broken...

The Daily Grind: How closely do you follow MMOs prior to launch?

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MOP commenter Tandor Shadewalker recently made me think about what the game industry was like prior to widespread use of the internet. If you'll...

Leaderboard: Have you played Elite: Dangerous?

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I've got the space sim bug again. Well, OK, I never really lost it, but work and other hobbies occasionally make immersing myself in...

Tree of Savior preps for larger closed beta

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Tree of Savior's English beta is about to get even more intense, with a larger test being readied to launch sometime in October. The second...

EverQuesting: EQII expansion Terrors of Thalumbra launches November 17th

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It's happening in less than two months: EverQuest II's 12th expansion is releasing on Tuesday, November 17th. The dev team announced the date and...

Dofus announces tablet version coming ‘very soon’

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A mobile version of Ankama's MMO called Dofus Touch is about ready to start closed beta testing in France. Dofus Touch is a specially designed version...
I'm not back on any BS, I never left it.

Perfect Ten: Why big MMO expansions are a good thing

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I'm not really on board with the trend of saying that big expansions are back. They never left. Sure, we have one coming out...

WildStar F2P removes region locks

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Buried amid all of the hubbub of WildStar's free-to-play launch is the news that the game is no longer region-locked (although it still does...
Oh, hey guy.

WildStar struggles with lag, bugs after F2P conversion [Updated]

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It's been a long and stressful day-and-a-half for both WildStar players and Carbine, as the game's free-to-play patch resulted in horrendous lag, lengthy queues,...
This moonland isle.

Wakfu launches its Island Moon update

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Wakfu is flying players to the moon with its latest update. However, it's important to note that the patch is not lining up with...

Wind of Fate update shakes up Aion’s geography

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It's been a huge month for Aion. Not only is it the fantasy MMO's sixth anniversary, but today the dev team pushed out Patch 4.8:...
Price shark.

RIFT is upping its subscription price slightly with its next patch

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If you're considering taking a break from RIFT and dropping your subscription for a month, you may not wish to do that. With the...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 31: MMO expansions come roaring back

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Justin and Bree discuss Devilian, SWTOR, Ultima Online, the return of the MMO expansion, RIFT, Camelot Unchained, ArchLord 2, and Guild Wars 2, with mailbag questions on Heart of Thorns and gambleboxes.

Drizzt joins Neverwinter in this fall’s Underdark expansion

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A few familiar faces are coming to Neverwinter in the upcoming Underdark expansion, including a fairly famous Drow. If you'd happily fight the two-headed Prince of...

WildStar: Reloaded launches free-to-play

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WildStar's long-awaited free-to-play patch is finally upon us, as Carbine re-launched the game at midnight with a new business model and scads of changes. WildStar: Reloaded...
doge, wow

Project Gorgon on the difference between testing and launch balancing

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Can we get a quick show of hands indicating who likes logging into a familiar MMO and finding out that every one of his...

Guild Wars 2 kicks off Guild Week tomorrow

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Guild Wars 2 has plenty in store for player organizations when Heart of Thorns launches later next month, and because of that, ArenaNet is...

Ever, Jane holds off on its beta launch

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The austere Ever, Jane updated to Release 1.9 over this past weekend while keeping the title in alpha testing for a while longer. "We...

The MOP Up: A rebirth for Star Wars Galaxies

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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...

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