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World of Warcraft has a Tortollan pet in its data files
Because World of Warcraft and Hearthstone ostensibly take place in the same world, the latter frequently gets to fill out the lore of the...
Cliffy B on LawBreakers: ‘As far as I’m concerned, [the press] can fuck off’
Here at Massively Overpowered, we generally try to avoid cursing, but there really are no two ways to put the Cliff Bleszinski quote from...
Dark and Light embraces uncertainty with its new Chaos server type
If the PvP of Dark and Light feels too regimented and orderly for you, you'll be happy to take part in the game's upcoming...
Kritika Online opens up its test server for the Psion class
If you have an urgent need to start playing head games with your opponents in Kritika Online, the Psion is the choice for you....
Final Fantasy XI provides login bonuses, discounts, and returning campaign boosts
Saturday will mark the 14-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XI releasing in North America. If you're one of the many players who enjoyed the...
Neverwinter hosts the Masquerade of Liars for Halloween
This year's Halloween event for Neverwinter is kind of harshly named, you guys. Seriously, "Masquerade of Liars?" That's a rather severe appellation to slap...
Diablo III’s latest patch tweaks class balance and set balance
While Diablo III is getting a bit long in the tooth, there's still plenty of space for the game to have its balance tweaked....
Star Wars: The Old Republic moves its servers to a location far, far away (from the west coast)
Ahead of the game's large-scale server merge, the Star Wars: The Old Republic servers have had their physical locations merged into one. It turns...
Path of Exile looks back on the four years since launch
The story of Path of Exile is a pretty good one. Four years on, the game has gone from being a rather unknown little...
Blizzard’s Battle.net has officially expanded to be a little more social
All right, so rebranding the Battle.net app didn't work out as well as Blizzard had hoped. But the company remains bound and determined to...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.11 introduces the Unending Coil of Bahamut
Bahamut. You know him, you fear him, you've gotten used to summoning and channeling him if you play a Summoner in Final Fantasy XIV....
SWTOR celebrates KOTOR’s Xbox One launch with cash-shop outfits and free expansions
It's been a while since the classic RPGÂ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic first launched, but Xbox One players are just getting to...
Age of Wushu adds a new free-for-all battle royale mode to its China version
There are two ways to look at the new battle royale mode added to the Age of Wushu Chinese servers. The first is with...
Shroud of the Avatar acquires fan-made map software for zone mapping
The original plan for Shroud of the Avatar was to have all maps be hand-drawn, found by players, and generally hard to find. This...
New datamining points to potential World of Warcraft subraces for the next expansion
First of all, a disclaimer for those who need it: Using datamining to figure out what's going to be in the game in the...
World of Warcraft (briefly) shows off the 8.0 expansion in testing
Can we officially declare the next World of Warcraft expansion announced yet? Technically, no. But the game's beta version testing very briefly turned to...
Bluehole’s Project W to be revealed at G-Star 2017
We first asked what Project W was about a year ago, and we still don't know the answer. We know that it's being made...
Kritika Online drops a nice update for Halloween with a Haunted Room
You are not going to be scared when Kritika Online goes down for maintenance at 11:00 a.m. EDT, nor will you be scared when...
Activision secures patent for software to trick you into buying cash shop stuff, seriously
Hey, gang, this is absolutely wonderful. Activision has filed and been granted a patent for software designed to push you into buying cash shop...
OrbusVR prepares for its wild zones and endgame dungeons for beta 3
It might seem a little early in OrbusVR's life cycle to be super invested in the endgame, but the release of the game's third...