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The MOP Up: Aion makes a date with the Divine Fortress (January 28, 2018)
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...
Final Fantasy XI prepares for the Spring Alter Ego Expo in February
Alter Egos in Final Fantasy XI are a way to get the most famous NPCs in the game out and helping you smash your...
Snail Games introduces PixARK, heading to early access in March
So you're a Minecraft kind of soul. You like that sort-of-pixelish-but-not-really look. Your friend is an ARK: Survival Evolved junkie. She's more about dinosaurs...
Final Fantasy XIV releases the patch notes for patch 4.2: Rise of a New Sun
Calm down, Final Fantasy XIV fans; the actual patch doesn't release until Tuesday next week. But the patch notes are available right now, covering...
Crowfall addresses randomness, streaking and deck-style random outcomes
How much time do you spend thinking about random chance? If you play video games, probably a fair amount. The designers working on Crowfall...
World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth collectors editions, game datamining
When can we start playing allied races in World of Warcraft? Probably as soon as we can pre-purchase Battle for Azeroth, based on current...
Neverwinter talks about the slice of life stories for masterwork crafters in Lost City of Omu
Whether you're into masterwork crafting in Neverwinter for items or just because you want to get more of a sense of the world beyond...
World of Warcraft lays out its class adjustment paradigm for Battle for Azeroth
When Legion was on the way, World of Warcraft had a whole series of explanations about the broad and varied changes coming to every...
Final Fantasy XIV demos new UI options for scaling dialogue and scroll wheel functions
A new Final Fantasy XIV patch doesn't just mean a whole bunch of new content and so forth; it also means new improvements to...
Sea of Thieves fans decipher a fix for a common beta error… if you don’t mind getting a refund and rebuying
The seas of closed beta be choppy ones for the stoutest ship to navigate, but many captains who seek the blue in Sea of...
Another rumored New World trailer surfaces with hints about the game’s premise
Amazon's New World is a game that's captured quite a bit of rumor and speculation lately, and here's a fresh video to throw more...
SMITE promises improvements to the console experience for players in 2018
The nice thing about SMITE is that whether you prefer to play your games on consoles or on desktop computers, the game gives you...
Albion Online explains the new guild roles and guild UI options
The developers of Albion Online know that the guild system in the game needs work. Heck, it needed work for a while, but it...
TERA introduces the Guardian Legion on January 30
When the going gets tough in TERA, the tough get going! By the second "tough" we of course mean "max-level characters," and by "get...
PSA: Claim your free gifts in DC Universe Online by January 31
Hey! You there! Do you want a free tech-looking Batman costume in DC Universe Online? If your answer is yes (and it almost certainly...
EVE changes fleet fight notification tool to fix a persistent rejection bug
When big groups of ships fight in EVE Online, it can put a real strain on the game's servers. Sure, it might just look...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 154: A Prime experiment
Justin and Bree discuss Trion's big RIFT and Devilian news, Camelot Unchained's $7.5M investment, Darkfall New Dawn's launch, and layoffs for Albion and Elyria, with a mailbag question on what went wrong with WildStar.
Star Citizen’s second installment of Calling All Devs has information, but not a whole lot
The second installment of Star Citizen's Calling All Devs is out now, and if you want to see what it's like when developers sit...
World of Warcraft Refer-a-Friend experience boost gutted to match Heirloom leveling speed
So, were all of the experience boosts you had in World of Warcraft there to get your character to max level as quickly as...
Survival sandbox Rust leaves early access on February 8
Remember Rust? It was a survival sandbox and - wait, no, this one was actually one of the first ones! It made people angry...
