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The Stream Team: Battling turkey leftovers in Black Desert

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Instead of beating her way through a mob of shoppers, Massively OP's MJ is spending her Black Friday beating her way through mobs in...

Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2016

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As you're gobble, gobbling up food today, rooting for your favorite football team, and enduring the uncomfortable political conversations at the dinner table, you...

Black Desert’s Musa and Maehwa awaken, base game on sale for 50% off

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If the patch goes to plan, the Musa and Maehwa awaken with new polearms in today's Black Desert update. "The Musa can now switch to the...

Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic

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I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...

Black Desert gives a sneak peek at Dark Elves, new areas, and more

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Black Desert is on a hot streak of activity is month. The title merged servers in its "New World" update earlier this month while also...

Black Desert guild heraldry sparks questions over offensive symbols

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This past week, an interesting guild situation arose in Black Desert. A Massively OP tipster was surprised by an unusual symbol above the entrance to a...
I'm still pleased with this shot, even though my glamour has changed.

Choose My Adventure: Don’t call it a comeback

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Hello, dear readers. Would you like to tell me what to do for a while? Choose My Adventure has been absent from the site for...

A freakishly large turkey has invaded Black Desert

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Today's Black Desert patch is surprisingly meaty, and we're not just talking about turkeys (though we're talking about them too). Yes, the update includes...
Everybody look at me.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 91: Accounting 101

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Justin and Bree talk NCsoft & Nexon, Neocron, Marvel Heroes, SWTOR, EVE Online, Black Desert, Twin Saga, and The Secret World, with mailbag questions on MMO factions and Blizzard's duty to the genre, plus a preview of the second part of our Mark Jacobs interview.
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Black Desert partners with Silicon Studio for tech sharing

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Could Black Desert look and perform even better than it does right now? Pearl Abyss thinks so, as the studio has signed a "memorandum of...

One Shots: A lovely holiday

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If you were a dragon, what kind of dragon would you be? Perhaps you'd go traditional, with the whole "giant world-devourer" aspect. Maybe you'd...

Black Desert Online merges down into EU and NA ‘New World’ servers

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If you ever thought that Black Desert's server structure was unwieldy and esoteric, good news for you! Kakao has announced that the western version...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online roleplay with the Human Floyd

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Those who follow my columns here know that I'm a big roleplayer, but I don't exactly roleplay in the Elder Scrolls Online. I love...

The Valkyrie awakens in Black Desert today

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The Valkyrie awakens in Black Desert today with her new awakening weapon, a lance named... wait for it... Lancia. It allows the class to stab...

Global Chat: How SWTOR could fix its expansion missteps

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Debate and discussion continue in the MMO blogosphere over SWTOR's Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion, with many writers criticizing the expansion's format and...
Everybody look at me.

Today’s Black Desert’s patch preps a whirlwind of seasonal events

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Today's Black Desert patch is a relatively small one once you set aside the cash shop additions. Kakao has tweaked items, adjusted pet sounds,...

The MOP Up: FFXI revs up appreciation campaigns (October 30, 2016)

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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...

Kakao permabans Black Desert shovel exploiters

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This past weekend, Black Desert devs disabled some unusual items in the game: shovels and empty bottles. It turned out that exploiters had been using...

Black Desert’s patch today buffs the Tamer with her awakening weapon

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Today's Black Desert update adds the Tamer's awakening weapon, a bo staff that expands the Tamer's melee abilities: "The Celestial Bo Staff allows Tamers to...

Black Desert acknowledges infinite gathering bug, promises ‘action’ against exploiters

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Last weekend, Black Desert devs disabled some unusual items in the game: shovels and empty bottles. While at the time, Kakao said it had...

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