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Perfect World suffers more layoffs, this time in the EU

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Massively OP has been contacted by a former Perfect World employee — who wishes to remain anonymous and whose identity we have confirmed — about...

Elite releases 86-track OST while LOTRO buffs its music system

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It's a two-for-one music Monday here at Massively Overpowered! For starters, Elite: Dangerous is now selling its physical soundtrack as a 3-CD set. The...
No top guns here.

Star Citizen opens up concept purchases for the Aegis Vanguard

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Have you managed to make enemies in Star Citizen? Even though the full game is not actually available, do you have people who might...

Elite: Dangerous sends pilots on a scavenger hunt for a graphics card

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When you have an entire galaxy at your fingertips, why not turn it into a massive scavenger hunt? Y'know, for kicks and corporate promotion! Elite:...

Ghost in the Shell Online: First Connection nearing Korean CBT

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The popular anime franchise Ghost in the Shell will be making the transition to an MMOFPS: It prepares to start its first Korean closed...

Guild Chat: The top five ingredients in every great guild

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Welcome to Guild Chat, my comfortable little corner of Massively Overpowered in which I dissect the inner workings and tricky politics associated with MMO...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: March 28, 2015

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This week's crowdfunding news was all about Crowfall. Seriously, we must've written about Crowfall like 76 times or something. In the end, the most relevant...

The Stream Team: Give me exploration or give me death in The Repopulation

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Last time Massively OP's MJ tried to explore in The Repopulation, she gave the cloning facility a good workout. Today she'll boldly go where...

SWTOR doubles, doubles your excitement and experience

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Doors locked? Family distracted elsewhere? Called in sick to work? Check! It's go time for some serious Star Wars: The Old Republic leveling! From today...
Hi. Bye.

Defiance revisits its holidays for a large-scale anniversary celebration

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In the universe of Defiance, Armistice Day represents Votan and human soldiers coming together to end a misguided war that neither side really wanted...

Star Trek Online delivers rare rewards for featured episode

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Star Trek Online must really, really want you to play the featured episode Uneasy Allies, because the team is waving around rare rewards for...

The Stream Team: Exploring the swamps of Factions: Origins of Malu with devs

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Early Access of Origins of Malu has begun, which means players can now get in and check out the battlegrounds while wandering through some...

First impressions of Skyforge beta, part one

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Slowly but surely, Skyforge has climbed my interest ladder until I was genuinely eager to check it out in its beta state. It's an...

EVE Online’s Sleepers are stealing corpses to rebuild their bodies

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When unstable wormholes began opening all across EVE Online back in 2009, players cautiously ventured forth into the unknown and discovered the ruins of...
All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

WildStar outlines pets and wardrobe mechanics

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Have you longed for a Rowsdower companion of your very own as you venture about in WildStar? Did you hate the game's costume system...
I'm sure somebody thinks that's neat!

Star Citizen’s sound designer weighs in on sound in space

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In space, no one can hear you scream. Or yell, or fart, or blow up another ship. Sound doesn't travel well in a vacuum,...
Bye Felicia

Frontier crowns its Race to Elite winners

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Appropriately, the winner of Frontier's Triple Elite competition is a Commander by the name of Onepercent. He played for 1,029 hours between December 18th...

Hyperspace Beacon: What you need to know about SWTOR’s Outfit Designer

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Update 3.2 for Star Wars: The Old Republic is, in a lot of ways, my update. From the beginning of the game, I wanted to visit...
You can't really go back again.

World of Warcraft gears up for WoW Tokens and arena championships

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Can you part with real money more easily than you can part with hours of time to farm up gold in World of Warcraft?...
IT'S THE FINAL COUNT DOWN

Frontier turns Elite bug into community event

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Frontier has turned an Elite: Dangerous bug into a canonical community event that is still ongoing through March 26th. A player purportedly fired on...

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