Dota 2’s International is an annual championship series for professional MOBA players.
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Nexon takes control of HIT developer Nat Games
The Nexon beast continues to grow, insatiable in its hunger to devour profitable studios and gaming properties. The relationship between publisher Nexon and developer...
Destiny 2 community goes on a real-world hunt for a hidden spear
Are you familiar with Geocaching? It's a popular activity in which players hide and discover treasure caches all over the world (and is a...
Hands-on with Bless Reborn at Neowiz’s San Francisco media reveal
As you probably have heard, there was a Bless influencer event this week, with a couple of media and a smattering of MMO streamers...
Guild Wars 2 plans bonus harvesting weekend, backs player artists crowdfunding a GW2 tarot deck for charity
So here's something Guild Wars 2 doesn't do much: special weekend bonus events. This one's probably more about getting folks to buy harvesting tools...
World of Tanks celebrates Yuri’s Night and its own anniversary with ‘Stellar Bonus’ event
Sick of the same old holidays every year in MMOs? World of Tanks is fond of plucking really good ones out of the void...
WHO attempts to defend its proposed ‘gaming disorder’ classification
At the tail end of last year, we caught wind that the World Health Organization is planning on classifying gaming addiction as a "gaming...
Ascent: Infinite Realm’s 2019 launch is the future of Kakao’s international ambitions
Good news, Ascent: Infinite Realm! The future of Kakao's international plans and possible acquisition of western development studios hinges upon your success! Not that...
HEVGA argues WHO’s proposed ‘gaming disorder’ classification scapegoats and stigmatizes games
Is gaming addiction a thing worthy of its own classification? The World Health Organization is thinking about saying yes in its update of the...
PWE is sunsetting both Battle of the Immortals and War of the Immortals next week
Add two more to the sunset list: Perfect World announced last month that it will sunset the international versions of six-year-old War of the...
Riot’s new promo video argues e-sports are indeed sports
No one will be surprised by Riot Games' latest e-sports video. Riot Games really likes e-sports. Indeed, Riot Games believes e-sports are real sports.
"Not...
Chronicles of Elyria begins selling individual perks, shows character customization
No longer will you have to pay a large lump sum for bundles just to gain certain perks in Chronicles of Elyria. If you...
Olympic e-sports are becoming inevitable as IOC says they ‘could be considered as a sporting activity’
The International Olympic Committee has formally stated that it may consider e-sports a sporting activity.
"Competitive e-sports could be considered as a sporting activity, and...
WoW sells charity pet for hurricane relief, plus more on Overwatch’s Junkertown & Hearthstone’s Oktoberbrawl
We've got a fun roundup of Blizzard's doings, so let's get started! The studio is selling a new "Shadow" fox pet with adorably huge...
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds whupped League of Legends on Twitch last week
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds may have one of the worst video game names in history, but it set a new record on Twitch last week.
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A Dota 2 pro was beaten by Elon Musk’s OpenAI bot during this year’s International
Dota 2's The International 7 tournament is over, having concluded this weekend by crowning EU group Team Liquid -- which arrived to the finals...
MMORPG veteran Richard Garriott decries ‘space tourist’ label
If you haven't figured it out, Shroud of the Avatar and Ultima Online's Richard Garriott is on a press tour lately for his new memoir,...
Perfect World sees mobile sales jump up in 2016
When it comes to financial reports, there's always one word that every investor wants to see: growth. And for those that read Perfect World's...
Valve is working on three VR titles, feeling effects of travel ban
Valve's Gabe Newell and Erik Johnson have confirmed that the company is working on a trio of VR-centric games, not cheapie experiments but full-scale...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s Cradle of Shadows (July 31, 2016)
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...
The hidden DOTA 2 tournament secrets that Valve doesn’t want you to know!
DOTA 2's huge annual tournament, The International, is coming to Seattle this August, and tickets for the popular event are going on sale next week.
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