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Bebopping through ArcheAge’s Bloodsong update with Trion
Sometimes the wait for new content is made worse when you see another region enjoying it long before you can. That's how I've felt...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Shatterer Unleashed
In the last edition of Flameseeker Chronicles, I discussed the Guild Wars 2Â Winter 2016 update that releases today in great detail, so I'm really...
Otherland opens the doors to Water Isle, goes on sale
Hey everyone -- Otherland would like a minute of your time. It's raising its hand for you to call on it because it has...
Blade & Soul’s first major patch arrives on February 10th
The great part about games that were localized after being out in their native country for some time is that there's no dearth of...
Fans overwhelmingly vote for offline pledge rewards in Shroud of the Avatar
If you want to play Shroud of the Avatar online, there's stuff that you can have only by pledging support for the game at...
Firefall’s Razor’s Edge is finally mostly functional
The Firefall migration drama is finally over.
The servers went down for their planned one-day outage on January 19th for the massive Razor's Edge update,...
How Star Wars: The Old Republic won me over with its endgame
I walked away from last week's Star Wars: The Old Republic livestream pretty happy. Considering that I repeatedly say how much I absolutely loathe...
Bungie denies Destiny ammo pack microtrans rumors
Bungie has denied rumors that it was planning a fresh round of microtransactions for console MMO Destiny.
VG247 posted this morning that it had a...
Wisdom of Nym: Potential jobs for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion
We're going to be hearing about the next expansion to Final Fantasy XIV in... several months, actually. We're in no kind of rush here....
Hands-on with HEX: Chronicles of Entrath’s PvE
What do you know about HEX: Shards of Fate? If you've ever played it, probably more than me. But what do you know about...
The Repopulation remains skeptical about HeroEngine’s latest announcement
HeroEngine owner Idea Fabrik announced yesterday that it has made "several positive adjustments" in regard to its ongoing financial situation - namely, "reducing server...
Alleged WildStar ex-devs gripe about Carbine
A series of quotes on WildStar's subreddit this past weekend has caused quite a stir in that game's community, as alleged former Carbine developers have...
EVE Evolved: Should CCP start developing Walking in Stations again?
In all the time that I've been writing about EVE Online, one of the most common recurring comments is that the game badly needs...
The MOP Up: Metal Gear Online comes to PC (January 24, 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...
Diablo III explains damage number abbreviations and colors
Diablo III is a game that deals in numbers, and given the sheer output of digits that a combat counter can produce, Blizzard's engineers have...
Mytheon releases its Egypt DLC (and it’s on sale)
You might recall that last month, Petroglyph Games brought back Mytheon, a cute isometric MMO that's steeped in cultural mythology. You might also recall...
Paladins introduces two new game modes in today’s ‘Chicken Patch’
Hi-Rez's online shooter Paladins is undergoing a major patch for its ongoing closed beta today. The so-dubbed "Chicken Patch" introduces new game modes, Survival and Payload, the...
Camelot Unchained on new website, animations, and beta crafting
Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs is getting out in front of "Snowniño," the massive blizzard bearing down on the a large swath of the Eastern...
WoW Legion makes major changes to specializations and transmog sets
Are you tired of dealing with dual specs in World of Warcraft? It was revealed at BlizzCon that the existing spec system was going...
Firefall’s update is live and servers are up, but old characters are still offline
The most recent Firefall patch faced some pretty significant downtime due to issues with its implementation; players were updated on the state of the...