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H1Z1’s delayed patch arrives this week
The latest H1Z1 producer's letter has arrived, this one focusing on the Just Survive half of the now-split zombie survival sandbox. Daybreak begins by...
Guns of Icarus opens up dynamic PvE battles with Alliance DLC
Dueling airships title Guns of Icarus is sailing into uncharted territory with its recent Alliance DLC: PvE.
If players pony up the $15 to buy...
Join the Thieves Guild today in The Elder Scrolls Online’s latest DLC
The Elder Scrolls Online's Thieves Guild DLC is live today on the production servers. Those with active ESO Plus memberships will be able to...
Wisdom of Nym: Odds and ends from Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2
I spent all of the last column talking about Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch, but boy, there's still more to talk about. Who...
Guild Wars 2 is not going back to biweekly updates: ‘When we’re shipping every two weeks, we just have to ship’
There's no way that the Guild Wars 2 AMA on Reddit could possibly top the big bombshell about Colin Johanson's departure that started the...
The MOP Up: Blade & Soul brings in the Warlock (March 6, 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...
Landmark is giving new players a slice of pioneer territory
Being flat and featureless isn't always a bad thing. For example, if you're looking to build amazing structures without a lot of hassle from...
Path of Exile expansion popularity causes multiple realm crashes
The good news from this past Friday's Ascendancy expansion in Path of Exile? Apparently it broke the record of player numbers for the first...
Camelot Unchained: Picking flowers, rocking armor, crafting all the things
Camelot Unchained's latest dev update went up last night, and it's predictably dense. Along with the usual list of dev card updates, there's a...
Mobile MU: Origins starts second closed beta
For the next three days, the upcoming mobile version of MU Online -- called MU: Origins -- will be running another closed beta. This...
A look at the loot due in Neverwinter’s Maze Engine expansion
Neverwinter's latest dev blog zeroes in on the most important thing in any MMORPG: the players. Just kidding! It's loot.
The Maze Engine expansion will...
Giveaway: Warframe Sands of Inaros booster keys from Digital Extremes and MOP [All gone now!]
A huge new update lands in online shooter Warframe today:
Sands of Inaros reaches PC players today with a brand-new mummy-themed Warframe, a new quest,...
Star Citizen pushes Alpha 2.2 to live
It's time to strap yourself in and put on your big captain boots, for Star Citizen's Alpha 2.2 is here, and it's bringing a...
Black Desert drops a minor patch for class balancing
The wait is over for everyone, Black Desert is out and playable, and if you've been looking forward to the game but still aren't...
Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content
The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...
The Panther and Weasel rumble into Heroes & Generals
If you're playing as the Germans in Heroes & Generals, it's probably been with the hope that you'd get to take some of that...
Albion Online devs on next update and test populations
Albion Online Game Director Robin Henkys and Creative Director Jörg Friedrich have posted their first dev vlog. In it, they give an overview of...
Allods Online orders a ‘complete rework’ of its class roster
If it hasn't sunk in yet that Allods Online's New Order update is going to be huge for the game, then take a minute...
Path of Exile posts Ascendancy patch notes, preps Friday launch
The Ascendancy expansion for Path of Exile is on track to be released on Friday, but what are you supposed to do today? Stare...
Gigantic releases a big (experimental) update today
The beta test for Gigantic is still ongoing despite the financial difficulty of its development studio, but you can't take part in that test...