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Major publisher known for MMOs like Asta, Age of Wulin, and ELOA.

The MOP Up: Top raiding guild quits World of Warcraft (February 28, 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...

The MOP Up: PlanetSide 2 gets a promotion (February 21, 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...

ELOA deploys new raid dungeon, tackles spammers

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ELOA's latest patch, The Lost Temple, has deployed today, with its chief addition being a raid dungeon by that same name. Need more motivation...

Asta’s English open beta arrives March 2nd

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Korean import Asta: The War of Tears and Winds is just a few weeks away from open beta here in the west. Publisher Webzen has...
THAT WORKED SO WELL

Asta outlines the changes coming to its open beta version

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Localizing a game rarely means that it can have huge new features implemented, but it does usually mean that balance can be tweaked to...

ELOA’s ‘The Looters’ update describes you as much as the mobs

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Elite Lord of Alliance is getting another big update today called simply The Looters. It describes us all, doesn't it? The patch's main feature...

Mu: Origin starts closed beta testing

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Looking for some pocket-sized MMO fun? Mu: Origin, the mobile spin-off of the long-running Mu Online, is starting its closed beta test today. Webzen said...

Rappelz players will undergo ‘the final awakening’ next month

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MMO characters are always growing, evolving, and looting corpses for ever-better gear. But where's the end goal with such a project? When does a...
This is why we can't have nice things. Or maybe it's exactly why we can have nice things. It's hard to be sure.

Winning Putt is a free-to-play golf MMO in open beta, and yes, you read that correctly

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We live in a world where Winning Putt exists. It is a golf MMO. There are no epic endgame raids against the Grand Wrath-Beast...
It's real fire! It burns! It's very hot!

ELOA launches part two of ‘The Smash’ expansion with two new dungeons

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The second part of ELOA's first big expansion is dubbed "The Smash," but it will be an exercise for readers how smashy the two...

MU: Origin starts mobile beta testing on January 25

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MU: Origin, the mobile spin-off of Webzen's MU Online, will start closed beta testing on Android devices later this month. Players can sign up on the...

Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2015

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It's become tradition to fare well the MMOs that sunsetted in the preceding year, but that wasn't always the case. At the beginning of 2015,...

ELOA pushes out its first ‘expansion’

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Elite Lord of Alliance has done its utmost to make us trip over its name, and now that its first major content patch is...
HOLIDAY ADD

Elite Lord of Alliance’s first major content patch adds a new level cap, a new area, and Christmas

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How long should a game be around before you start upping the level cap? Elite Lord of Alliance (or ELOA as it's known to...
Nope.

Elite Lord of Alliance launches today with promotional giveaway

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How elite are your alliance lords? If you answer that question with a bewildered stare and a phrase that rhymes with "cut the truck,"...

ELOA hits open beta, launches in a week

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We will assume that this morning you sprang out of bed, threw open the curtains, and shouted to the birds, "Hello world, it's ELOA Open Beta...

ELOA schedules open beta for November 17

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The hack-and-slash fantasy MMO Elite Lord of Alliance will be transitioning from closed beta testing to open beta next week. Webzen announced today that it's set...
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Asta kicks off its first beta test in the West

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Will Asta be a success here after its poor fate in its native land? It's too early to say, but you can start making...
I suppose the alternative of saying that this was a poor decision wouldn't have worked.

Asta’s producers have hopes that the game will find its audience in the west

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The situation with Asta is an unusual one - it's an import, but it certainly failed to find its audience within its native land,...

The MOP Up: Heart of Thorns countdown (October 18, 2015)

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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...

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