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A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
Perfect Ten: The MMO races that nobody ever seems to choose
Justin Olivetti - September 25, 2024 26
Just because an MMORPG offers a wide array of character options doesn't mean that player interest will be equally divided among them. We've long...
Star Trek Online activates the new Dimensional Typhoon event, Neverwinter reworks battlepass
Justin Olivetti - September 18, 2024 1
A galaxy near, near to here is asking for all Star Trek Online captains to crank it into warp for a new event that...
Global Chat: Star Trek Online’s content problem
Justin Olivetti - September 13, 2024 2
As we kick off another edition of MMO gamer blogs talking about the titles that we love the most, we'll be visiting with Contains...
Star Trek Online brings back its ‘historical museum’ for franchise’s birthday
Justin Olivetti - September 9, 2024 3
Star Wars fans certainly know the importance of May the 4th, but did you know that there's a counterpart in the Star Trek fandom?...
The Stream Team: Celebrating five years of D&D nights in Dungeons & Dragons Online
MJ Guthrie - September 5, 2024 2
Exactly five years ago tonight, Massively OP's MJ started Thursday D&D nights in Dungeons & Dragons Online on OPTV (Neverwinter started the week prior)....
Into the Super-Verse: Looking back on Champions Online, 15 years later
Eliot Lefebvre - August 30, 2024 13
I hadn't even really thought about the fact that Champions Online has been out for 15 years now until I saw the anniversary post...
Champions Online celebrates its anniversary with cat rescues, concerts, and Champions trivia
Eliot Lefebvre - August 29, 2024 0
Can you believe that it has been 15 years since Champions Online launched? We don't blame you if it's hard to believe, but in...
Perfect Ten: Underrated MMOs that deserve a second look in 2024
Justin Olivetti - August 29, 2024 24
We've all been there at one time or another. We've been playing the same-old favorite MMO for a long time and then suddenly feel...
Perfect Ten: My 10 favorite MMO pet classes of all time
Justin Olivetti - August 14, 2024 15
I've had to face the fact that among the MOP team, I'm in somewhat of a minority who actually likes -- nay, passionately loves...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best volcano zone in an MMORPG?
Bree Royce - August 5, 2024 17
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by Neverwinter, whose last module revamped the volcanic Mount Hotenow and dropped a ton of Mountain of Flame screenshots...
The MOP Up: EVE Echoes is going to let you drill into the moon
Justin Olivetti - August 4, 2024 0
EVE Echoes -- please remember that this still exists -- offered up some balance and market adjustments along with a preview of some new...
Vague Patch Notes: The player-provided guidance problem in MMORPGs
Eliot Lefebvre - August 1, 2024 11
Final Fantasy XIV has a player-based mentor program and an automatic guidance network for new players. The idea is that certain players can volunteer...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with outstanding tutorial sections
Eliot Lefebvre - July 31, 2024 5
Tutorials! They're important. I even wrote an entire column about them recently, talking about how important they are in getting people into a new...
Star Trek Online unveils the Heritage Starship Bundle after teasing it with cryptic hints
Eliot Lefebvre - July 25, 2024 3
Look. You knew that when Star Trek Online started toying around with pseudo-ARG puzzles regarding its latest promotion that the end result would be...
Enter to win a Gigantic Rampage Edition key on PC, PlayStation, or Xbox in honor of Ranked Mode S1
Bree Royce - July 23, 2024 9
Gigantic's devs has a big day in store for fans of the game, as season one of the MOBA's Ranked Mode is live on...
Enter to win a Neverwinter Volcanic Galeb Duhr companion pack in our Mountain of Flame giveaway
Bree Royce - July 22, 2024 8
In celebration of last week's multiplatform launch of Neverwinter's latest module, Mountain of Flame, Cryptic has kindly granted us gift codes to raffle to...
Star Trek Online hints at a new ship bundle with mysterious teaser images paired with a cipher
Chris Neal - July 20, 2024 0
What's a good way to draw hype for an upcoming reveal for Star Trek Online? Offer fans a mystery, apparently: The MMO's Twitter account...
The No Man’s Sky Worlds ‘universe refresh’ is why you’re playing No Man’s Sky this weekend
Bree Royce - July 17, 2024 31
You know that whenever Hello Games and Sean Murray start dropping cryptic teasers so they'll trend on Reddit, a new No Man's Sky update...
Neverwinter’s Mount Hotenow-revamping Mountain of Flame module is live on all platforms today
Bree Royce - July 16, 2024 1
As promised, Neverwinter is getting a fiery new update today in the form of Mountain of Flame, officially live simultaneously on PC, PlayStation, and...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs show blood and battle damage?
Justin Olivetti - June 29, 2024 22
At the risk of sounding like a bloodthirsty gorehound, I do kind of wish that MMOs did more to visually represent the damage that...