A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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The Massively Overpowered 2019 winter holiday MMO roundup
The holidays are here! Well, most of them are. Some of them might not be. And as is tradition here at Massively Overpowered, we...
Magic Legends will let you swap classes and form three-player groups
Ever since the official reveal of Cryptic's Magic Legends at The Game Awards last week, we have been hungry for more details of this...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about Cryptic’s MMO business models?
As a fan of Cryptic Studios and its games, here is something that I have pondered for a while now: Is the studio generous...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 251: New World, Magic Legends, and Corepunk
Bree and Justin discuss PlanetSide Arena, New World, Magic Legends, Elder Scrolls Online, Corepunk, Black Desert Mobile, EVE Echoes, WoW, FFXIV, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWGL.
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0
Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...
Star Trek Online brings back Hearts and Minds for Friday the 13th (again) and a new Tzenkethi Red Alert
Boy, the Star Trek Online devs sure likes taking this one out of the mothballs, don't they? They did it for Halloween, they did...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2019 predictions
The day has come: the day when we look back at last year's predictions for this year and see how we did. Yep, this...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2019
Everyone is healthy! Good news! Every game is super healthy and absolutely no one has a terminal playerbase disease that may result in the...
Perfect World announces the return of the Winter Festival in Neverwinter and drops a tease for Star Trek Online
There's no place like Neverwinter for the holidays, or at least that's how Perfect World would like players to feel as the MMORPG gets...
Champions Online yanks event currencies and seasonal rewards to be replaced with more time-limited availability
We all know that Champions Online had been in de facto maintenance mode for a long while, although this year has seen a spate...
Star Trek Online fans mourn Deep Space Nine actor René ‘Odo’ Auberjonois
Another one of Star Trek's greats has fallen, as news broke out yesterday that Deep Space Nine actor René Auberjonois passed away from lung...
The MOP Up: Mortal Online’s meaning of Christmas
What is Christmas like in a brutal and bloody sandbox MMORPG? To answer that, you'll need to head to Mortal Online for a first-hand...
The Stream Team: It’s Neverwinter night!
Massively OP's MJ and her band of adventurers are continuing their Neverwinter exploits tonight; they've completed their first dungeon and they are thirsty for...
The Stream Team: Q-uality Christmas celebrations in Star Trek Online
Oh, the shenanigans of Q at Christmas. Star Trek Online has its own brand of holiday cheer for players to participate in, and Massively...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2019
After 10 years of covering MMORPG news, I can assure you that I am still fired up to keep doing this. One of the...
Star Trek Online makes Phoenix Packs permanent while removing a daily free pack
The biggest problem you can get with exchanges between real-money currencies and in-game currencies in MMOs is when one is far more valuable than...
Into the Super-verse: 13 text-based superhero MMOs you can play today
As part of this column covering superhero MMORPGs, we have looked at the usual suspects: MMOs of the past (Champions Online, City of Heroes,...
Choose My Adventure: Pushing boundaries and building a better house in Citadel Forged with Fire
As we come to the close of our Citadel: Forged with Fire adventure, we decided to push the absolute limits of how far we...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2019
Pass the cranberry sauce, we're having mashed potatoes! Oh the turkey looks great! Thank you for loving me, thank you for being there, thank you...
Star Trek Online’s Mudd’s Market pricing ignites a community firestorm
It sounds like a good idea on paper: a new section of the cash shop in Star Trek Online that offers items that haven't...