character creation
Massively OP Podcast Episode 225: The slash and burn of Amazon Game Studios
Justin and Bree discuss E3, Black Desert, Warframe, Last Oasis, Amazon, New World, Ship of Heroes, SWG Legends, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag questions on monetizing character costuming and beating bad launch dead horses.
One Shots: Prime real estate
The rich elite enjoy their luxurious mansions located on scenic shores, remote islands, or exclusive metropolis neighborhoods. But the rich elite with connections to...
Into the Super-verse: Why didn’t Champions Online do better?
A while back I was flipping through the backlog of my personal gaming blog, looking at the history of my gaming trends, particularly in...
Interview: Astellia’s westernization covers everything from monetization and VO to dodging and grouping
It seems as if every time we write about incoming MMORPG Astellia, confusion over its guiding principles dominates the ensuing discussion. One of those...
Final Fantasy XIV releases job action trailer, benchmarks, and 16M player count ahead of Shadowbringers
The gates have not yet been thrown wide for Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion, Shadowbringers, but players can now see what's on the other side pretty...
Perfect Ten: Helpful tips for returning to City of Heroes in 2019
With the (community-led) rebirth of City of Heroes in 2019, a rather interesting problem has arisen for this superhero title: Namely, players who never...
Ship of Heroes is hoping to roll out its character creation beta in July
Ship of Heroes may be the youngest City of Heroes spiritual successor, but it's also the most likely to hit beta first: Its beta...
World of Warcraft Classic launches August 26, with CBT tomorrow and stress tests beginning next week
Here we go, folks: World of Warcraft Classic is now set to launch on August 27th - actually, in the US, it's the evening...
Camelot Unchained is hard at work on corpse-chuckers, mortars, and doors
Doors, doors, doors. Yes, "a good amount of work was done to bring doors into" Camelot Unchained this week. That probably sounds silly, but...
One Shots: What am I looking at here, exactly?
I guess I was asking for pure nightmare fuel when I issued a challenge last week to create the most disturbing and deformed avatars...
Check out some video of the power in Peria Chronicles’ character creator
The first round of testing for long-awaited cel-shaded MMOÂ Peria Chronicles has arrived, running until May 12th. But does the game's distinct graphical style mean...
Valiance Online’s latest alpha patch touches on characters, animations, and interior procedural generation
We're having a superhero MMO moment here, folks. Last week, Valiance Online teased something big happening, and now we know what it is: an...
The Stream Team: Creating a new (lady) Star Citizen
Massively OP's MJ is happy to finally be able to explore space on a female avatar in Star Citizen. Of course, that means she...
VR MMORPG OrbusVR reboots and expands as as OrbusVR: Reborn today
It's a big day for MMOs - and MMO players who've been itching to see more titles on VR. That's because OrbusVR officially launches...
Fight or Kite: First impressions of newly free-to-play Albion Online
As soon as I heard that Albion Online was going free-to-play, I knew where I was going to spend the majority of my PvP...
The Stream Team: Another journey into Albion Online
It has been quite a long time since Massively OP's MJ has adventured in Albion Online. In fact, it's been so long that even...
MapleStory celebrates 14 years with Pink Bean character creation and past seasonal updates
Are you familiar with Pink Bean? It's a boss character as well as a playable Monster Job, apparently, and to mark 14 years of...
Into the Super-verse: Trying DC Universe Online for the first time
While this column will no doubt be looking at the superhero MMO releases that are currently in development, it's also here, as we said,...
Interview: Astellia deep-dives its dungeon systems and Western tweaks
Incoming buy-to-play MMORPG Astellia has been a whirlwind in 2019 as Nexon and Barunson EA have prepared the game for release in the west:...
Outlaws of the Old West’s barbershop offers a cut and a shave for two bits
Not everyone is expertly skilled at the fine arts of character creation, a sad fact that results in more heartbreak every year than the...
