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Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?

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Massively OP reader and Patron Avaera has a thoughtful question for the team and readers this week. "I wish more virtual world games thought deeply...
Well, that's better.

Ghost Widow gets a spotlight on her Master x Master incarnation

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While very few veteran City of Heroes fans were happy about the inclusion of Statesman in Master x Master for a variety of reasons,...
Ladies, please.

Choose My Adventure: Launching new in DC Universe Online

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Looking at the the three big triple-A superhero titles, DC Universe Online has always felt like the odd one out. City of Heroes was...

Perfect Ten: MMO zones I love to hate

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Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...
Time enough at last, only not.

Choose My Adventure: Cryptic’s Neverwinter in review

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My time with Neverwinter is done, and it's a game I find myself in an odd relationship with. It'd be fair to say that...

NCsoft MOBA Master X Master launches today

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Master X Master is officially launching in the West today, bringing NCsoft's take on a multi-IP MOBA-with-a-twist to our shores. The twist is the...

The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal group size for an MMORPG?

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During this week's Massively OP podcast (live this afternoon!), Justin and I tackled a detailed question about MMO group makeup, the trinity, and combat,...
Titan-size!

City of Titans on endgame, alting, PvP, business models, lockboxes, and whales

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The first and most-backed City of Heroes successor City of Titans has a couple of dev pieces out this month answering questions posed to...
We figured this out, what's your excuse? You could have stolen more from us after Hearthstone.

Cryptic’s Magic the Gathering RPG: Speculating on the lore and game systems

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An RPG based on Magic: the Gathering is one of those things I have both long wanted and long assumed was just never going...

Battle Bards Episode 100: Centennial spectacular!

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After four years and over 700 MMORPG music tracks, the Battle Bards have arrived at their 100th show! For this centennial spectacular, Syl, Steff,...

Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO dungeons

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It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...

Ship of Heroes explores its spaceship mission maps

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Raise your hand if you're a superhero MMORPG fan who really, really wants to see good mission maps. None of this office building #3457225...

Valiance Online’s capital city hall is ‘akin to the Pentagon’ for supers

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Back in April, Silverhelm Studios told players it was instituting "big changes" in the way it was rolling out information for City of Heroes-inspired...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list

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One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...

One Shots: Lonely hearts

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Are gamers really lonely? Do we flock to MMORPGs as a response to that? I'm pondering these thoughts today following the response of a...
It's been real, and it's been fun, but... eh, you know the joke now.

Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up Black Desert and selecting our next destination

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Back when I mentioned that I was learning to like Black Desert a while back, I got this tweet from the game's official account....

Valiance Online muses about a sidekicking system

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Sidekicking and mentoring were among the best and most-used features in City of Heroes, but will one of its spiritual successors take a cue...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 115: Legendary podcasting

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Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Guild Wars 1 and 2, Star Trek Online, FFXIV, Neverwinter, WoW addons, Kingdom of Loot, and City of Heroes, with mailbox questions on MMO tourist mode and character creation inspiration.
Give me your tired, your hungry, your stuff.

City of Heroes fans party hard for the game’s 13th birthday

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Last Friday evening, the torch was raised once again for City of Heroes. Despite the game being offline for a half-decade now, fans from...

The Stream Team: Celebrating City of Heroes with Paragon Chat costume contests

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Never say die! If City of Heroes fans had a motto, this would likely be it. Although they don't have the original game to...

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