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Valiance Online preps for alpha patch, Steam move
Valiance Online is packing up and prepping for a move... to Steam.
The City of Heroes-inspired indie superhero MMORPG was Greenlit on the platform back...
Massively Overthinking: The stories inside MMORPGs
This week's topic comes to us from one of our dear Patrons, Roger.
"I love stories, and some games tell great stories. MMOs have trouble...
Perfect Ten: My highlights from pre-launch MMO hype
Maybe the hype and anticipation of an upcoming MMORPG leaves you feeling burned out and turned off these days. Considering that some titles can...
One Shots: You put a spell on me
One of the very few MMORPGs that my wife and I ever played together was Wizard101, and I think most of that time involved...
Watch City of Heroes fans celebrate its birthday
If you haven't picked up on the fact, there's a lot of us that continue to care deeply about City of Heroes, even years...
Perfect Ten: The final minutes of beloved MMORPGs
"This is how the world ends," T S Eliot wrote in his famous poem, "not with a bang, but with a whimper."
That might well...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 63: Leisure suit Larry
Justin and Larry discuss pristine WoW servers, TSW, Trove, Champs Online, SWTOR, lockboxes, and birthdays in CoH, LOTRO, and Guild Wars.
Jukebox Heroes: City of Heroes’ soundtrack
In the history of MMORPGs, City of Heroes might well go down as having one of the most passionate communities in the genre. People didn't...
The Daily Grind: Do your MMO choices actually reflect your playstyle?
Massively OP reader Leiloni tipped us off to a great blog post by MMO blogger Ethan "Isarii" Macfie, in which the author questions his...
Former City of Heroes artist hosts an impromptu Reddit AMA
People always get nostalgic for City of Heroes around the time of its anniversary, even though it's gone. It's not just players, either. Former...
The Daily Grind: Are you ever sad when you levelcap in an MMORPG?
I recently levelcapped another character in Guild Wars 2, my Asura Guardian, and yet as soon as she dinged, some of the spark of...
The Daily Grind: How would canceled MMOs be doing right now if they were still operating?
Many of us have our private (or not-so-private) sorrows regarding shuttered MMORPGs. Yes, we wish that they were still alive and often opine that...
Perfect Ten: Ten City of Heroes systems every MMO should have stolen by now
Today, City of Heroes turns 12 years old. Except it doesn't; the game shut down three years ago, it never lived until it reached twelve,...
Former City of Heroes developers fill out the game’s annual lore reveal
There are going to be two potential reactions to the yearly set of lore reveals from former City of Heroes developers Matt Miller and...
City of Heroes fans mark 12th anniversary in Paragon Chat and Champions Online
Twelve years ago, heroes answered the call to defend Paragon City against aliens, bandits, and nefarious sewer zombies. City of Heroes launched on April 27th,...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG class type you can’t stand playing?
For me, it's rogues. Ug.
It's bizarre because I adore rogues, thieves, and especially stealth archers in single-player roleplaying games. There's never been an Elder...
Perfect Ten: The odd things I noticed slipping back into Final Fantasy XI
Over the years, I may have spent more money on Final Fantasy XI than any other MMO. It's undoubtedly my first MMO, and it's...
Working As Intended: Busting up the MMORPG nostalgia party
Last week, a clever Massively OP commenter, SC_Deadline, neatly summed up the ongoing Nostalrius emulator shutdown as Blizzard "bust up someone's nostalgia party," which...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG expansion you’ve experienced?
Very few things get me as excited as the announcement of a new expansion for a favorite MMO. Expansions are thrilling events, stirring up...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with huge class rosters
After talking with Mark Jacobs the other week about the difficulty of balancing Camelot Unchained's 30 classes, it got my mind thinking of MMOs...
