A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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Massively OP’s guide to MMO podcasts
Podcasts are certainly splendid means of feeding one's MMO interests and keeping in touch with the news and community. It's always great to hear...
Neverwinter refuses to add items back into trade bar store, offers apologies and compensation
A couple of days ago Massively OP reported that Perfect World Entertainment purposefully removed several items from Neverwinter's Xbox One trade bar store (namely blood...
Neverwinter trots out a parade of famous faces for its next update
One of the big advantages of Forgotten Realms setting is that it comes pre-packaged with well-known fictional characters that have achieved some sort of...
Enter to win a Neverwinter Xbox One mount from PWE and Massively OP
In celebration of Neverwinter's Underdark update for Xbox One, PWE has granted Massively OP 40 mount codes to give away to our readers!
The codes are for a rare...
Neverwinter trade bar store bait-and-switch causes community stir
Neverwinter's Xbox One community has had to live with the fact that its version of the game would always be lagging behind the PC...
Neverwinter’s Underdark lands on consoles, Maze Engine is prepped for PC
It's getting very dark for Neverwinter players on the Xbox One. One might even argue that it's getting underdark. Why one might argue that...
Star Trek Online previews the new Tier 6 flagships
The Odyssey-class cruiser, the Scimitar-class warbird, and the Bortasqu'-class battlecruiser serve as the flagships for each of their respective factions in Star Trek Online....
Champions Online’s Teleios Ascendant lair patch is live
Last month, Cryptic promised a new update for Champions Online, and this week, it's finally live. The studio calls it the "biggest challenge" in...
Ask Mo: Re-reviewing MMORPGs and birthday shenanigans
Mo's been collecting letters to the editor for me to address in Ask Mo for the past month or two, and this one from...
Neverwinter details the ins and outs of the upcoming mount changes
Mounts are important in any game. It's nice to be able to choose a noble steed that represents your preferences and your character's personality...
Star Trek Online is discontinuing its Mac client
Star Trek Online is officially discontinuing support of its Mac client.
Perfect World says that following the Mac client's recent struggles and the support required...
How Neverwinter’s Maze Engine will ‘put the dungeons back in D&D’
Yesterday, Perfect World Entertainment announced Neverwinter's ninth expansion, The Maze Engine. Today, we're finding out the philosophy behind the update, or at least the...
Neverwinter announces ninth expansion, The Maze Engine
Perfect World Entertainment has just announced a new expansion for Neverwinter. Called The Maze Engine, the update will leap into the post-Underdark storyline and include...
Leaderboard: Massive servers vs. custom communities
One of the trends cropping up in the MMO industry in recent years is the Neverwinter Nights custom shard phenomenon. Games like Star Citizen,...
The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual’s Star Trek Online
If you're among the legions of Trekkies, then you are almost certainly aware of Cryptic Studios' Star Trek Online. Since early 2010, players have...
How MMO studios wield ‘YouTube influencers’
Kotaku has posted what it's calling "a behind-the-scenes peek at what it looks like when YouTubers shill for game companies." Perfect World Entertainment, well-known to...
Star Trek Online details the benefits of the anniversary Krenim Science Vessel
The sixth anniversary of Star Trek Online is nearly upon players, complete with all of the requisite celebration events. That means plenty of little...
Star Trek Online celebrates its sixth anniversary with a time-travel episode and giveaways
Star Trek Online seems to be one of those MMOs that always does its anniversaries justice. As the game hits its sixth birthday this...
Lord of the Rings Online’s latest patch expands Minas Tirith questing
Lord of the Rings Online is releasing a medium-weight patch today tailored to Minas Tirith gameplay.
Of note, there are new quests scattered throughout the...
Fans are remaking RuneScape with Neverwinter Nights 2’s toolset
Most RuneScape fans would probably agree that Jagex's game is very fine indeed, but there are always those who look at an MMO and think,...
