A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v4.0
By far, my favorite column to write here at Massively OP (and the one that always takes the longest) is The Game Archaeologist. I've...
The MOP Up: Harry Potter Wizards Unite fights the heavy-hitters
You better bring your A-game and your B-wand to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, because you're going to be in the virtual fight of your...
One Shots: Gaming in the Before Times
The beginning of 2020 seems so, so very long ago now, doesn't it? It's strange to think back to a time when we could...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2020 predictions
Last December, when we sat down to write out our annual MMO predictions for 2020, I don't think anyone had "biggest global pandemic in...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Most Underrated MMO
Welcome to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year 2020 awards!
Every year, we poll our writers on the best and worst MMOs, stories, studios, and trends and...
End-of-Year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs going into 2021
It is only natural that, when you are shopping around for a different MMORPG to play, to consider the health of potential play candidates....
The MOP Up: Crossout drives onto an island
Here's a useful tip from Crossout: It's dangerous to drive your car in water! This comes from the game's newest "Clean Island" patch, which...
Neverwinter brews up a sweeping rework of its combat system
Considering how integral combat is to Neverwinter, you'd have to imagine that any changes that touch upon this system are going to be felt...
One Shots: Pledging Trekkie Trekkie Trekkie
So you know how Star Trek claims that it has a functioning futuristic society without money? Somehow? That's made me overthink how Starfleet Academy...
LOTRO Legendarium: What Daybreak’s sale revealed about LOTRO
Just when I thought we were getting to a quieter point in the year where I could engage in a leisurely wrap-up of the...
The Stream Team: Descending into Neverwinter’s The Chasm
After ascending Icespire Peaks, it's time to descend into The Chasm. Massively OP's MJ is leaving the iciness behind and moving on to the...
One Shots: The life of fish people
Indentured servitude is something that Final Fantasy XIV likes to introduce to its players, such as poor Scott, who discovered that he's in for...
Star Trek Online lets Klingons fly the new and improved Titan
If you haven't yet watched Star Trek: Lower Decks... well, what are you waiting for? But if you have, you'll know that there's an...
Torchlight III plans a dye station and more with its December patch
If you get annoyed at cryptic teases and oblique hints about upcoming content, you may want to skip Torchlight III's latest developer blog, as...
The MOP Up: Conan Exiles forms ‘strike team’ to attack Xbox One server instability
Life in Conan Exiles is by nature harsh, but Xbox One players have it worse than most thanks to a slew of issues that...
The Stream Team: Planting the Icehammer flag in Neverwinter
After defeating the Rime Hound, Massively OP's MJ still needs to ascend Neverwinter's Icespire Peak again to retrieve the Icehammer flag from fallen Rurik...
Neverwinter is retiring Bonding Runestones and making changes to companions
How well does item level match to actual player power in Neverwinter? Not well enough, at least according to the way developers see it, and...
Champions Online is mopping up old game issues, starting with Eidolon
Good news for Champions Online fans: Cryptic is apparently poking around in the game's innards with an eye toward fixing longstanding problems.
"We're taking a...
Star Trek Online is about to upgrade its loadouts
While furiously punching buttons might make you feel like you're a Starfleet officer trying to recalibrate the spatial whatever to defeat the technowhoosit, it...
Neverwinter brings the final phase of Redeemed Citadel to PC alongside its Epic Games Store launch
The PC version of Neverwinter has gotten itself a fresh patchin', and with it comes the fourth part of the Redeemed Citadel. Yes, the...
