A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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Star Trek Online brings back Operation Riposte, the Crystalline Entity, and lets you earn a free T6 ship
Whether you like firing your lasers at a malevolent crystal snowflake or liberating a planet from Klingon oppressors, the most recent patch to Star...
Neverwinter’s newest patch adjusts scaling and enemy health
Everything you fight in Neverwinter is going to feel a little bit weaker after today's patch. For starters, the game has reduced enemy health across...
The MOP Up: China’s getting Fallout Shelter Online, and that’s not fair
For my money (and time), the best Fallout game of the past five years has been Fallout Shelter, a mobile base builder which has...
Perfect Ten: 10 things I’d love to see added to City of Heroes in the rogue server era
When will the staff here stop talking about City of Heroes? Now that there's actually something to talk about regarding it, probably never. Look, you all...
The MOP Up: Conan Exiles pops its god bubbles
Bubbles. They are marvelous things that thrill children, turn gum into an art form, and apparently ward off evil barbarians from being naughty. Of...
Star Trek Online is dropping 32-bit support in July
Time marches on, and it seems only appropriate that you cannot spend your time playing a futurist-looking science fiction series like Star Trek Online on...
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...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 221: Classic Warcraft flavor
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, City of Heroes, Blade and Soul, Star Trek Online, Square Enix, and Dungeon and Dragons Online, with mailbag topics on how WoW Classic fits into the MMO genre and getting back into City of Heroes.
Enter to win a Star Trek Online PC Command Dreadnought Cruiser bundle and Discovery starter pack
With Star Trek Online's Rise of Discovery live and officially launched for PC, PWE has kindly granted Massively OP a bunch of goodies to give away...
Ex-Cryptic Studios artist decries ‘harmful’ video game lockbox designs based on slot machines
A 3-D character artist who previously worked at Cryptic Studios on Champions Online and Neverwinter has come out swinging against lockbox mechanics, saying that...
Star Trek Online’s Rise of Discovery boldly goes onto PC today, consoles June 25
The latest installment in Star Trek Online's ongoing Star Trek: Discovery tie-in story arc, Rise of Discovery, is live on PC today, and what's...
Star Trek Online previews the ships of the Section 31 lockbox
Starfleet's ruthlessly goal-focused Section 31 tends to stick in the memories of fans; it's a shadowy organization that seems to be at once everywhere...
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online delves into the mysteries of Yard 39
Star Trek Online is all about the Discovery these days, and in a new lore blog, the team gives some backstory to the mysterious...
Star Trek Online unveils the Discovery Legends Reputation (with minor alterations)
Captain's log, stardate... Tuesday. Point five. With the impending launch of a big update for Star Trek Online, there's also a new reputation on the...
One Shots: A view to a kill
Considering which side of our characters we look at the most, it bewilders me how little customization that MMO designers give to the back...
Star Trek Online sets the stage for Rise of Discovery’s first act with a new lore snippet
The next chapter of Star Trek Online's Age of Discovery storyline is about to unfold with the release of the first installment in the...
Enter to win a Neverwinter Cloak of the Vine in honor of Undermountain’s PC launch!
To celebrate the launch of Undermountain for Neverwinter on PC last week, PWE has kindly given Massively OP 100 cloak keys to give away to our readers! The Cloak of...
Star Trek Online: Age of Discovery unveils a May 14 PC release date
The steady stream of details for Star Trek Online's latest content update has reached its logical conclusion: a release date. PC players can fly...
Star Trek Online announces Rise of Discovery, two new discounted Command Dreadnoughts
Star Trek Online fans, point your eyeballs at PC Gamer this afternoon, as it's got the scoop on Rise of Discovery - that's the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 218: A pretty darn good week
Justin and Bree discuss City of Heroes, Atlas Reactor, Peria Chronicles, Torchlight Frontiers, Caravan Stories, Villagers & Heroes, and Star Trek Online.