A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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Champions Online’s third anniversary week involves fighting robots
When Champions Online first announced its anniversary plans, it was with the promise of several weeks of content for players. Now the third week...
Perfect Ten: My favorite MMORPG names
Stuff in MMOs has names. That's... like, a defining feature. We all know that. These games have titles, and they have expansions, and they...
Star Trek Online introduces new versions of two classic ships
The Ambassador-class ship in Star Trek Online is an odd ship, a clear forerunner to the Galaxy-class popularized in The Next Generation that occupies...
One Shots: Chocobo chocobo revolution
Stop it, Final Fantasy XIV. Just... stop it already. Stop being so ridiculously pretty!
I don't need readers constantly shoving this game's drool-worthy art style...
LOTRO Legendarium: A new Lord of the Rings MMO enters the One Ring
It's a tale as old as time: Whenever an MMO starts getting up there in years and starting to show signs of age, you...
PAX West 2018: The PWE gauntlet of Neverwinter and Torchlight
If you had told me five years ago that Perfect World Entertainment would not only own but make many of the games that they...
Star Trek Online is streamlining its mission system and bringing back the Breach on September 6
The realities of scale in Star Trek Online mean that you don't frequently get to fly a starship through another starship. You kind of...
PAX West 2018: First impressions of PWE’s Remnant From the Ashes
Traditionally, massively multiplayer games do not have a large presence on the expo floor for PAX, but many studios had large booths with loud...
One Shots: A game of horror
If you're like me -- screenshot-mad and playing Battle for Azeroth -- then you've been filling up your World of Warcraft image folders like...
Champions Online starts its four-week anniversary event
At one year shy of a full decade, Champions Online has defied all odds to become the longest-running superhero MMORPG on the planet. That...
PAX West 2018: PWE announces Neverwinter’s humorous The Heart of Fire module
Perfect World isn't just using PAX West this year to announce a new module for Neverwinter: Penny Arcade itself will soon be woven into...
Battle Bards Episode 127: Champions Online
When you sit down to make a list of the greatest heroes that humanity has ever known, obviously the Battle Bards will top that...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with the most needlessly obtuse stats
One of my favorite reviewers of tabletop RPGs at one point opined that percentile systems were one of the best tabletop mechanics possible, simply...
Neverwinter: Ravenloft is now available on consoles
Some people would argue that late August is a little too early to start celebrating Halloween, but Neverwinter isn't about to let that get...
The Game Archaeologist: City of Villains, enhancement diversification, and Going Rogue
It's always easy to look back at the making of City of Heroes and its first year with a memory tinted toward the good...
City of Titans teases its City of Heroes-inspired aura system
It's feeling like superhero week here - Champions Online turning nine, Valiance Online revving up, and now we've got a sneak peek of City...
Champions Online turns nine with concerts, cake, and cat-rescuing missions
If you've been around the MMORPG 'verse for a while, you surely remember August 30th, 2009, when Champions Online launched with its ill-fated day-one...
Hyperspace Beacon: Why SWTOR failed EA
Some have called Star Wars: The Old Republic a failure. And if former Lead Designer Daniel Erickson is correct, then EA is one of...
Perfect Ten: Anticipated MMOs I want to know a lot more about
One of the most exciting parts of covering the news here at Massively OP is that we challenge ourselves to stay on top of...
One Shots: Supporting characters
When you look for famous characters in your MMO, you may be looking for someone complete different than the rest of the crowd.
Lt. Commander Hikari...
