A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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One Shots: Lonely hearts
Are gamers really lonely? Do we flock to MMORPGs as a response to that? I'm pondering these thoughts today following the response of a...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up Black Desert and selecting our next destination
Back when I mentioned that I was learning to like Black Desert a while back, I got this tweet from the game's official account....
Champions Online’s new sale is a wink and a nod to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Marvel Heroes isn't the only MMO taking advantage of the launch of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 this weekend. Or maybe it's...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online PC 26th Century Heavy Dreadnought or Mirror Universe Danube-Class Runabout!
Star Trek Online's Season 13: Escalation launched for PC last week, and that means we have goodies for PC players! PWE has granted Massively OP...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 115: Legendary podcasting
Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Guild Wars 1 and 2, Star Trek Online, FFXIV, Neverwinter, WoW addons, Kingdom of Loot, and City of Heroes, with mailbox questions on MMO tourist mode and character creation inspiration.
Neverwinter’s Shroud of Souls update is now live on PC
Shroud of Souls is live in Neverwinter today as promised -- at least if you're on PC. Console folks, you'll be waiting a bit...
Neverwinter shows off the features of the Great Hall
Ah, the Great Hall! It's the place in Neverwinter where your guild hatches all of its greatest schemes, gathers and laughs about victories won,...
PSA: Champions Online’s freeform slots are half-off
If you haven't picked up Champions Online as a free player, you might not know that the game restricts unfettered character creation for F2P....
Neverwinter claims 15M registered players across all platforms
Neverwinter has cause for celebration today: PWE has officially announced that the D&D MMORPG has counted over 15 million registered players on PC, Xbox...
Star Trek Online’s Season 13: Escalation arrives with war games and a new episode
Just when one war seems to wrap up in Star Trek Online, the devs seem to scrounge up another. Today, Cryptic pushed out Season...
Conan Exiles patches in 50 emotes, exploit fixes
Update 25 has landed for Funcom's in-early-access survival sandbox Conan Exiles, bringing with it 50 new emotes as promised. You've got the basics, like...
Neverwinter makes a big to-do about its newest lockbox mount
In lockbox vernacular, there's usually something called a "chase" item. This is the ultra-rare, ultra-desirable reward that just about no one will ever see...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online Tal Shiar Adapted Battlecruiser for Xbox One
In honor of the launch of Star Trek Online's season 12 Reckoning for console, PWE has granted Massively OP five Tier 6 Tal Shiar Adapted Battlecruisers...
Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind will not blow your mind, but it will tickle your nostalgia
Over the last week or so, ZeniMax Online Studios opened up parts of The Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind test servers to the press and public,...
The MOP Up: Aion has spring fever (April 23, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Neverwinter unpacks the art of listening to community feedback
Boy, it sucks how the developers never listen to your feedback, huh? What's the deal with that? Well, Neverwinter is going to tell you...
Perfect Ten: Time travel in MMORPGs
Over the years, I've been fascinated with the concept of time in MMORPGs. It's one of those things that developers probably don't want you...
Enter to win a Neverwinter unicorn mount on Xbox One and PS4 from PWE and MOP
To celebrate last week's arrival of the Cloaked Ascendancy expansion for Neverwinter on console, PWE has granted Massively OP 50 unicorn mount keys to give away to our readers-- 25 apiece for PlayStation...
Neverwinter is making maps look creepy again and strongholds more small-guild friendly
The bright side for environmental artists working on Neverwinter's next module is that so much of the content takes place in familiar areas. That...
Warframe’s Octovia’s Anthem, Star Trek Online’s Season 12 Reckoning land on consoles
Sci-fi MMO fans on console, today's a good day for you to get yourself all patched up: Both Star Trek Online and Warframe rolled out...
