A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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Neverwinter’s Sea of Moving Ice opens for PC players today
Sea of Moving Ice, the latest installment of Neverwinter's Storm King's Thunder campaign, is live on PC today, complete with a new nautical vessel,...
One Shots: Postcards from the universe
I am not above indulging in a little universe window shopping now and then. NASA's pictures of the universe might be touched up with...
The MOP Up: FFXI revs up appreciation campaigns (October 30, 2016)
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 fixes ‘bug’ that allowed players to preview lockboxes, ragestorm ensues
When it comes to lockboxes, enticing players to pay money for a random chance at goods has always been the hook behind this system....
Star Trek Online reports over a million console captains in a new infographic
A couple of players have been attracted to Star Trek Online on console, and by "a couple" we mean "a little over one million."...
Perfect Ten: My demands to MMORPGs after 13 years
I've mentioned many times that my first MMO was Final Fantasy XI. It released in North America 13 years ago as of tomorrow. I...
Halloween approaches for Skyforge, Neverwinter, and The Secret World
Halloween arrives in Skyforge, Neverwinter, and The Secret World this week!
In Skyforge, the Evil Pumpkin Festival begins tomorrow and lasts until November 11th. Race...
Star Trek Online rolls out Agents of Yesterday: Artifacts
The Temporal Cold War has wrapped up in Star Trek Online... for now, anyhow. That's the thing about time travel; it never really ends,...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter brings the thunder to consoles (October 23, 2016)
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...
Leaderboard: Will Blizzard ever port World of Warcraft to console?
This past summer in a Daily Grind, we were discussing the issue of "dumbing down" in MMORPGs, specifically in World of Warcraft, when a...
Star Trek Online previews its next featured episode, Echoes of Light
You can try to hide from the rest of the galaxy in Star Trek Online, but even though the galaxy is a very large...
David Brevik becomes Path of Exile advisor
While some people were clinging to rumors that David Brevik was returning to the Diablo franchise that originally made him famous, the truth is...
The Game Archaeologist: Classic PlanetSide
Unlike fantasy, the sci-fi genre has had a rocky relationship with MMORPGs. While studios have tried just as hard to make and promote them,...
Here’s how Neverwinter’s level 70 Assault on Svardborg trial will go down
Neverwinter's Sean McCann has a weekend dev update out today all about the level 70 Assault on Svardborg trial, which is due to launch...
Perfect Ten: Incompetent leaders in MMORPGs
Leadership is difficult. You have to get a group of people to work together when they may or may not be naturally inclined to...
A Blood Moon rises over Champions Online once again
I think it was Eliot who recently joked that Halloween in a superhero game is just gilding the lily -- everyone in a superhero...
Neverwinter introduces sailing and deep sea fishing for its next update
Neverwinter's "largest zone yet" might also be one of its more unusual areas in terms of navigation and interaction. As the name implies, the...
Champions Online’s Shadow of Destruction is all about the endgame
Will Champions Online finish out 2016 with more patches than World of Warcraft? Maybe! Even if not, it's made a valiant effort this year,...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with vehicle avatars
When you take a step back and look at the broad MMO genre, you see some common threads that run through most games. One...
Neverwinter reveals the storyline for the upcoming Sea of Moving Ice
Last week, PWE announced a new update for Neverwinter, Sea of Moving Ice, that ties in with its Storm King's Thunder storyline. Senior Content...
