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The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios disclose the odds of winning lockbox prizes?
Every once in a while in an MMO, the desire to play with numbers grips me, like the time I hand-crafted a thousand drinks in Star...
Star Trek Online invites the players to help hunt down bugs
Bugs. They plague every online game, no matter how hard the designers try to hunt them down. So Star Trek Online is seeking an...
One Shots: They’ll swallow your soul
Sometimes you can't help but take a screenshot of what is otherwise nightmare fuel, because perhaps in freezing a scene in its tracks, you...
The Daily Grind: Are lifetime subs ever worth it?
Seeing Champions Online's lifetime subscription go on sale last week -- for the "low" price of $200 -- made me think once again what...
Neverwinter nerfs high-level mobs, grants increased XP
Neverwinter is making some changes to the leveling curve between 60 and 70. A dev blog released this week says that the team has...
Champions Online overhauls events and offers sales
Events are the real thing to do at this point in Champions Online; there's not a whole lot of new updates in the pipe...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO futures that never were
One of the things I spend a lot of time thinking about is Operation Unthinkable. For those of you who don't feel like clicking...
Perfect World touts Neverwinter’s Strongholds release
Neverwinter's Strongholds update is officially live. It's the seventh expansion for the free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons MMO, and it features customizable guild spaces as well...
Neverwinter’s Stronghold expansion is here, and so are its patch notes
Neverwinter's latest expansion is here, and the fantasy MMO's website is worth clicking on if you're looking for the Stronghold patch notes. If you're...
Champions Online’s lifetime sub goes on sale
Even superheroes deserve a break now and then. Champions Online is temporarily reducing the cost of its lifetime subscription with a month-long sale, giving...
Neverwinter introduces scaling subscription VIP program
Free-to-play Neverwinter has decided to dip its toes in the neighboring pool of subscriptions, as Cryptic announced that it's now offering a VIP membership...
Star Trek Online announces Season 11: New Dawn
The war against the Iconians has been going on since Star Trek Online first launched, even though it hasn't always been immediately obvious. Season...
Neverwinter walks you through stronghold buildings, guild hall, and eateries
There's a heapload of information for Neverwinter players to absorb regarding the upcoming Stronghold module, and Cryptic's been rolling out the dev diaries left...
Neverwinter bringing four modules to Xbox One in September
The Xbox One version of Neverwinter has been left behind compared its PC counterpart shortly after launching on the console, thanks to faster and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 24: WoW speculation
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's next expansion, Trove, Project Gorgon, DDO, NCsoft's quarterly report, and Neverwinter, with mailbag questions on emotional investment and the state of the site.
Everything you need to know about Neverwinter’s guild strongholds
It's a good time to be a guild in Neverwinter. That's because on August 11th, every guild -- no matter how large or small...
Champions Online subscribers receive an inflatable giraffe for August
Your friends might make fun of you for your subscription to Champions Online, pointing at the game's incredibly slow update schedule and lack of...
Star Trek Online’s lead writer departs Cryptic
If you've spent any time with Star Trek Online fans, then you'll know that there's a widespread appreciation for the game's deep and consistent...
Star Trek Online releases Broken Circle, fixes stuff
Cryptic released Star Trek Online's Broken Circle featured episode last week, featuring the ability to fight the Iconians as well as voiceovers from franchise veterans Aron...
Neverwinter is changing its vote-to-kick system
The upside of having a system to vote-kick players in Neverwinter is that abusive players can be identified and removed from a run before...
