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Ship of Heroes demos the Twin Swords powerset and considers the pace of combat
How fast is too fast when it comes to MMO combat? That's the question that's currently being pondered by the Ship of Heroes devs,...
Massively Overthinking: Canaries in the MMO coal mine
A few weeks back on the MOP Podcast, reader Danny posed us such a provocative question that we said right then we were going...
Ship of Heroes launches an invasion event test with Riot at the Arches
One of my favorite memories in the classic City of Heroes game was the launch of the Rikti Invasion, which saw Atlas Park get...
Into the Super-verse: Catching up with the big superhero MMOs
With the weirdness of the quarantine and how it's been impacting game development, I thought it might be a good time to take a...
Over a thousand people rolled toons in Ship of Heroes’ impromptu beta
Ship of Heroes had been making the best of the COVID-19 stay-home mandates with an impromptu beta test. Now that the test is done,...
The Stream Team: Sheltering in space in Ship of Heroes
So Massively OP's MJ is confined to home now, but what if she were confined to a giant ship? Ship of Heroes has opened...
Here’s what you can do in Ship of Heroes’ surprise beta right now
Last week, Ship of Heroes' Heroic Games announced a "surprise" beta test round - open to the public - during the COVID-19 outbreak. Now,...
Ship of Heroes just announced a ‘surprise beta’ for everyone during the pandemic
So here's a fun Friday surprise: Ship of Heroes boss Casey McGeever asked fans what the team - all working from home - could...
Ship of Heroes drops new Street Fighting powerset video and pics
Hey, it's been a bit since we've checked in on Ship of Heroes, but the team is back in action with a brand-new video,...
Ship of Heroes grants a look a new Martial Arts melee powerset in a video
It takes a special kind of superhero to go into a fight against the forces superheroes face with nothing but your fists and feet,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs deserve fresh spiritual successors?
A lot of time whenever the subject of MMORPG sequels arise, the thought is for the same studio to make a proper successor with...
Ship of Heroes starts the year with a better engine and cat masks
When it comes to a superhero MMO, "fast" performance isn't good enough. At least, it's not good enough for the Ship of Heroes team,...
Valiance Online, still gunning for launch this year, drops a brand-new flythrough video
Let's not sugarcoat this: Valiance Online has almost been crowded out of players' vision when it comes to the City of Heroes spiritual successors....
Perfect Ten: Upcoming MMOs to watch in 2020
There is a great feeling of flipping a calendar over to a fresh year, isn't there? All that promise and potential spread out in...
Into the Super-verse: What superhero MMOs offer that other games don’t
When I was in high school, the Console Wars were heating up between SEGA and Nintendo. I'm afraid to report that many of my...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2019
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's weekly and sometimes biweekly recap of the big news in crowdfunded MMOs. Hey, you...
Ship of Heroes extends holiday greetings and touts successful testing
The Ship of Heroes team would like to wish you and yours some happy holidays, but more than that, it'd like to offer some...
Into the Super-verse: 13 text-based superhero MMOs you can play today
As part of this column covering superhero MMORPGs, we have looked at the usual suspects: MMOs of the past (Champions Online, City of Heroes,...
Ship of Heroes and City of Titans share character creation test results
As you may have known, over the past month both City of Titans and Ship of Heroes have released their respective character creators to...
Into the Super-verse: Ship of Heroes’ character creator is bare-bones yet still engaging
Every once in a while, Hollywood releases a pair of movies from different studios at the same time that cover, more or less, the...
