heroic games
Into the Super-verse: Getting to know City of Heroes all over again
It has been well over a decade since I played City of Heroes with any regularity, and yet when I saw that familiar loading...
Ship of Heroes’ signature hero Sword Blossom takes the spotlight in the latest newsletter
This past weekend marked the 15th anniversary of the venerable City of Heroes, and amidst all the hullabaloo about rogue servers (the most recent...
Ship of Heroes says it’s gonna have the ‘best UI in the galaxy’
While the superhero MMO community is buzzing about City of Heroes, serious work on its legal and modern spiritual successors continues, including Ship of...
City of Heroes spiritual successor Ship of Heroes confirms beta by the end of 2019
One of City of Heroes' multiple spiritual successors, Ship of Heroes, has come out with a statement of its own following yesterday's confirmation that...
Ship of Heroes has been busy upgrading its main city – take a peek
Given that today is what it is, you're probably going to watch this whole Ship of Heroes video the way I did: waiting for...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors
As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that let you feel superheroic
So, hey, Captain Marvel is out now! And I'm writing this before having actually seen it, so I can't say word one about whether...
The Daily Grind: What will your next MMO superhero be?
With the next wave of several superhero MMORPGs on the way (Valiance Online, City of Titans, SEGS, and Ship of Heroes), two games currently running...
Ship of Heroes details the mechanics of its mission difficulty slider
Ship of Heroes is continuing to pump out new updates for eager future players on its game forums. Heroic Games' Casey McGeever most recently...
Indie superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes releases fresh batch of custom city screenshots
I'd be willing to bet that most fans of City of Heroes would point to things like flight and super jump - especially super...
Ship of Heroes updates players on leveling up, powersets to show off, and staffing
Leveling up feels easy enough in games; you get enough experience, there's a flash of light, your level goes up by one. But Ship...
The Daily Grind: Are you looking forward or backward with your MMO picks?
We do find ourselves in a very strange time to be MMO players. While there are plenty of titles in development and early access,...
The Daily Grind: How bad are delays for MMOs, and how much does communication help?
Last week, a newly minted Ship of Heroes fan posted a comment on the game's official forums saying he'd studied in-development MMOs and settled...
Ship of Heroes upgrades to Unreal Engine 4.21 for a plethora of features
Upgrading versions of game engines is never terribly interesting. The one advantage for Ship of Heroes in this regard is that the nature of the...
Ship of Heroes works on super speed, missions, and leveling, plus hunts for ancient City of Heroes videos
Last week, Ship of Heroes boss Casey McGeever gave a quick status update on the forums. Heroic Games has been focused on super speed,...
Superhero MMO Ship of Heroes shows off group combat and shopping
Ship of Heroes just keeps on churning out the content videos! This week's entry in Heroic Games' long list of previews (26 videos and...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2018
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's regular recap of what's going on in crowdfunded MMOs, which we do specifically...
Ship of Heroes looks ahead to improved character editor and leveling tests in 2019
It's only natural to want to cheer on a group of superheroes, especially if they're making an MMORPG to fill the gap of one...
The best Massively OP streams of 2018
Massively OP's long-running Stream Team, unquestionably captained by MJ and her sidekicks Larry and Andrew, got a welcome surprise this year: Our newest writer, Chris...
The Stream Team: Dog pile on Ship of Heroes!
Ship of Heroes is conducting another test, this time focusing on logging in a large chunk of players at once. It sounds like a...