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Massively Overthinking: Do you keep MMOs installed for the login freebies?
MOP reader Styopa proposed this fun topic for Massively Overthinking this week, prompted, he said, by Standing Stone Games' recent promotions for Lord of...
Working as Intended: The big list of City of Heroes rogue servers, 2020 edition
It's been a weird and wonderful year for City of Heroes fans. In April of 2019, the expose of a secret City of Heroes...
Massively Uplifting: Communities and companies bolster COVID-19 relief and mental health support
April showers of good deeds bring May flowers of comfort and hope. And after the last couple of months, we sure could use a...
Make My MMO: Crowfall’s Dregs GvG campaign is live for alpha players
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Crowfall has added the Dregs guild-vs.-guild campaign world to phase 2 of its ongoing alpha, marking what ArtCraft says is...
The Soapbox: The sunsetted MMORPGs I miss the most
I'm pining for the fjords.
Not in the way that would assume I'm becoming some jaded and angry MMO fan; I'm never going to stop...
City of Heroes’ rogue servers mark their first anniversary as the game itself turns 16
It's now been over a year since the City of Heroes community discovered the existence of a secret emulator, a discovery that led to...
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...
City of Heroes Homecoming patches in asymmetrical costume parts and new support powerset
Fresh out of the test server and into the rogue server of City of Heroes: Homecoming comes the most important thing to ever arrive...
City of Heroes rogue server creates a folding@home team for players to combat coronavirus
"Go. Fold. Kill Coronavirus," mandates the call to action from the City of Heroes: Homecoming team. The devs of the rogue server have created...
Overwatch tests Echo while Heroes of the Storm preps ancient Greece event
It's been a homecoming long in the making, but finally Echo is arriving in Overwatch. The game's 32nd hero is currently on the test...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 262: Holly Holly oxen free
Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak's Holly Longdale's departure, City of Heroes' Homecoming video ban, PlanetSide 2's Escalation, Black Desert's birthday, Cryptic's chat nuke, Guild Wars 2's next episode, changing MMO opinions, and MMO automation, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, and SWG Legends.
City of Heroes Homecoming introduces asymmetrical gloves and boots options to the PTS
Oh, come on, City of Heroes: Homecoming devs! I already spend too much time in the costume creator of the game, and now you've...
Make My MMO: OrbusVR gets a permanent price cut, Book of Travels talks art
This week in MMO crowdfunding, OrbusVR, one of the few virtual reality MMOs out there, announced and implemented a permanent price cut to $19.99...
City of Heroes’ Homecoming just outlawed video of their rogue servers
Eyebrows in the air this morning, as the largest group of City of Heroes rogue servers, Homecoming, just announced that they'll be cracking down...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 261: PAX yay, GDC nay
Justin and Bree discuss PAX East, GDC, the coronavirus' impact on gaming, Magic Legends, Population Zero, Marvel Future Revolution, LOTRO and DDO, Funcom and Dune, and City of Heroes, plus adventures in AQ3D, CoH, and SWG Legends, with mailbag topics on everything MMOs and the doom of WildStar.
City of Heroes Homecoming players have racked up over 47 million hours
You know the old adage that superheroes and statistics go together like... well, nothing? That is, unless you're a stat-themed crusader. Actuarial Man or...
Global Chat: Neverwinter is ‘damn good fun’
You know what's an interesting trend among MMO bloggers lately? It seems that many of them are heading back to Neverwinter -- and enjoying...
City of Heroes Homecoming tests new Shock Therapy powerset and Experimentation power pool
Care to see what's next for the rogue server of City of Heroes? Then get thee hence to the game's test server for a...
The MOP Up: Coronavirus concerns are impacting PAX East 2020
Sony became the biggest game company to pull out of Boston-based PAX East 2020, citing concerns about the coronavirus not-quite-an-epidemic. "Sony Interactive Entertainment made...
Perfect Ten: Dead MMOs resurrected via rogue servers
Last December, the Massively OP 2019 Awards gave its "Best Trend" nod to the rise of rogue servers in the MMO genre. Preservation of...
