The former studio behind City of Heroes.
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Battle Bards: The Final Refrain
It’s been a very long while, but the Battle Bards haven’t fully abandoned you — at least not without a goodbye! In the grand...
Design Mockument: How would a Marvel MMORPG actually work?
We've had an awful lot of Marvel-related online projects that never quite get over the finish line into an MMORPG. Sure, we have had...
Massively Overthinking: Toxic positivity in the land of MMORPGs
As I type this, we've been watching the Lord of the Rings Online transfer situation unfold for over a week now, and I've personally...
One Shots: Clean up on aisle everything
If you came here hoping to find beauty and wonder encapsulated in a single picture, look away, for Minimalistway is bringing you nothing but...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite villain group in an MMORPG?
I admit the temptation to talk about Star Wars Galaxies' Meatlumps today because they are fun and weird and such a fun little piece...
City of Heroes Rebirth shares footage of Issue 7’s new streetwear-styled costume options
It's been a couple of months since rogue server City of Heroes: Rebirth announced a delay of Issue 7 into sometime in 2025, though...
One Shots: A happy birthday for a death idol
You never stop to think about it -- because seriously, why would you? -- but even lonely cave idols celebrate their special birthdays. Their...
Casually Classic: Why vanilla Classic’s quest system was an industry revolution
In every retrospective covering World of Warcraft's explosive success out of the gate, there's a lot of effort spent trying to put a finger...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs that suck in interesting ways
This week's Massively Overthinking is entirely inspired by a fantastic argument made by YouTuber on Bluesky. Iron Pineapple declared that "a good game can...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs that came back from the dead
The fact that I loved Charlotte's Web as a child probably had some influence on my developing brain, but it does mean that I...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best small group content for 2-3 players?
One of the reasons my family keeps gravitating back to MMOs like Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes is that they have an...
One Shots: Weird place for an AirBnB but OK
Listen. I know it had great reviews and a Super Host. I know that it offers wifi and a full granola bar. But there's...
Vague Patch Notes: The war of the MMO builds
Talking about your build in an MMORPG can be oddly contentious with people. On the one hand, you are inevitably going to have people...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2025
I am the sort of person who derives no small amount of ongoing satisfaction from the idea that I have had an influence upon...
Interview: NCsoft America’s new CEO, Jeonghee Jin, on awakening the ‘sleeping giant in the West’
A few years ago, I attended Black Desert Online's Heidel Ball, one of the yearly events that Pearl Abyss holds to make major announcements for...
City of Heroes Homecoming offers a brief roadmap with two major updates planned for 2025
While City of Heroes Homecoming's license from NCsoft was big news last January, regular readers will know that after the initial rush of players...
City of Heroes Homecoming expands today with the addition of the Victory server
A year ago when NCsoft first granted City of Heroes Homecoming the license to operate officially, the devs made clear that they would be...
End-of-year Eleven: The best value MMOs at the top of 2025
So here we are again, at the transition for another year, and let me tell you that I am glad this column went a...
Vague Patch Notes: How Throne and Liberty actually got my attention
Leading up to the release of Throne and Liberty, I was not particularly enthusiastic about the game's prospects on a whole. The reasons for...
Superhero MMO project City of Titans shows off gameplay improvements after a quiet 2024
It's probably not the best sign when a developing MMO barely pokes its head up to make any sort of fuss over the course...
