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The former studio behind City of Heroes.

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Rebuild. Rise.

City of Titans demos the current state of its elaborate character creation

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Yesterday's City of Titans update was... pretty horrifying. Fortunately, today's update is probably more like what backers had in mind, as Missing Worlds Media...

Massively Overthinking: Showing up vs. showing off in MMOs

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Last week's Daily Grind about ambient sociability got a lot of MMO gamers talking about that desire to have people around, even if they...

One Shots: Diet lightsabers

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I think it's about high time we got a Star Wars game in which lightsabers functioned properly as instruments that could melt or slice...

The Game Archaeologist: Dungeon Runners

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Where do you rest on the spectrum of humor? If you find yourself giggling and snorting at dumb jokes, groan-worthy puns, and satire so...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever been to a concert in an MMO?

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Slightly embarrassing story time: One of my favorite things to do in classic Star Wars Galaxies was sing. Yes, musicians and dancers were technically...
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City of Titans says it’s completed the rebuild of its alpha test server

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City of Titans had a rough 2018. The Kickstarted City of Heroes spiritual successor was meant to release its "issue 0" alpha by the...

Ship of Heroes works on super speed, missions, and leveling, plus hunts for ancient City of Heroes videos

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Last week, Ship of Heroes boss Casey McGeever gave a quick status update on the forums. Heroic Games has been focused on super speed,...
They're not attractive spaceships.

Massively Overthinking: Why aren’t you playing the MMO most like your favorite sunsetted game?

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This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from reader Smuggler-in-a-YT. "Star Wars Galaxies had its problems, but the sense of community, purpose, and story (through...
Also, more robots.

The Daily Grind: Which old MMO studio do you miss the most?

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We have spent a lot of time -- perhaps more than is prudent -- pining over MMOs that have closed their doors. But I...
Which one of you is the Juno Reactor and which one is the Don Davis?

The Daily Grind: What dead MMO needs more coverage?

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One of the humorous awards we've given out in the past - but didn't in 2018 - was our award for the dead game...
It's never quite gone.

Paragon Chat is already planning an event for the City of Heroes anniversary on April 28

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This year would have been a big one for City of Heroes as the game's 15th anniversary. Of course, the fans aren't about to let...

MapleStory 2 interview: The Soul Binder, PvP, music, the western front, and battling pay-to-win

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MapleStory 2 charmed our previewer, our podcasters, even our writers when it came time for picking out the underdog MMO of 2018, thanks in...

Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2018

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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...

The best Massively OP streams of 2018

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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...
This was once controversial!

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v2.0

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While The Game Archaeologist columns take up the most time of any project I do here at Massively OP, I absolutely love doing them...

The MOP Up: Echo of Soul returns

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Korean MMO Echo of Soul is now back on Steam early access after the title was shut down back around 2015 and 2016. It's...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO ability makes you feel ultra-awesome?

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"Ultra." I'm bringing it back, people. You'll thank me later. In any case, a skill or ability that makes you feel incredibly awesome is all...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2018

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We've got a lot of awards going out over the next couple of weeks about the "best" and "biggest" of this and that. But...

Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019

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The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...

Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions

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As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later? So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.

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