The former studio behind City of Heroes.
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City of Heroes Homecoming talks funding, the City Council, and the impending content drop
Following yesterday's surprise announcement that NCsoft has granted City of Heroes rogue server group Homecoming a license to operate the game - something it's...
The Daily Grind: Now that NCsoft has licensed City of Heroes servers, will you go back to play?
When the City of Heroes rogue servers first went public back in 2019, a lot of MMO players were very vocal about not wanting...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2024
For our first Massively Overthinking of the year, we're drawing a hard line between what we think will happen, what we mean to make...
NCsoft has officially granted a City of Heroes server license to the Homecoming crew
City of Heroes fans are in for a treat today - or a shocking surprise they were convinced was never coming, depending on their...
The 2023 One Shots Awards: The best MMO screenshots of the year
It doesn't feel quite right to end the year without making sure that everything's in order -- and part of that definitely includes returning...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2023
Welcome to a special end-of-the-year edition of Make My MMO, the MassivelyOP column where we - well, I - keep tabs on all of...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2024
Stop right there. I know you're about to object and say that you don't do resolutions, let alone MMO resolutions. That's fine. A lot...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2023
This traditional roundup of the best Daily Grinds of the year is actually one of my favorites because it demonstrates just how long we've...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever log into an MMO for an injection of nostalgia?
I love me a good strong dose of nostalgia. Sometimes this happens unexpectedly, such as when I smell something that triggers a long-buried memory....
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2023 MMO predictions
We've been offering up an MMO predictions list for Massively Overthinking for years upon years now as our writers and readers prognosticate on the...
Ship of Heroes buffs up its travel powers in the service of this weird thing called ‘fun’
On this week's MOP Podcast, Justin and I derailed into talking about superhero powers and travel powers, so it's perfect timing that Heroic Games'...
Massively Overthinking: Penalties for failure in MMORPGs (beyond death)
MMOs generally have one big obvious penalty for failure, right? You die. Oh, usually not forever, not unless it's some niche hardcore realm, and...
Vague Patch Notes: The myth of the ‘first’ MMORPG
One of the things I like to joke about every so often is various myths about the history of MMOs, and a lot of...
Kickstarted superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes’ power augments borrow all the right bits from City of Heroes
How about news on two crowdfunded superhero MMORPGs in one day? We'll take it: Not only did City of Titans drop a new build...
Kickstarted superhero MMORPG City of Titans releases new test build with massively expanded map
Big news for superhero MMORPG fans today, as the crowdfunded City of Heroes spiritual successor City of Titans has released a new development update...
Perfect Ten: Classic video games that would make terrible MMORPGs
There was a time when MMORPGs were all based on existing storied single-player RPG franchises, and that time was when Ultima Online launched and...
The Daily Grind: What’s clogging up your main MMO character’s bank right now?
Lord of the Rings Online seems deliberately designed to make even people who enjoy organizing inventories (me) a wee bit crazy about it. I...
Massively Overthinking: The ‘elements’ of MMOs
MOP reader Nibbana recently posed us a fun question: "As I play my Scrapper in Guild Wars 2, I thought to myself, man, I...
Vague Patch Notes: Why procedural generation doesn’t solve the content problems of MMOs
Just yesterday, MOP's Justin ran down the various features that the long-canceled EverQuest Next promised before its demise - including the promise of all...
Ship of Heroes is running a free-to-play demo during next week’s Steam Next Fest
Indie MMO fans have long watched the progress of Ship of Heroes, the last City of Heroes spiritual successor and the one we've typical...
