The former studio behind City of Heroes.
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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...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the most chaotic behavior you’ve seen from MMO players?
A week or two ago, I found myself discussing Ultima Online by way of trying to convince our work chat that players often do...
The Stream Team: The further adventures of a City of Heroes Homecoming alt
MOP's Chris once again is feeling that random urge to hop into the City of Heroes: Homecoming rogue server for an alt leveling good...
City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server re-engages the Rikti Invasion event starting today
One of my many favorite memories in City of Heroes was playing the first Rikti Invasion in Atlas Park. Watching the war walls disengage...
Battle Bards Episode 228: Cheery MMO dungeons
Not every dungeon has to be a drab and dour affair — a fact that sent the Battle Bards searching for the cheeriest tunes...
Massively Overthinking: The dumbest deaths in MMORPGs
This past week has been amusing for everyone in the MMO community and beyond who loves to watch people die stupid deaths in video...
The Daily Grind: Where’s the sweet spot for challenge in your MMO of choice?
A while back, I spotted a graph on the Path of Exile subreddit that I'm pretty sure will resonate with lots of gamers and...
Perfect Ten: Times when MMOs brought about world-shattering cataclysms
The notion of an in-game cataclysm is hardly the sole domain of Activision-Blizzard; on the contrary, large-scale apocalypses pop up all the time in...
The Stream Team: Feeding the alt machine in City of Heroes Homecoming
Long-time players of City of Heroes know that about 90% of the endgame in the MMORPG is creating alts, and MOP's Chris is certainly...
Massively Overthinking: Do you strive to be ‘rich’ in MMORPGs?
Last week, we did a Daily Grind about living our best lives in MMOs, doing things in video games we wish we could do...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs whose worlds were built from scratch
Maybe I'm the only one to have stopped to think about it, but a great deal of the MMOs that we enjoy are based...
