A major Chinese publisher with a large branch in the US, known here primarily for its stewardship of Cryptic Games’ MMORPGs, including Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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Neverwinter crits you with a wall of class balance notes
One nice website feature that Neverwinter is doing these days is occasionally compiling all of its developer notes in the preview forums and posting...
Hyperspace Beacon: Five reasons I still play Star Wars: The Old Republic
It’s hard not to be negative about your favorite game when it appears that it’s changing its original goals. “What? You’re just now realizing...
Neverwinter’s newest zone is inspired by Iceland’s beaches
Where do MMORPG environmental artists get their inspiration? Chances are that they look around this real world of ours for some unusual and striking...
Star Trek Online starts selling incredibly expensive outfits
Looking for a recipe for instant Star Trek Online community controversy? Add something, anything to the in-game store. Bam. You're welcome.
This week's particular brouhaha...
Massively Overthinking: Starting over with MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic is from a reader named Yasser, who asked us:
"If you had to pick one MMO to experience all over...
Neverwinter gives smaller guilds a leg-up on the Xbox One
Neverwinter has a small update in the works for the Xbox One that should assist smaller guilds with advancing by allowing them to form...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 75: Future oracles
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Guild Wars 2, Shards Online, LOTRO & DDO, FFXIV, Black Desert, and more, with a mailbag question on boosting GW2 characters.
Discover a long-lost empire in Neverwinter’s next update
Cryptic's been adding new content so regularly to Neverwinter that what was one a 14-page adventure booklet is now a mighty campaign tome large...
One Shots: Strange voyages
As cool and iconic that Star Trek ships look, I've always thought they also came across as fragile, with pieces sticking out here and...
Star Trek Online is heading to Star Trek Las Vegas
Are you heading out to the City of Gin-Soaked Regrets (or "Las Vegas" as it's more commonly known) for Star Trek Las Vegas? Because...
Enter to win a Neverwinter PS4 gelatinous cube companion from PWE and Massively OP
To celebrate this week's Neverwinter launch on PlayStation 4, PWE has granted Massively OP 50 companion codes to give away to our readers!
The codes are for the Gelatinous Cube Companion, a...
Neverwinter’s Storm King’s Thunder expansion arrives August 16
Announced back in June, this summer's big Neverwinter expansion is called Storm King's Thunder, and as of today we know exactly when it's coming:...
Star Trek Online confuses community with ship giveaway
Who would have thought that the Ferengi could stir up such unrest in Star Trek?
Controversy has arisen after some Star Trek Online players have...
Star Trek Online sends players back in time for mining
Time travel is always a mess. In the past, Captain Kirk of the Enterprise brokered peace with the Gorn Hegemony, resulting in a peaceful...
Neverwinter launches on the PlayStation 4 today
Players who wanted to play Neverwinter on the PlayStation 4 but didn't want to drop $20 to access the game's head start have been...
The Soapbox: Calling an MMO launch a launch
It's launch.
Can we collectively accept that? Marketing, developers, and players alike? Launch is launch. When your game launches, it has launched. If I can...
The Daily Grind: What do you expect from MMORPG expansions in 2016?
I ran across an intriguing chunk of comments down below Justin's impressions piece on Star Trek Online's latest expansion. One reader said he was...
The MOP Up: RuneScape Chronicles’ beach party (July 17, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
One Shots: Gentlemen, to evil!
There are some subtle signs that you can look for when you're trying to gauge if you've become truly evil. Conquering small nations for...
Star Trek Online celebrates the franchise anniversary with an admiral’s uniform
This year, Star Trek Online celebrates an important anniversary. Star Trek has been around for 50 years, and whether you first fell in love...
