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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Global Chat: Warming up to story-driven MMORPGs
Do you play MMOs for the narrative or ignore the story altogether? There's a sharp line dividing the community on this issue, but MMO...
The Stream Team: Breaking wind threats in Neverwinter
Massively OP's MJ was pretty disappointed to learn that Minsc and Boo did not, in fact, join her in further adventures of eliminating the...
Perfect Ten: 10 strategies to avoid getting fleeced in F2P MMOs
"Nothing is ever truly free," my grizzled Uncle Trigger once told me. "So you got to pay for that there air! Pony up, boy!"
While...
Neverwinter brings updates to the Band of Air today, prepares to reopen the Hell Pit September 22
The immediate future of Neverwinter is bringing a different ring and a returning event this week, with today's patch applying previously discussed changes to...
Diablo II creator David Brevik hops on board the Torchlight: Infinite team
With a month to go until Torchlight: Infinite's multi-platform launch, studio XD is looking for every avenue possible to promote the action RPG. So...
The MOP Up: Valheim comes to Microsoft’s store this month
That kooky Norse survival sim Valheim is sending a raiding party to new shores -- in this case, to Microsoft itself. The company announced...
Global Chat: Torchlight Infinite’s infinite challenges
The upcoming Torchlight Infinite is starting to build some positive buzz for this multiplayer ARPG, and Battle Stance was on the scene to check...
Neverwinter outlines changes coming to the Band of Air item and elaborates on overall balance rationale
Do you own the Band of Air ring in Neverwinter? Then you're going to want to take a look at a recently announced set...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 388: Elyon descends through finite care
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic's Wrath pre-patch, New World's new servers, Elyon's sunset, Bless Unleashed's sunset, EVE Online Uprising, Star Trek Online's Wil Wheaton, and Temtem's launch, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, with a lightning round of MMO questions from the mailbag.
Star Trek Online’s new episode and event go live on PC – here are the patch notes
Today is the day when players of Star Trek Online can tell Wesley to shut up (presumably) through the vehicle of phaser fire. The...
Star Trek Online teams up with Motion Picture’s Ilia for a new task force operation
Wesley Crusher isn't the only familiar face that's gracing Star Trek Online's newest season, as Ilia from the 1979 movie is back to guide...
The Stream Team: Eliminating elemental threats in Neverwinter
Who's the cutest killer in Neverwinter? Boo, of course! Last time, Massively OP's MJ was happy to team up with Minsc and the cuddly...
Wil Wheaton joins Star Trek Online as Mirror Wesley in next week’s Ascension launch
Star Trek Online is well-known for scoring big-name Star Trek names as voice actors, but today's reveal on Star Trek Day might be one...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming celebrates Star Trek Day with Star Trek Online
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
Neverwinter Q&A puts the kibosh on crossplay, promises a roadmap, and dodges the druid question
Neverwinter executive producer Brett Norton sat for a Q&A livestream last week, fielding a wide variety of questions from players, and if you don't...
Champions Online is giving away character slots and vehicles for its 13th birthday
Champions Online is in the midst of celebrating its 13th birthday - its first under new parent group Embracer and Gearbox.
"Happy Anniversary, Champions!" Cryptic...
Global Chat: Will World of Warcraft ever give up its raiding fixation?
MMO blog Kaylriene posted a lengthy article recently examining the state of the non-raiding scene in World of Warcraft while comparing it to Blizzard's...
The Stream Team: Neverwinter’s Elemental Evil Adventures
Now that the Undermountain is fully explored, Massively OP's MJ is ready to delve into the next set of Neverwinter adventures. And the emphasis...
Champions Online is reviving its streaming apparatus for its 13th birthday
Look up there in the sky! Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's a new streaming schedule for Champions Online!
That's right: Cryptic's underdog...
Massively Overthinking: The real-world value of MMOs
A while back on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a wildly contentious - one might even say transparently provocative - thread declaring that "f...
