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Star Trek: Picard uses four Star Trek Online ships in its second season premiere
The second season of Star Trek: Picard kicked off this week, and astute MMORPG players might notice one welcome addition to the 25th century...
Zenith’s Ramen VR joins chorus of MMO studios donating to support Ukraine
Large gaming companies, organizations, and esports teams have been raising their voices - and wallets - in support of Ukraine following the Russian invasion...
Neverwinter parent company donates $2M in aid to Ukraine, IGDA calls on industry to condemn invasion
Since last week, we've been covering the game industry's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as game studios and esports teams divert launches, raise...
Champions Online brings back a leveling challenge that awards goodies for fresh level 40 characters
Back in 2019, Champions Online issued a challenge to players: Level a character to 40 within a week and get some shiny rewards for...
The Stream Team: Crawling through Neverwinter catacombs
MassivelyOP's MJ seriously needs new gear in Neverwinter, and in true D&D fashion, she needs to get it through adventuring. Instead of dungeon-diving, however,...
Neverwinter brings back the Harvester of Nightmares event on February 24 [Update: Now it’s March 3]
It's an occurrence that has happened in Neverwinter a couple of times before, but that doesn't mean the Harvester of Nightmares that lends its...
The MOP Up: Uncharted Waters Online decodes the secrets of human heritage
Uncharted Waters Online's "greatest challenge yet" arrived last week with its Olympia patch. This update added a new legacy theme to decode, a fight...
Into the Super-Verse: The joy of travel powers in superhero MMOs
I lived for level 14. Before level 14 was torture -- after was bliss.
I speak, of course, of City of Heroes "back in the...
The Stream Team: Janeway vs the Borg events in Star Trek Online
Star Trek Online's anniversary event with new Janeway missions is still going, but it is no longer the only event in town. The Borg...
PSA: Star Trek Online is dropping Windows 7 and DirectX 10 support today
It is the nature of the technology beast that upgrading must be done at one point or another, and for players of Star Trek...
The Stream Team: Talking Neverwinter Dragonbone Vale with Cryptic
Do you prefer your dragons alive or undead? Massively OP's MJ prefers them alive, so Valindra Shadowmantle's return in Neverwinter's Dragonbone Vale isn't going...
Neverwinter’s latest epic adventure, Scaleblight Mythal, is live on PC today
Neverwinter fans have some juicy content to look forward to today, as Cryptic has just released Scaleblight Mythal, the game's latest adventure, which slots...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Star Trek Online’s 12th birthday with Janeway
It's party time, Star Trek Online style! STO just turned 12, and Massively OP's MJ gets to celebrate with Captain Janeway. They will meet...
Neverwinter pushes Dragonbone Vale to consoles, overhauls its refinement system
Big things are afoot in Cryptic's Neverwinter this week. The action MMO rolled out its Dragonbone Vale module to Xbox and PlayStation editions, a...
Champions Online is bringing back the Red Banner Ruin event to mark Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year means another returning event to superheroing MMORPG Champions Online. The Red Banner Ruin event, which readers will recall was run...
Battle Bards Episode 209: Superhero MMOs
When they’re not saving the world from bad tunes, the Battle Bards stuff themselves into spandex and try out for sixth-tier superhero teams. Because...
The Stream Team: Delving into Neverwinter’s Undermountain
Massively OP's MJ has just started her Undermountain adventures Neverwinter, and currently she is exploring the catacombs under the well of the Yawning Portal...
Perfect Ten: Genuinely fun MMO minigames
Few people are without opinions on minigames in MMOs. Some love 'em, some hate 'em, and some just ignore 'em. Some even despise that...
Neverwinter restores missing artifact mods, accelerates Dragonbone Vale’s console launch
Rankled Neverwinter players who found the launch of the Dragonbone Vale module ended up souring rather than sweetening their gameplay due to an unfortunate...
Star Trek Online brings Kate Mulgrew to the game as part of its latest anniversary celebration
For all that Star Trek Online has featured cast members from throughout the series' history, there's been a bit of a blank spot in terms...