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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Massively Overthinking: Epic Tavern-style player-generated content in MMORPGs
Ever played Epic Tavern? Massively OP reader Uli though it would make an interesting point of comparison for MMO content. "Epic Tavern is a...
Connect with other online gamers via MMO Book Club’s Guild Wars 2 romp and MMOCircles
Feeling a little isolated? Having a hard time making friends? Does your mother have to validate how special you are? Here are a couple...
Hyperspace Beacon: The pros and cons of SWTOR’s United Forces server merges
First, if you're hoping this is going to be an article hating on server merges and declaring them the ruination of an MMO community,...
Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try
If you have ever visited the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that one of the most frequent posts that pop up are ones asking...
The Daily Grind: Do dinosaurs help or hurt your immersion in MMOs?
My kids, being of a younger age, tend to find dinosaurs pretty darn awesome. They went bananas the other day when they saw a...
Global Chat: The MMO community’s Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire impressions
It is kind of impossible to stroll around the MMO blogging community as of late and not trip and fall into a pool of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 138: Mystery MMOs and the mobile revolution
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, the mobile MMO avalanche, in-development MMOs from AAA studios, Black Desert's Kamasylvia, and Camelot Unchained, with mailbag questions on the MMO industry going backwards and the small touches in MMOs.
Star Trek Online lets you work miracles with Season 14
The next major patch for Star Trek Online is here today, and as the game frequently does, it kicks off with a new featured...
Global Chat: What’s going on with Daybreak?
Do you ever give MMOs a questioning stare and find yourself asking to no one in particular, "What is up with Daybreak these days,...
Star Trek Online adds Kobayashi Maru event with anniversary gifts
It may be the "no-win scenario," but Star Trek's Kobayashi Maru has a lot to teach captains about enduring in the face of failure. Inspired...
Neverwinter expands skirmishes, PvP with Swords of Chult module
Neverwinter players, the fierce jungle of Chult isn't quite done with you yet -- nor you it.
Next month on October 24th, Swords of Chult...
Perfect Ten: How MMORPGs become so darn complicated
MMOs are complicated. This seems like a fairly non-controversial statement; there are more or less complicated games, but they all tend to be complex...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 137: Hotfooting down the Path of Fire
Justin, Bree, and Tina discuss Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire, Guardians of Ember, the EverQuest franchise, Villagers & Heroes' Starfall, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, and Ultima Online F2P, with mailbag questions on the best time to join a guild and deal-breaker MMO features.
Neverwinter gives altoholics a boost, recaps Tomb of the Nine Gods bosses
If you are constantly rolling up new alts in Neverwinter and despair at never seeing them arrive at the level cap, here's some great...
Magic The Gathering Arena’s card releases will sync with physical card releases
Remember a few weeks ago when Wizards of the Coast announced Magic The Gathering Arena, an online card game headed up by former Turbine...
PSA: Get your free Discovery uniforms in Star Trek Online
Did you get a chance to watch the debut of Star Trek: Discovery over the weekend? It is pretty exciting to see the first...
Divinity: Original Sin 2 welcomes friends with four-player co-op, PvP, and a game master mode
Anyone remember BioWare's Neverwinter Nights from back in the day? Those who have fond memories of that game and its bustling online mod community...
Enter to win a Neverwinter gorgon mount on Xbox One and PS4 from PWE and MOP
To celebrate the arrival of the Tomb of Annhilation expansion for Neverwinter on console, PWE has granted Massively OP 100 Firesoul Gorgon mount keys to give away to our readers-- 50...
Star Trek Online launches a new feature episode with LeVar Burton and prepares for Season 14 on October 3
It's time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation, so it would be weird if Star Trek Online let that...
Jukebox Heroes: Music from Destiny 2, LOTRO, Absolver, Black Desert, and Champions Online
Apologies for being extensively absent from this column over the last few months! Every day the Massively OP offices are deluged with fan mail...