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 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...
Gigantic outlines new penalties for players who leave mid-match
It's a great feeling when a Gigantic match starts up, and then some of the other players just leave without warning in the middle....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 136: Westward ho!
Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, Star Citizen, EVE Online, Black Desert, Phantasy Star Online 2, FFXIV, DDO, Neverwinter, Ultima Online, and of course Guild Wars 2, with mailbag entries on Star Citizen's monetization and solid free-to-play side MMOs.
Neverwinter highlights major inventory quality-of-life overhaul
Inventory management in MMORPGs is critical -- I can't even imagine playing something like World of Warcraft or Elder Scrolls Online without inventory mods...
The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battleground and the fog of war (September 17, 2017)
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: A bridge too far
One more bridge. That's what she kept telling me, even though I cautioned her that sooner or later our luck would run out. She...
Choose My Adventure: Shroud of the Avatar in summation
All the time through playing Shroud of the Avatar, I found myself wanting to like the game a lot more than I did. And...
