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Neverwinter’s Uprising raid is ‘some of the most challenging’ ever added to the game
If you're a raider, Neverwinter's upcoming Tower of the Mad Mage is going to be your jam. It's the 10-man trial launching with Uprising...
Star Trek Online Awakening is launching September 10, starring Anthony Rapp
Star Trek Online fans are having a good week, it seems: PWE and Cryptic just announced Awakening, launching for PC on September 10th. As...
Star Trek Online details changes due for several ship types
The identity of your Star Trek Online spaceship is pretty important; it determines the kind of abilities you have access to during space combat,...
Here’s how Neverwinter’s appearance system is changing with Uprising next month
Wardrobe, costumes, outfits, A-tab, cosmetics, transmog: Whatever you call it, most serious MMOs have some kind of system that separates a character's visual appearance...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Perfect World Mobile, Virtuverse, Eventyr, Pixie Hollow, and Reign of Guilds
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you’ve probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!).
Up first:...
Check out the view of Toril through space from Neverwinter’s upcoming Stardock map
If you were expecting some kind of stock fantasy setting from Neverwinter's upcoming Uprising module, well, first of all, you clearly missed the most...
Nighthawk returns for players to hunt him down in Champions Online
Players in Champions Online must now content with a fallen hero with the game's newest event as Nighthawk returns once more. A former Champion...
Star Trek Online may unveil its game-changing future next weekend
What is next for Star Trek Online? That's the million credit question this summer, as player captains have been speculating on comments that Lead...
Vague Patch Notes: Keeping it simple, oversimplification, and MMO design
People who have read my work for a while know that I really like tabletop roleplaying, and I have copies of two of my...
Perfect Ten: Great MMOs that will run just fine on your old computer
The other day a friend was telling me that he used to play EverQuest Online Adventures very regularly back in the day, but fell...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 230: A tale of geeks and gamers (and the Legends of Aria interview)
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann for a deep-dive into the launch patch, plus we discuss Villagers & Heroes, SWTOR, Neverwinter, DCUO, and WoW, with a mailbag topic about City of Heroes' spiritual successors.
Neverwinter details the struggles of the Illithid and their former thralls
For those of you not familiar with the deep lore behind Dungeons & Dragons, Neverwinter is here to fill you in with everything you want...
Neverwinter’s Uprising loot includes the most horrifying MMO cloak of all time
I'm glad I didn't see this dev blog until today because I might have had nightmares all weekend. Perfect World posted a preview of...
The MOP Up: Ragnarok Online EU is relaunching
Ragnarok Online is changing hands in Europe, and as part of that, the long-running fantasy MMO is relaunching with a different spin under 4game....
Torchlight Frontiers is hoping to keep you busy for a long, long time
On a recent episode of the Massively OP podcast, Bree and I both expressed how much we are looking forward to Torchlight Frontiers' release....
Neverwinter’s Summer Festival launches tomorrow – bring your swimsuit and get ready to ride a snail
Black Desert isn't the only MMORPG bringing the summer fun with a themed event this month: Neverwinter is launching its own Summer Festival tomorrowday...
Champions Online’s new serial story continues with a city-wide search
In this, the bizarro timeline of the real world where Champions Online actually produces new playable content on a weekly basis, Cryptic pushed out...
Torchlight II’s console preorders begin today – check out the goofy new trailer
There are few games that break my "no preorders" rule, but the Torchlight franchise is one of them. So it's lucky for me that...
The Soapbox: Hoping for Amazon to succeed where Lord of the Rings Online failed
It's not often I really get excited about an upcoming MMORPG. Partly this is because of the industry slowing down, and partly this is...
Torchlight Frontiers’ huge Beast Buddies patch is delayed to next week
When we look at how Echtra Games creates and celebrates huge patches for Torchlight Frontiers while that MMO is still in alpha testing, we...