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Perfect Ten: The accursed MMORPG dungeons of no return
So it came to be that I did face my Judgment, and I sat between that greatest of all Game-Masters o'er all the online...
The Stream Team: A quick jaunt in City of Heroes Homecoming just for the heck of it
Sometimes there are reasons why OPTV focuses on a game. Maybe it's the "it" title for our streamers. Maybe it's gotten a big update....
Design Mockument: Which of the healthiest 2025 MMORPGs have space for a sequel?
Every year, Justin and I write all of our End-of-Year Eleven posts, and every year one of those is for the healthiest games going...
DC Universe Online releases a new 64-bit client that promises ‘improved performance and stability’
Obviously more bits is better in PC MMORPGs, right? Let's hope so because Daybreak Games' Dimensional Ink has proudly announced that a new 64-bit...
Whatever happened to superhero MMO Valiance Online? (2025 edition)
It's been a couple of years since we heard much out of Valiance Online, one of the original superhero MMORPGs that spawned in the...
Champions Online, fresh off a smol UI update, introduces its new DECA community manager
Remember back in February, when DECA Games finally posted a memo to Star Trek Online fans to let them know how the transition from...
Perfect Ten: The wild MMORPGs that came out in 2011
Not every year sees equal releases in the MMORPG genre. We've had years of starvation and years of plenty. Every so often it's fun...
DC Universe Online marks the spring season with a pollen-spreading pod and new cosmetics
It's said that April showers bring May flowers, but in DC Universe Online, April is granting players the opportunity to spread pollen everywhere, which...
City of Titans’ Q1 update heralds progress on Unreal 5.5 upgrade, landscapes, and NPCs
Just ahead of the new year, Kickstarted superhero MMORPG City of Titans resurfaced from a year of tragedy and mourning to post a development...
Battle Bards: The Final Refrain
It’s been a very long while, but the Battle Bards haven’t fully abandoned you — at least not without a goodbye! In the grand...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 511: Heroes shall arise
Justin and Bree discuss Dune Awakening's monetization, Guild Wars 2 expansion delay, Marvel Heroes' rogue server, the decline of extraction RPGs (and demise of Seekers of Skyveil), and new MMOs Crosswind and Spirit Crossing, with adventures in LOTRO, World of Warcraft, and Sims 4.
DC Universe Online’s latest Day of Reckoning chapter, Aftershock, arrives with cross-faction leagues
The Day of Reckoning saga continues to play out in DC Universe Online, as the superhero MMO patches in Aftershock today.
"Prepare for the arrival...
Marvel Heroes’ emulator project has a playable test server in Project T.A.H.I.T.I.
When last we checked in on the Marvel Heroes emulator project, the developers were basically still in the "make code go and upload to...
Design Mockument: How would a Marvel MMORPG actually work?
We've had an awful lot of Marvel-related online projects that never quite get over the finish line into an MMORPG. Sure, we have had...
Massively Overthinking: Toxic positivity in the land of MMORPGs
As I type this, we've been watching the Lord of the Rings Online transfer situation unfold for over a week now, and I've personally...
DC Universe Online brings back Mister Mxyzptik’s Mischief to mark St. Patrick’s Day
It's not St. Patrick's Day until Mister Mxyzptik stirs up trouble for the players of DC Universe Online. Luckily this annual tradition in the...
One Shots: Clean up on aisle everything
If you came here hoping to find beauty and wonder encapsulated in a single picture, look away, for Minimalistway is bringing you nothing but...
Perfect Ten: Ranking real-world holidays in MMOs from worst to best
There are really only two categories of MMO festivities: the ones made up for the game itself and the ones "inspired" by real-world holidays....
NetEase believes China’s market is large enough to support Marvel Rivals and the recently returned Overwatch 2
You would be forgiven for thinking that NetEase wouldn't want its own major hero shooter and Overwatch 2 to be in the country at...
Vague Patch Notes: Talking about power creep in MMOs
"Power creep" is a nasty term when talking about video games, and usually whenever it gets brought up, it gets brought up as a...
