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GDC 2016: Diablo’s UI was designed to pass the ‘mom test’
David Brevik, one of the original co-founders of Blizzard North and probably best known to MMO players for his long tenure at the helm...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Are MMO communities real or fake?
We've come a long way in our discussion of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological...
Perfect Ten: Why MMORPG studios don’t just reboot their games
Last Friday's WildStar news made me sad. I'm sad because there are two games at war within that title. One of them is a...
Get Daredevil for free in Marvel Heroes this weekend
To celebrate the second season of Daredevil coming out on Netflix this month, Marvel Heroes is giving away the hero this weekend to anyone...
Overwatch prepares expanded media universe
As if there isn't already enough excitement over the fact that Overwatch will be launching in a little over two months, Blizzard revealed yesterday...
DC Universe Online announces a tournament for Batman vs. Superman
There's not much time left before the latest DC Comics movie makes the old geek argument of "who would win in a fight, Batman...
Working As Intended: The fate of the MMORPG genre
I don't think I'm exaggerating to say that this past weekend was a strange one in the MMORPG community, when gamers across the wide expanse...
Marvel Heroes 1.05 patch brings Archangel team-up, Cosmic Hightown tweaks
Marvel Heroes' latest patch, 1.05, has arrived, bringing with it Archangel as a team-up character who'll be exclusive to team-up advance pack 2 owners...
Massively OP’s guide to MMORPG death penalties
In real life, when you die the penalty is... death. You just get that one go at things. But in MMOs, player characters are...
City of Titans has pubbed video of its ‘functional first pass’ build
City of Heroes-inspired superhero indie MMO City of Titans has hit a major milestone this week: It's created its "first packaged executable that ...
Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content
The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...
DC Universe Online deploys new Superman-centric update
You know who Superman is. He's kind of a big deal in the DC Universe, which means he's also a big deal in DC...
Perfect Ten: Awesome (and unique) MMORPG classes
Class-based systems are one of those holdovers from tabletop RPGs that work surprisingly well in MMOs. I basically put up with class systems in...
Green Goblin joins Marvel Heroes’ burgeoning roster this weekend
Green Goblin will be terrorizing the streets of Marvel Heroes this weekend when he arrives as a new playable character in the MMOARPG. Says...
The Stream Team: Having a hoppy Leap Day in Marvel Heroes
Leaping lizards! It's Leap Day, and things are really hopping in Marvel Heroes. Between getting a free toad pet and drowning in XP, how...
PSA: Celebrate Leap Day in Marvel Heroes with a free pet and bonus XP
Leap Day comes only once ever four years, and Marvel Heroes is celebrating by giving out free frogs and gratuitous amounts of XP. And...
Champions Online joins the Deadpool hype with freebie archetype
Crushing on Deadpool? Champions Online clearly is too, as it's made its "Specialist" archetype, which usually costs 1150 ZEN in the cash shop, free for...
Leaderboard: Are you up in arms over Black Desert’s cash shop?
Since the Black Desert beta opened up, the cash shop has been at the center of a gathering storm. While the game is ostensibly...
Perfect Ten: What you need to know before you play an older MMORPG
I cut my teeth on MMOs with the launch of Final Fantasy XI in America. My roommate in college was interested in the game,...
The Stream Team: Playing with Marvel Heroes’ Black Cat
MassivelyOP's MJ knows that playing with cats can be taking your life into your own hands, and Marvel Heroes' Black Cat is no exception....