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One Shots: Sailing into the port of 2022
Twenty Twenty-Two ho! As we sail into unexplored territories, Rees Racer is kicking off a new year of One Shots with a farewell to...
Massively Overthinking: Our 2022 MMO resolutions
Even if you're the kind of person who is deeply opposed to the idea of resolutions - or your typical resolution fizzles out by...
Into the Super-verse: A look back at superhero MMOs in 2021
Superhero fans were not lacking in news, games, and events this past year, and there's always the promise of much more to come in...
Daybreak bans over 800 ‘egregious’ bug exploiters in DC Universe Online for Christmas
While Update 119 of DC Universe Online brought plenty of things to the game intentionally, one thing that was unintentional was a pretty serious...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2021
It’s been quite a year of Choose My Adventure columns, hasn’t it? We did a pretty good random skip around of different games, in...
The 2021 One Shots Awards, celebrating your best MMO screenshots
Welcome the final One Shots column of 2021! As promised, this week we'll take the briefest of breaks from sharing recent submissions for the...
Battle Bards Episode 207: Seeing Red
Have you ever gotten so mad that you literally saw red? Better yet, have you ever heard the color red when you’ve listened to...
City of Titans shows off a ‘critical first step’ of its superheroic combat
Crowdfunded superhero MMO City of Titans has talked about a whole lot this year -- its city, its travel powers, and even its music....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best player community as of 2021?
I'm a partisan on this one: I have never been in an MMORPG with a better community than Lord of the Rings Online's.
A couple...
PWE and Cryptic have been bought out by Gearbox’s Embracer Group
We keep joking that the week before Christmas is basically the Friday night of burying last-minute news, and it keeps on proving us right....
Champions Online hands out freeform slots, runs XP event for the holidays
If you're looking to give your superhero a present this season, how about a few extra levels? Champions Online is making this easier than...
City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server kicks off the Fright Before Christmas event, adds ice power changes and new customizations
While the Rebirth rogue servers for City of Heroes might not garner all of the attention, they're still no less busy in terms of...
End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMOs to watch in 2022
If 2021 had a problem, it was that we got simply too many MMO releases between new launches, early access, and expansions. This breathtaking...
Champions Online starts the first week of its holiday-themed winter event
Crime doesn't sleep during the holidays, but it apparently can get into some Christmastime garb in Champions Online. The winter event has come back...
One Shots: The weather never cooperates with photography
Do you ever experience that frustrating feeling of knowing that your game is all sorts of beautiful -- yet it never cooperates when you...
The Game Archaeologist: Hero101, the lost KingsIsle superhero MMO
You do get the sense that KingsIsle once had very grand plans for what is called its "101 Universe." After Wizard101 came out to...
DC Universe Online’s Episode 42 Legion of Doom and winter events have arrived
DC Universe Online players, your doom is upon you - Legion of Doom, that is, as Episode 42 is live and free for everyone....
End-of-year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2021
Healthy MMOs are a good thing. They have smooth, glossy coats, strong teeth capable of snapping bone, a full-throated call, and it just occurs...
City of Heroes Homecoming kicks off its holiday event and gives player characters new donuts to eat
Sometimes, you just have a craving for some junk food. Chips, pizza, tacos, donuts; it happens to the best of us. As of last...
Gamigo’s parent company just became a key investor in Daybreak’s parent company
You know, when I was joking on the last Massively OP Podcast that Gamigo was becoming Daybreak, I didn't mean it should literally buy...
