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One Shots: An oldie but a goodie
Last week's screenshot challenge to share pictures of older MMOs that still check out (visually, I mean) resulted in a small avalanche of Lord...
Foxbat takes over the final week of Champions Online anniversary antics
The final week of the 10th anniversary event for Champions Online has finally arrived, as all good things must come to an end. But this...
City of Heroes’ Homecoming announces Issue 26 Page 3, Halloween content, and collab with other rogue servers
City of Heroes' Homecoming servers, rogue or not, are pushing forward into legitimacy. As we've been covering, the servers, which have been publicly outed...
City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue servers are now blocking copyright-infringing characters
Players on the City of Heroes Homecoming servers enjoyed a privilege they were never afforded during the game's pre-shutdown run time: While NCsoft was draconian...
Ship of Heroes previews its Military Weapons powerset ahead of the CCT beta
Still waiting for Ship of Heroes character creation tool beta? We are too! That's still coming, according to the game's latest post, and the...
DC Universe Online celebrates 80 years of Batman with its 2019 Batman Day event
Yesterday, September 21st, was the third Saturday of September, which was officially Batman Day. This year's celebration is extra special owing to the fact...
The Game Archaeologist: The day Dungeons and Dragons Online dropped the free-to-play bomb
By 2009, the MMORPG genre had firmly established a norm for its business model. For over a decade, a monthly subscription -- usually $15...
City of Heroes Homecoming is now banning accounts for… real-money trading
If you thought you could get away with a bit of gold-selling or gold-buying on the side while participating in City of Heroes' rogue...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 238: Ten years of free-to-play
Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Bless, Book of Travels, Star Trek Online, City of Heroes, WoW Classic & Retail, Guild Wars 2, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on static endgames and genre labels.
The Daily Grind: How much does an MMO’s art style determine whether you’ll try it?
I am not much of a Borderlands person, but the franchise has been impossible to ignore the last couple of weeks with the launch...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of dodge and joust mechanics in MMOs?
Deep in the bowels of a Reddit thread about WildStar vs. WoW Classic a while back, several people mentioned WildStar's combat as being one...
Champions Online’s third anniversary week brings back Dr. Destroyer and his Destroid robots
It's been some time since Champions Online launched, but we've finally learned a great truth about the game's major villain: Despite his grammatically ambiguous name,...
City of Titans offers a look at the landmarks of Alexandria from inside the game’s world
While we've gotten a look at landmark locations a couple of times in City of Titans before, the latest preview post would be the...
DC Universe Online is going live with its most Metal update today
Yes, today is the day when DC Universe Online truly goes metal. Not because the update brings with it new headbanging mechanics and a surfeit...
TonyV leaves City of Heroes NCsoft negotiations, resigns from Titan Network
Over the course of the last few months, following the revelation of working City of Heroes server code out in the wild and the...
City of Heroes: Homecoming plays with Rage crashes, PvP stuns, and Tanker powers on the test server
The PTS for the City of Heroes Homecoming servers is looking to tweak the knobs of the rogue MMO a bit. Yesterday's patch offered...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 237: Fallen Earth’s final glorious sunset
Justin and Bree tackle Fallen Earth's sunset, WoW Classic, going back to Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Astellia Online's monetization, CCP's new MMO, City of Heroes, and a mailbag question on swatting.
City of Heroes Homecoming asks players what they want from a licensed server
Now this is an interesting development, and very possibly a hint at things to come, though there's no official confirmation of legitimacy one way...
City of Titans has slimmed down its costuming program, bringing it closer to a test state
Costumes in a superhero game are a big deal, something the City of Titans team is well aware of. But system resources are also a big deal,...
The 10th anniversary of Champions Online continues with new and returning events
The birthday celebrations for Champions Online continue as the MMO celebrates 10 years the only way it knows how: with presents for players.
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