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No, Ship of Heroes is not officially launching on July 4, 2020
Our inbox lit up this morning over a redname post on the Ship of Heroes forum that appeared to tell a player that Heroic...
Daybreak spent June creating even more new companies than we thought
This week, we've been covering some strange moves over at MMORPG company Daybreak, the studio long ago comfortably nestled under Sony's hierarchy as SOE...
Vague Patch Notes: Why live MMOs struggle to onboard new players
There are, at the time I write this, two basic approaches for getting new players up to speed in existing MMOs. Both of them...
The Stream Team: We’re gonna rob a bank in City of Heroes Homecoming
You asked for it, and so now you have to live with it! Massively OP's crew are getting together for more City of Heroes:...
Choose My Adventure: Behold! The MOP Hunter-Killer arrives to the City of Heroes
A new automaton of outrageous and awesome ability has arrived! This pint-sized power plant bears skills never seen by human eyes! A far-flung futuristic...
Catching up with City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue servers as NCsoft negotiations continue
It's been a while since we checked in on the flourishing City of Heroes rogue server community, but it's been busy indeed, with multiple...
One Shots: Pointy things in space
Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a multi-trillion credit starship that's in absolute mint condition! As you drive it off the lot,...
The Daily Grind: Would you pay a sub for complete access to all cosmetics in an MMO?
Last month on the MOP Podcast, we tackled a question from a reader named Aaron who was musing on whether modern MMOs could learn...
Ship of Heroes celebrates Independence Day with a new auction hall video
You folks wanna know how hard the Ship of Heroes people are working? They put out a new video on the Fourth of July....
Into the Super-verse: A quick-and-dirty guide to picking the right City of Heroes archetype – Redside edition
The fun thing about City of Heroes is... well, there are lots of fun things. But one of the fun things is that the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 227: Your letters, our answers!
Justin and Bree dip into the mailbag for a full clean-out! Topics include City of Heroes and sunsets, offensive names, player housing, returning to MMOs, MMO associations, memorabilia, Hytale, modding, and whether early access would've saved WildStar.
Choose My Adventure: TERA and the argument in favor of ‘just OK’ gaming
When TERA was voted as the choice for this past month's Choose My Adventure subject, I pretty much went in to the game with...
Champions Online salutes patriotism in spandex
We are still rubbing our eyes in disbelief that Cryptic Studios is actually investing development effort into the long-neglected Champions Online -- but hey,...
One Shots: Intergalactic tourists
Do you ever get that feeling that you spend all of this energy and time in MMOs trying to get to the next zone...
The Daily Grind: Two months in, have you tried the resurrected City of Heroes?
So I spent a bunch of time over last weekend playing City of Heroes again. The game died seven years ago, but like any...
Vrooooooom: Ship of Heroes demos its superspeed travel power
Superspeed: It's probably the first travel power that most superhero MMO players pick up. And now it's in Ship of Heroes, per the game's...
Massively Overthinking: Always be achievin’ (in MMOs)
A while back, my husband and I were idly chatting about MMO achievements. Neither one of us is much of an achievement hunter, or...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 226: On the cusp of FFXIV’s Shadowbringers
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers, Harry Potter Wizards Unite, WoW Rise of Azshara, SWTOR, Camelot Unchained, and Champions Online, with a mailbag question on XIV's endgame.
Choose My Adventure: Getting to the group stuff in TERA
My final week in TERA saw me hitting the ground running, looking to utilize whatever means I could to chow through the levels, get...
Champions Online announces new ‘serialized story’ content
Back in early June, a certain nameless MOP author wrote a column that speculated on why Champions Online didn't do better -- and what...
