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Massively Overthinking: Super wrong snap judgments of MMORPGs
The year was 2004, and the month was May. My guild was growing increasingly frustrated with Star Wars Galaxies' slow development pace, so we...
DC Universe Online GU94 is live with spring content and level streamlining
Spring has sprung, or more accurately it sprang a while ago and it's finally springing into DC Universe Online today. After a lengthy downtime earlier...
City of Heroes’ rogue servers nerf AE farms, boost XP, but can’t do character transfers
If you were planning to abuse the Architect Entertainment system on City of Heroes' Homecoming rogue servers, we hope you already got your...
Valiance Online’s latest alpha patch touches on characters, animations, and interior procedural generation
We're having a superhero MMO moment here, folks. Last week, Valiance Online teased something big happening, and now we know what it is: an...
Classic PlanetSide fans keep their favorite MMOFPS alive
While we have heard a lot about a certain superhero MMO recently that the community is attempting to resurrect, there are several other sunsetted...
Two weeks in, City of Heroes has four rogue servers and heartwarmingly massive queues
Two weeks after we first broke the story confirming the City of Heroes secret private server leak, the game has turned 15 years old...
Ship of Heroes’ signature hero Sword Blossom takes the spotlight in the latest newsletter
This past weekend marked the 15th anniversary of the venerable City of Heroes, and amidst all the hullabaloo about rogue servers (the most recent...
The Daily Grind: How do you explain MMORPGs to non-gamers?
Last week, I did an interview trying to explain exactly what was going on with the whole City of Heroes drama. Almost immediately, the...
Into the Super-verse: Six things that made Marvel Heroes great
With all of the City of Heroes revival talk lately, our office chat turned in the direction of other MMOs we'd love to see...
Nearly 30K people have rolled City of Heroes rogue server accounts as the game turns 15 years old
The City of Heroes community's live rogue server, Torchbearer, came online yesterday thanks to player developers and continues today with a new record: over...
The Daily Grind: How obsessively do you plan your MMO characters?
All right, moment of truth here: I'm still really excited about the potential for playing City of Heroes again. I want the legal version...
Aaaaand now there’s a new temporary City of Heroes rogue server up
This story has been updated several times over the last few days; updates are at the end. The original story follows.
Can we just agree...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG benefits most from its IP?
We have certainly debated the downsides of basing MMOs on established intellectual properties, most namely the danger of having the license pulled and the...
The Titan Network is negotiating to open a legal community-run City of Heroes server
Following the abrupt shut-down of the first City of Heroes rogue server yesterday, the game's community has been in turmoil as leaders urged patience....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 218: A pretty darn good week
Justin and Bree discuss City of Heroes, Atlas Reactor, Peria Chronicles, Torchlight Frontiers, Caravan Stories, Villagers & Heroes, and Star Trek Online.
Pirates of the Burning Sea’s new owners aim to revitalize the game after rescuing it from certain doom
City of Heroes' resurrection and preservation efforts are big news this month, but we've covered similar stories about playerbases rescuing video games from certain...
City of Heroes’ first new rogue server shut down over a fake legal threat, but admins say it’s coming back
 It appears that the City of Heroes rogue server that was up in testing all weekend has already run into trouble with what the...
Leaderboard: Do you plan to play on a City of Heroes rogue server?
I don't know whether people have guessed by now, but a lot of the City of Heroes screenshots we use here on Massively OP...
City of Heroes’ rogue servers may abandon character restoration as 14000 gamers register to play
The City of Heroes rogue server drama continues this weekend as community work advances behind the scenes to bring the game back to life,...
Ship of Heroes says it’s gonna have the ‘best UI in the galaxy’
While the superhero MMO community is buzzing about City of Heroes, serious work on its legal and modern spiritual successors continues, including Ship of...
