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Lawful Neutral: Is it safe to play on City of Heroes’ inevitable rogue servers?
You CAN play on the City of Heroes rogue servers you're about to see springing up. But should you? Our law columnist looks into the legalities of the City of Heroes emulation situation.
Heroes and Villains works on crafting story, villain content, and sewers
It has been some time since we last checked in with Heroes and Villains, perhaps the most overlooked of all of the City of...
The City of Heroes private server team has released its code [Update: The test server is live]
(This article has been updated since publication; updates are at the bottom!)
Well, you wanted the City of Heroes private server code, and you got...
What’s going on with City of Heroes now: ‘This game is a unicorn’
Last night, following our podcast on the City of Heroes SCORE private server mess, I hung out on the SEGS Discord thanks to an...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 217: City of Heroes after dark
Justin, Eliot, and Bree discuss the so-called "secret" City of Heroes SCORE private server slash emulator and why it has this long-running community up in arms.
Into the Super-Verse: The death of the City of Heroes community
Kingdom Come is a 1996 DC Comics miniseries by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. The central conceit of the story is that it takes...
City of Heroes spiritual successor Ship of Heroes confirms beta by the end of 2019
One of City of Heroes' multiple spiritual successors, Ship of Heroes, has come out with a statement of its own following yesterday's confirmation that...
Leaderboard: Where do you stand on the ‘secret’ City of Heroes emulator?
Last night, we covered the emerging scandal in the City of Heroes community and broke the confirmation that yes, there is in fact a...
‘Secret’ City of Heroes emulator operators address SCORE leak drama, rebut personal info database rumor
If you've been around the post-sunset City of Heroes community long enough, you've probably heard the rumors that there's a secret City of Heroes...
Not So Massively: Five things I love about Anthem
It is by now clear that Anthem had a fairly tortured road to launch. I don't wish to condone the clearly appalling conditions BioWare...
Battle Bards Episode 142: Sunrise, sunset
In MMORPGs across the world, days are beginning and days are ending — and with them come the catharsis of the sunrise and sunset....
Into the Super-verse: Trying DC Universe Online for the first time
While this column will no doubt be looking at the superhero MMO releases that are currently in development, it's also here, as we said,...
City of Titans wraps up its landmark previews with some new buildings and a zone map
The City of Titans folks have been spending some time showing off several landmark locations in their developing superhero MMO, and today marks the...
Champions Online kicks off a leveling challenge and ushers in some gigantic monsters
How quickly do you think you can get a character to level 40 in Champions Online? The developers are challenging you to hit that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 215: Anthem exposed
Justin and Bree discuss Anthem and BioWare, Guild Wars 2, DCUO, RIFT, Albion, DDO, Dragon Quest X, and Black Desert, plus a mailbag topic on event fatigue in MMOs.
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on difficulty modes in MMOs?
There's a meta discussion happening across games Twitter and elsewhere over the last week or so thanks to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. In a...
Ship of Heroes has been busy upgrading its main city – take a peek
Given that today is what it is, you're probably going to watch this whole Ship of Heroes video the way I did: waiting for...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about ideas like the cottage rule and class fantasy in MMO design?
Who among our readers played City of Heroes and remembers the cottage rule? The idea was that developers were reluctant to change the fundamentals...
Massively Overthinking: Thoughts on the holy trinity in MMOs
One of MOP's bright new columnists, Tyler Edwards, blogs over at Superior Realities, and he recently brought to my attention his pieces on the...
SHAZAM! Justice League Dark has landed in DC Universe Online today
It's time for the anti-heroes to jump to the forefront. Daybreak added Episode 34: Justice League Dark to DC Universe Online. It's no accident...
