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Perfect World updates its Arc client with new features
You may or may not use the Perfect World Entertainment Arc launcher to play games like Neverwinter and Champions Online. There are lots of...
City of Titans offers up a Fourth of July teaser
"Heroes may fall. Heroism never dies."
With a not-so-covert nod to the late City of Heroes, City of Titans' latest 4th of July video attempts to bridge...
Ship of Heroes’ teeny-weeny robot nanites ensure smooth sailing for the superhero starship
Ship of Heroes has a fresh dev blog up today on stuff you can't even see. I'm talking, of course, about nanites, ridiculously tiny...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the most complex character development?
Over the weekend, I was reading a makeup subreddit (don't judge me - I swear there is a gaming point to this) and the...
Trion Worlds offers free MMO goodies for Marvel Heroes refugees
Ever since Trion Worlds announced that it had snapped up all of the remaining assets from Gazillion and Marvel Heroes, we have wondered what...
One Shots: My name is Captain Vanity
As I'm off on vacation this week, I knew that I wasn't going to be able to cull through the previous One Shots comment...
DC Universe Online is giving away free CR 170 characters for logging in this week
It's "member appreciation week" in Daybreak's DC Universe Online, and it lines up nice and neat with the holiday too - how convenient is...
Ship of Heroes shows off its female soldier armor
It would be unfair to say that superhero MMOs are based entirely on the strength of their costume creation, but that costume creation is...
City of Titans is bringing the control lifestyle back, baby
Raise someone else's hand up if you have fond memories of playing a Controller in City of Heroes. The concept of a crowd control...
The Stream Team: A second attempt at DCUO’s second part of The Death of Superman
When Massively OP's MJ tried to do The Death of Superman, part 2 in DCUO, the game died instead. The update killed the launcher...
Champions Online announces the Patriot’s Celebration for Independence Day and Canada Day
It's June 28th, and that means there's only seven days left to get your 4th of July events posted. Champions Online is waaaay out...
DC Universe Online launches part 3 of the Death of Superman
He lived, he died, and he'll probably live again. Not just because comics tend to bring people back to life, but because, well, the...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO debuts by year, 1997-2006
By now, many of you probably know that I'm the curator of the MMO Timeline on my personal blog. On this page, I've attempted...
Trion just bought up Gazillion’s assets to beef up its MMO publishing arm
Did you see this one coming? VentureBeat has a piece out this morning interviewing Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman, who's apparently just revealed that...
Champions Online slashes prices on freeform characters, three for 60 bucks
At the beginning of June, PWE announced big changes for Champions Online: It was planning to drop the game's optional monthly subscription in favor...
DCUO adds a civil war as a summer vacation destination
Superheroes and swimsuits -- what's not to love? Even the hardest working warriors of justice deserve a vacation now and then. For them (and...
Secret World Legends activates its anniversary event and refer-a-friend program tomorrow
A year has gone by since Funcom rebooted The Secret World into Secret World Legends, and the studio is ready to celebrate that milestone...
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest ever MMO splurge?
Ever since Trove launched its superhero-themed expansion Heroes, I've been hemming and hawing over buying the big mama upgrade package for the Vanguardian and...
One Shots: Fashion patrol coming your way!
Well that is certainly one way to fill up the comments section with tons of screenshots: asking all of you to show of your...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO’s music brings back all the feels?
One of the reasons that I love and listen to MMO music so much -- other than it rocks, obviously -- is that it...