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Here’s how to Celebrate City of Heroes’ 14th anniversary in Paragon Chat today
If you're feeling the burning desire to reminisce in City of Heroes and hang out with other people who understand why it was so...
Leaderboard: Does the Daybreak fiasco affect whether you play its MMOs?
Over the last couple of days, we've been covering the Daybreak scandal - specifically, how concerns over the impact of government sanctions on Daybreak's...
DC Universe Online introduces style unlocking with today’s GU82
Game Update 82 is launching today for DC Universe Online, and thanks to it, players have a new feature to enjoy: style unlocking. While...
Former Marvel Heroes boss David Brevik launches new game, It Lurks Below, into early access
If you've been finding yourself missing Marvel Heroes - but not all the drama and lies - you might want to mosey on over...
Perfect Ten: What your MMO quantity says about you
It occurs to me that it is very difficult to find MMOs that I have literally never played before in some capacity. There are...
Ship of Heroes shows off new screenshots, says it’s working on maps, costumes, and the healing powerset
It's spring cleaning month for Ship of Heroes, Heroic Games' Casey McGeever has told forumgoers on the official site.
"What we mean by this is...
City of Titans restructures its development approach thanks to Unreal’s plugins
Due to the scattered locations of City of Titans' team members, the devs have long since attempted a modular approach to building the superhero...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the dumbest armor?
Back in February, PC Gamer put out a piece on the absolute dumbest character armor in gaming history. There's more than one MMORPG in...
Champions Online is now officially the longest-running superhero MMO, and the world makes no sense
You are no doubt aware that Champions Online is still running, although the game has been in unofficial maintenance mode for half of forever....
The MOP Up: Seal Online embraces a cartoony spirit (April 15, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Massively Overthinking: The best of PAX East and GDC in 2018
The past couple of weeks has been wild as we dispatched writers to GDC in San Francisco and PAX East in Boston to gather...
Ship of Heroes posts a timeline for the first half of 2018
With a combat alpha under its belt, the superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes turns its attention to the challenges that lay ahead. The team...
Perfect Ten: Why trend-chasing doesn’t work at all for online games
Video games have always been a remarkably insular field; that's the nature of development. Someone produces Super Mario Bros, and a few years later...
PAX East 2018: Talking superhero MMOs with Ship of Heroes’ Casey McGeever
At this year's PAX East, I discovered that my mental picture of Casey McGeever did not match the actual man in person, but that...
City of Heroes emulator pumps out its first public release
Former City of Heroes players have plenty of options to try to fill the void of their favorite MMO. There's a chat shell that...
Ship of Heroes upgrades to the latest version of Unreal Engine, adds PopcornFX
Ship of Heroes just got a bit better looking.
Heroic Games announced that it upgraded the upcoming superhero MMORPG from Unreal Engine 4.17 to 4.18...
Ship of Heroes’ Casey McGeever reflects on GDC 2018
With GDC 2018 in the bag, Casey McGeever is back from showing off Ship of Heroes and has a few reflections about the experience....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 163: Expansions ‘Я’ Us
Justin and Bree talk expansions for Elder Scrolls Online, Star Trek Online, and Skyforge, with news on Bless, GDC, Ship of Heroes, SWTOR, a new Star Wars title, Project Gorgon, RIFT, WoW, and Trove, with mailbag questions on whether Gorgon vs EverQuest and our Steam Team.
Trove’s Heroes expansion is live today with superheroes and a new biome
Trion's blocky sandpark Trove is patching up any minute now with Heroes, a brand-new superhero-themed expansion - all live today for PC, PS4, and...
One Shots: At least we have pie
What's the last thing you've ever done in an MMORPG before it was shut down? If you have ever found yourself in this unfortunate...