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Trove’s Heroes expansion is basically about the war on bots
When Trove's superhero-flavored Heroes expansion launches on Tuesday, it's bringing with it not just a new skyscraper-bedecked neon zone but a plotline for said...
GDC 2018: In the crow’s nest with Ship of Heroes’ CEO Casey McGeever
Let me be upfront: I've never gotten into a superhero MMO. I love comics; outside of work, it's probably the only fiction I willingly...
Ship of Heroes’ map is ‘larger than the starting maps in City of Heroes’
If you're a City of Heroes fan - or any kind of superhero fan - then you're gonna want to check out the brand-new...
Massively Overthinking: Paying for MMORPG emulators, legal or otherwise
MassivelyOp reader Bryan recently wrote to us with a fun question about emulators, a topic that will simply never die as long as MMORPGs...
Ship of Heroes turns a critical eye to February’s combat alpha
Last month, Ship of Heroes ran its first alpha combat test with backers, and it was a blast (literally). With enough time to process...
The Daily Grind: Are fan emulators of dead MMOs worth developing?
As an amateur historian and an MMORPG enthusiast, I generally applaud efforts by the community to resurrect, preserve, and even reboot sunsetted games. While...
Preview: Trove’s Heroes expansion is super – and launching on March 27
If you were ever of the opinion that one thing the voxel world Trove needed was a superhero, then you are getting your wish!...
Get wet in DC Universe Online’s Deluge event
Dipping your toes in to test game content is for wimps; true heroes dive right in and go deep. A new event has arrived...
Perfect Ten: MMO missteps that didn’t have to happen
Around the time I started working at Massively-that-was, there was an article that I quite liked talking about how four high-profile MMO failures were...
DC Universe Online gets lucky with its St. Patrick’s Day event
The impish and mischevious Mister Mxyzptlk is up to no good in DC Universe Online. The pint-sized villain is wreaking havok during this week's...
One Shots: The Soviet Summoner
Undoubtedly, our world is poorer in this post-City of Heroes era for the lack of pun-inspired superhero names that used to run, fly, and...
Trove’s Heroes expansion overhauls welcome panel, daily bonuses, particle effects, and the Dracolyte class
We've talked about the new neon cityscape biome and superhero-themed new class Trove is getting when its Heroes expansion launches later this spring. What...
DC Universe Online’s GU80 is a big boon for hoarders
The grandly named but modestly sized Game Update 80 has rolled out for DC Universe Online players this week. Daybreak says it's tweaked inventory...
Perfect Ten: A dozen MOBAs that didn’t make it
With the insane success -- both in terms of popularity and finances -- that Dota and League of Legends spawned, you can easily understand...
City of Titans’ avatar builder is on display – and it’s pretty awesome
It has been five years since comic book and City of Heroes fans threw $678,000 at Missing Worlds Media in the hopes of seeing...
Trove explores its superhero expansion city and does a former City of Heroes dev proud
Mid-February, Trion Worlds announced a big expansion coming to Trove this spring, and the best part for disillusioned superhero fans is that it's set...
The Daily Grind: Given H1Z1’s plight, are you worried about Daybreak?
Last week, it became clear that H1Z1 has forfeited a ton of ground in the battle over battle royale games as it's lost 90%...
Ship of Heroes shows off the new combat features for its upcoming alpha test
It's not really a superhero game unless you're fighting someone or something, right? So Ship of Heroes has a certain obligation to give you...
Valiance Online makes progress with its female heroes
Filling out that superhero spandex isn't just a job for the guys, although so far in Valiance Online, it's certainly seemed that way. It...
The Daily Grind: What is the best-designed MMO class you’ve ever played?
There are good MMO classes and bad classes. There are well-designed ones and ones that just never gelled. But every once in a while,...
