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Star Trek Online offers discounted lifetime subs, runs multiple console events
It's always a risky proposition to go all-in on an MMO lifetime subscription, but sometimes it really pays off -- especially if the game...
DECA is closing the Star Trek Online, Champions Online, and Neverwinter forums in favor of Discord
As I type this, Another One Bites The Dust is going through my head, but I'm not talking about an MMO - just its...
Gachapwned: Examining the nature of gacha mechanics as a concept
If you mention the term "gacha" to most people, what you will get is a reaction somewhere between disgust and anger or one of...
Star Trek Online talks Axiom, career-specific objectives, and what’s next for the narrative
Last week developer DECA talked about the recent Axiom episode for Star Trek Online and how it was taking the baton passed by Cryptic....
One Shots: The MMO grand tour
Have you ever taken a step back from your endless endgame chasing to go back through the entirety of your MMO from start to...
Star Trek Online’s new studio DECA says the Axiom episode continues Cryptic’s legacy
Have you played through Star Trek Online's newest episode yet? If you have, then you might want to check out the first part of...
Vague Patch Notes: Not every MMO mechanic you dislike is a bad one
There is a category of responses to any column about mechanics, and it came up with the recent couple of columns about level scaling,...
Perfect Ten: Early versions of MMOs that were rougher than you remember
Despite our nostalgia goggles and cries for legacy versions of MMORPGs, the real truth is that most 1.0 versions of our online games were...
Star Trek Online celebrates First Contact day and turns up experience rates
In-universe, First Contact Day is a big deal in Star Trek Online; it marks the day that Vulcans and Humans first met one another,...
Massively Overthinking: The things that broke us from old beloved MMORPGs
Last week, MOP's Chris and I were discussing his husband's obsession with Sea of Thieves; he runs with a set crew that generally leaves...
Champions Online, fresh off a smol UI update, introduces its new DECA community manager
Remember back in February, when DECA Games finally posted a memo to Star Trek Online fans to let them know how the transition from...
Vague Patch Notes: The MMO you play isn’t always the MMO that was designed
There was, for a brief period of time, a window when World of Warcraft was moving toward a more deterministic gear structure that de-emphasized...
Vague Patch Notes: Learning to hate the MMORPGs you love
I had to teach myself how to hate Star Trek Online. It didn't come naturally to me.
If you've read the stuff that I've written...
Star Trek Online’s Unveiled, the MMO’s 33rd season, is live on console today
Console Captains, it's finally your moment in Star Trek Online, as the Unveiled season is officially live on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox...
Star Trek Online’s anniversary celebrations have kicked off for console players
It's kind of hard to play Star Trek Online on console when the anniversary event starts, because you know that you're going to have...
Stars Reach teases adorable retro bug people for its newly unlocked species
As we noted yesterday, when Stars Reach crossed the $500,000 crowdfunding threshhold on Kickstarter, players effectively unlocked the pre-launch (rather than post-launch) addition of...
One Shots: How to potty train your dragon
Think you have it rough raising a miniature human or juvenile feline or canine? Just try finding fireproof diapers and charred formula for a...
Champions Online is losing its last known Cryptic developer this week
We've been focused on the transition from Cryptic to Deca for Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, but Cryptic other MMORPG, Champions Online, often gets...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV is running out of Final Fantasy
It wasn't so long ago that I did a series of columns talking about the many, many references in Final Fantasy XIV to date,...
Star Trek Online kicks off the first part of its 2025 campaign with the No-Win Scenario on console
It would feel weird for Star Trek Online to have a year-long campaign called "No-Win Scenario" without including the Kobayashi Maru, the classic and...
