MMORPG

MMORPGs are massively multiplayer online roleplaying games, our core focus here on Massively OP. MMORPGs are traditionally differentiated from mere multiplayer games by their persistent worlds, massive playerbases and/or servers, customizable character development, and always-online status. [Follow the MMORPG category’s RSS feed]

Make My MMO: SOTA, Legends of Aria, and TitanReach represent different hazards of MMO crowdfunding

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This edition of MassivelyOP's MMO crowdfunding column is a tale of three MMOs that remind everyone why you should be extremely careful putting money...

California’s attempt to stay Activision Blizzard’s EEOC settlement has failed in court

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Activision Blizzard has scored at least one more win in its myriad legal battles that spawned from the company's culture of sexual harassment and...

Global Chat: How is the actual story of SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith?

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To kick off this week's parade of MMO essays by bloggers in the virtual trenches, SWTOR site Going Commando gave us an honest review...

The Daily Grind: What older MMO have you (re)discovered lately?

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I have noticed that when there is a lull in new MMO releases, that time serves as a prompt for some antsy players to...

The Stream Team: Welcome back to Westmere in AdventureQuest 3D

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It's been a long while since Massively OP's MJ was in AQ3D's Westmere. (In fact, she might have forgotten some of the first part...
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Betawatch: The Wagadu Chronicles enters alpha

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Look, I'm not going to mince words: I'm pretty psyched about The Wagadu Chronicles and would like to see it do well. There's probably...

An EverQuest dev details how a ‘simple’ bug fix is anything but

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Any MMO gamer who plays old MMOs or listens to developers (or rogue server developers) talk about keeping those old games alive has probably...

RuneScape will bring some new Abyssal Slayer creatures and rewards on February 28

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The next update to RuneScape is about to get really eldritch, really fast. Abyssal Slayer creatures are heading their way to Senntisten this coming...

Albion Online launches controller support next week ahead of Steam Deck support

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If you aren't a big fan of trying to manipulate Albion Online on your phone, but you also don't want to deal with your...

From the Depths: Checking up on World of Warships’ community promises

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Wargaming’s World of Warships had its share of controversies in 2021, some of which led to the resignation of many of its most prolific...

Guild Wars 2 features End of Dragons music remixes, fast food promotions

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The hype for next week's release of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons is very, very real -- and very, very cray-cray. For starters,...
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WoW Factor: Shards of Azeroth, a speculative WoW expansion exercise

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Our story this time starts in a fight we don't yet know about, so I freely admit that there is the possibility that this...

Ship of Heroes teases next round of beta with deep-dive into housing and player bases

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Hey housing folks! Ship of Heroes has a fresh dev blog out this week aimed squarely at your proclivities as it features player bases...

LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring LOTRO Update 32’s Angle of Mitheithel

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Even after a decade-and-a-half of constant expansion, Lord of the Rings Online's Middle-earth has more left to show us than is currently on the...
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Activision Blizzard faces lawsuits from shareholders regarding the sale to Microsoft

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Ah, here we go, the lawsuits have started to roll in about the sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. We all knew they were...

EG7 Q4 2021: EG7 and Daybreak post huge revenues, bank future on MTGO, LOTRO

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Overnight, Swedish gaming company Enad Global 7 posted its Q4 2021 financial report, which of course is useful to MMORPG players as EG7 has...

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands season 3 kicks off in March with some big changes

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With Patch 9.2: Eternity's End out the door, World of Warcraft gradually is turning on the rest of the features from the update. Namely,...

The most important reveals from the Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons influencer sneak peak

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Guild Wars 2 fans are so close to Cantha, they can practically smell the incense wafting out of Shing Jea Monastery. And yet there...

The Daily Grind: Are you looking for reasons to *not* play MMOs?

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Earlier this week, I was chatting with MOP's Chris about Conan Chop Chop when he mentioned that the game is surprisingly intense. "It will...

The Stream Team: Crawling through Neverwinter catacombs

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MassivelyOP's MJ seriously needs new gear in Neverwinter, and in true D&D fashion, she needs to get it through adventuring. Instead of dungeon-diving, however,...

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