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]

The Stream Team: Starting AQ3D’s Sandsea story back up

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Between holidays and Thor attacks, so much has been happening that Massively OP's MJ has not been able to continue AQ3D's Sandsea story since...
Hey, my name is Glen?

OrbusVR prepares for the Festival of Strangers and another world boss

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The Festival of Strangers has been running for the past several years in OrbusVR, but let's be realistic... it seems as if there might be...
The first one was enough.

Second Life’s Philip Rosedale is skeptical about the promises of the metaverse

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Let's not kid ourselves, everyone: Second Life was doing the metaverse thing before the metaverse was cool. It's basically entirely built around the idea of...

The Wagadu Chronicles shares scads of concept art and preps for next year’s alpha test

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It's been a while since we've checked in on the progress of The Wagadu Chronicles, as the last major news coming out of Twin...

Dev studio One More Game touts a ‘players first’ attitude and a studio ‘free from ego’

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Last July we got word of the founding of One More Game, a dev studio launched by former founder of ArenaNet and En Masse...

MapleStory’s new anima mage Lara the Earthseer is now playable

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Last month, MapleStory released the On Air: Glimpse of Joy update, which added among other things a new character by the name of Lara....

Mortal Online 2 now lets players build houses, claim keeps, and grow fresh beards in latest update

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What is best in life in Mortal Online 2? Is it crushing enemies? Is it seeing them flee? No, it's owning a nice house...
Absolutely a niche.

Vague Patch Notes: There’s nothing wrong with being a niche MMO

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So Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen doesn't want to be seen as a niche game. Visionary Realms' recent interview saying so was clearly bewildering to...
Plue Brotocol.

Whatever happened to anime MMORPG Blue Protocol?

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We've all been twiddling our thumbs wondering what's going on over in Japan regarding Blue Protocol, the anime-styled MMORPG from Bandai Namco. We know...

VR MMO Zenith readies beta for this month, launch for early next year

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Fly, fist-bump, and fight your way through virtual reality this month thanks to Zenith's first beta test. This VR MMORPG, flush from a huge...

ArcheAge’s relaunch has been delayed again, this time by just a few hours

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If for some reason you're not playing a certain other game today, then you were probably gearing up for Kakao's ArcheAge relaunch, which had...

New World bans botters, begins testing winter event, plans unpopular endgame gear system

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Christmas -- or some variation thereof -- is coming to New World as the game's first holiday. Yesterday, Amazon announced that it was putting...
Into the unknown.

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker early access is underway in spite of some server outages

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The time has come, after the delays and the false starts. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is live in early access right now, barring something unusual...
two to the one to the one to the three

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best character – not gear – customization?

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We're gonna be starting up our regular end-of-the-year shenanigans in December, including our annual awards closer to the middle of the month. But one...

The Stream Team: Meeting with Neverwinter’s Lord Neverember

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Now that Massively OP's MJ has reacquainted herself a bit with the new level-squished Neverwinter, it is time to take her group back out...
tfw you're in love with lovely johnny

Massively Overthinking: The best MMO music of 2021

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We've decided to pull back our MMO music awards this year and make the decision a little less formal, partly because of how hard...
tnak

World of Tanks unveils partnership with Arnold Schwarzenegger for this year’s Holiday Ops event

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A lot of World of Tanks partnerships have been with washed-up B-list celebrities who were never actually good in anything (looking at you, Chuck Norris)....

NCsoft’s cross-platform mobile and PC MMO Lineage2M is live in the west today

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How many Lineages is too many Lineages? Some day we'll probably find out, but it is not this day. This day, NCsoft has launched...
So many swords.

Final Fantasy XIV updates its job guide with Reaper, Sage, and new job actions

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It's less than a day now until Final Fantasy XIV players will be able to start playing Endwalker as the expansion enters its early access period,...

Lord of the Rings Online compensates EU servers for translation issues, tests new six-player dungeon

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Many Lord of the Rings Online players know that one of the best bonus events that the studio runs is for virtue XP boosts...

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