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]

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Wisdom of Nym: Reactions to Final Fantasy XIV’s job changes from the live letter

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One of the things that excites me every time about Final Fantasy XIV is the way that the game can tell you up-front exactly...

Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning finally adds capital cities that Mythic axed

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So a little Warhammer Online history lesson for you today: Originally when Mythic Entertainment was developing the game, it had plans to include up...
Here we go with this nonsense again.

TitanReach plans its comeback after suddenly receiving full funding from a mysterious benefactor

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Apparently, some beneficent soul descended upon Square Root Studios' TitanReach and saw fit to bring the game back up from the dead. After the...

The Elder Scrolls Online is getting new Nvidia anti-aliasing tech in Update 32

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When Update 32 of Elder Scrolls Online goes live, it's not only going to be bringing changes to combat to address power creep, it...
You get a stronghold! And you get a stronghold! Everybody here gets a stronghold!

The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs with simply too much to do?

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MMO blogger Bhagpuss recently penned a solid article about his time in Guild Wars 2, arguing in part that the game's problem isn't that...
This was kind of neat, at least.

MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls, End of Dragons, and Endwalker

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Guild Wars 2 continued its rollout of major End of Dragons reveals this past week, including three new elite specs as we head into...

The MOP Up: Ravendawn’s PvP system goes down in infamy

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Ravendawn's newest dev blog tackles the meat and potatoes of the MMO's player-vs.-player conflict. Basically, the game is trying to pave the way for...

Global Chat: New World beta pleases some, fails to grab others

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The buzz around MMO Town these days is on New World, and specifically, the open beta that wrapped up last week. So far, the...

One Shots: Boom, said the world

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You'd think that a world that's already been nuked into a radioactive wasteland wouldn't need any additional bombs lobbed at its surface, but several...
Boat.

The Daily Grind: What feels like a sufficiently interesting central MMO expansion feature to you?

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So while we don't yet have the full picture of how masteries will look for Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons, thus far I am...
This was neat, but eh.

Guild Wars 2 stream previews End of Dragons’ Vindicator, Bladesworn, and Catalyst

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Guild Wars 2 players are getting no shortage of new expansion info lately, between last week's fishing and skiff stream and last month's preview...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why do we know so little about Fate of Gundabad?

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Over the past few months, my general sense of rising hope for Lord of the Rings Online has been tempered by a nagging disquiet...
Building!

Final Fantasy XIV reveals job actions and battle changes in its latest live letter

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The are changes coming to Final Fantasy XIV with the next expansion, and that includes a whole lot of changes to job actions for...

The Daily Grind: What makes an MMO map amazing?

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I love maps. Love love love maps. I spend a stupid amount of time exploring the world on Google Maps, and no, that's not...
Travels of booking

Betawatch: Book of Travels begins teasing early access, again

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In the long saga of Book of Travels doing almost everything other than actually entering its promised early access state, this week marked an odd...

MMO Business Roundup: Discord’s funding, Bungie’s lawsuit, and harassment in online gaming

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. Discord: Investors love dumping money into Discord, and they're continuing the trend, as the...

Champions Online’s anniversary continues with a Dr. Destroyer invasion, DC Universe Online celebrates Batman Day with free gifts

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It's all about some superheroic celebration going on in both Champions Online and DC Universe Online, with both games marking some noteworthy dates on...
Twilit.

Final Fantasy XIV posts its fourth anniversary story ahead of the live letter this evening

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Another Friday means that it's time for another installment of the Final Fantasy XIV anniversary fiction, and this one is taking aim at a largely...

Pantheon discusses world building, new hires, gathering nodes, and the path to alpha

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's latest producer letter adds to last month's good news with the announcement of yet another hire: environment artist Tim...
Fired.

Kingdom Under Fire 2 is shutting down in October

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It's almost time to wave farewell to Kingdom Under Fire 2; publisher Gameforge has announced that the title will sunset for good on October 26th,...

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