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]

MMO Week in Review: Burning Crusade, Odyssey, SOLO, Bless, and New Genesis

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It's been a positively massive week for the MMO genre, with launches and betas left and right: WoW Classic rolled out the Burning Crusade...

Neverwinter brings back the mechanized crafting of the Wonders of Gond event on May 27

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If (for whatever reason) you have global chat on in Neverwinter and you start seeing players shouting for grommets, gears, and doohickeys, it's not...

The MOP Up: World of Warships opens a book of German mythology

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Weird things are afoot in World of Warships, with a German mythological event, more German destroyers, and reworked commander skills hitting the game world! "For...

Allods Online adds the Suslanger zone, increases the level cap

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We know that there are still some strong fans of Allods Online in our readership, and so we hope that it makes them happy...

One Shots: 100 miles up and climbing

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When you find yourself soaring past the outer limits of the atmosphere in DC Universe Online, you best have a spacesuit or superpowers. Or...
Tanks for the memories

The Daily Grind: What’s the earliest test phase you’ve ever played for an MMO?

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An early test phase for any MMO has one major drawback, and that's the simple fact that it's not anywhere close to being ready...
Ice ice baby.

Global Chat: Feasting on Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga

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Nerdy Bookahs is pretty dang delighted to come back to a "feast" in Guild Wars 2, thanks to all of the new content in...

Kakao and XL Games’ mobile MMORPG Moonlight Sculptor launches globally May 25

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In mid-April we shone a light on Moonlight Sculptor, a new mobile MMORPG from publisher Kakao Games and developer XL Games (of ArcheAge infamy)...

LOTRO gets a new producer, finally allows Anor transfers

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Hey, you know what kind of slipped under the radar Lord of the Rings Online this week -- at least unless you were reading...
Yes, it's really weird to talk about Warlords in the context of a success, for me as much as you.

New Blizzard analysis chronicles the studio’s five-year decline and developer exodus

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The slow decline of Blizzard has been exhaustively covered over the last couple of years, but sometimes, it's more jolting to see it all...
La la la.

The Daily Grind: Are Final Fantasy XIV’s classes too restrictive?

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One of my absolute favorite things about Final Fantasy XIV was the baked-in ability to switch out classes (jobs) on the same character. This...
Ta bay

Betawatch: Swords of Legend Online kicks off its western beta

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As it was foretold with the pre-loading, so it has come to pass! Swords of Legend Online has opened up its beta testing, and that's...

Battle Bards Episode 193: Tribal jams

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Strike up a drum, flourish a flute, and howl to the moon — it’s time to get funky with some tribal jams! In this...

MMO Business Roundup: Valorant esports, South Korean politics, Netmarble, Nexon, and EVE Echoes

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! Valorant: It's been an ugly week in esports, as Riot Games suspended esports...

Star Wars: The Old Republic recaps the making of the Secrets of the Enclave flashpoint

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So what precisely goes on in writing a Flashpoint story for Star Wars: The Old Republic? If you're curious about that, you can get some...

Black Desert announces digital Heidel Ball convention for June 19

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Black Desert's gearing up for a summer convention of its own as Pearl Abyss announced this morning the return of Heidel Ball. As in...
Hunty hunt hunt.

Skyforge is launching Hunters of Terra for multiple platforms on June 2

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If you're playing Skyforge on the Nintendo Switch, you have a good reason to peer out at PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One players with...

Here’s how Blizzard is changing Overwatch 2’s tanks, group size, and meta

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So, did we learn anything useful from yesterday's Overwatch 2 stream from the newly minted team leads at Blizzard? We did indeed, though whether...

Working As Intended: Touring my new SWG Legends houses (and looking at Bespin deco!)

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If you're a fan of MMORPG housing, Star Wars, Star Wars Galaxies specifically, or just chatter about MMOs, then this very self-indulgent Working As...
Rewind!

WoW Factor: Are Heroic dungeons the original sin of World of Warcraft’s current issues?

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The launch of The Burning Crusade's pre-patch in WoW Classic has me thinking about the features that expansion brought to World of Warcraft. I know, really it...

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