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]

Neverwinter pushes back the console release of Sharandar to March 16

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If you were among the console players of Neverwinter eager to get your character's feet into all sorts of Feywild trouble, we've got some...
Never seen a bluer sky.

Wisdom of Nym: The shirt-based speculation around Final Fantasy XIV’s next melee job

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Bad news, folks: We're going to be waiting a while longer to find out the new melee job for Final Fantasy XIV, and waiting...

BlizzConline 2021: Why WoW Burning Crusade Classic won’t have the dungeon-finder

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While not a surprise, confirmation that Burning Crusade Classic is coming this year has lit a fire underneath the classic community. Blizzard was out...

Kakao Games hosted its last GM-led live event for Black Desert on PC this past weekend

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With Black Desert changing hands from Kakao Games over to Pearl Abyss, yesterday signaled the possible end of an era as GMs and CMs...
Boom, crash, new year, explosions.

TERA Console shifts its patch cadence to every three months

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The team running TERA's console edition announced that players should be seeing a change in how often content patches arrive in the game. This...

The Daily Grind: How do you think BlizzConline went?

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Reactions around the MOP offices on Blizzard's BlizzConline effort this past weekend were, I think it's fair to say, mixed at best. Some folks...

MMO Week in Review: BlizzConline’s biggest news

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BlizzConline wasn't packed full of major surprises, thanks to educated guesswork and a devastating leak of all the WoW news the day before. But...

Shroud of the Avatar is introducing another revamp to food and drink buffs in Release 87

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Cast your minds back to September of last year, when Shroud of the Avatar announced plans to change the way food and drink buffs...

The MOP Up: World of Warships comes to the Epic Games Store

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Big boats need a big harbor, and Epic Games Store certainly can provide that. Wargaming announced this past week that World of Warships is...
Sure, fine. Great. Neat.

Mortal Online 2’s latest update adds more gore and the Myrland Jungle

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When you take down an enemy in Mortal Online 2, you want to be sure it's dead, and there's no surer way that's the...

Global Chat: Why do devs amputate content from MMOs?

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MMO blogger Yeebo Fernbottom tackled an issue that's a standing pet peeve for me: When game developers take away systems, content, and fun toys...

Neverwinter offers a preview of the upcoming Vault of Stars dungeon

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Just one time, just one time, I'd like to open up a vault in an MMORPG and be greeted with gobs of riches or...

One Shots: Even adventurers like to be tucked in to sleep

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Slaying a bajillion creatures, hauling around blood-splattered loot, and going through a repeated death-resurrection cycle sure does take it out on the intrepid adventurer....
Kind to rewind.

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite story of anonymous kindness from an MMO?

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One of the best parts about MMOs is that they give players a chance to be kind in countless little ways. Maybe not always...

Battle Bards Episode 187: Sewers and swamps

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Oh yeah, this is destined to be our most-downloaded show ever, because the Battle Bards are bringing the THRILLS of sewer systems and the...
Service service

Runes of Magic announces two new servers coming to the game

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These days it seems like most of the news about servers in any MMO is about merges or closures. So it's nice to know...
Not riding a dinosaur.

BlizzConline 2021: Everything we learned at the World of Warcraft Q&A

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Well, there's one way today's World of Warcraft's Q&A session is going to be different at BlizzConline 2021: There is absolutely zero chance that...

EVE Online will add fleet formations and Marauder adjustments in upcoming updates

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There's more coming to EVE Online now that the Reign quadrant is well underway. Specifically, a couple of updates that have been previewed that...

Guild Wars 2 seeks the roller beetle champions of the world – qualifiers are this weekend and next

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There are two types of Guild Wars 2 players: Those who stop to smell (and loot) the roses, and those who experience the game...

The Daily Grind: Would you (or do you) play as a villain in an MMO?

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Our recent Massively Overthinking discussion on being heroes in MMOs got me, well, thinking. I'm just not one who really cares for labels like...

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