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 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...
Nope!

Betawatch: TitanReach backtracks on admission it’s not paying all its devs

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So Titan Reach is launching into its paid early access, and it announced that fact. That's good. What is less good is the fact...
Oh look,

BlizzConline 2021: WoW Classic and Chains of Domination panel recaps

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Ain't no rest for the Blizzard fans today, as BlizzConline 2021 rolls on with relentless intensity. World of Warcraft has more to share beyond the...

BlizzConline 2021: Opening ceremonies – WoW Chains of Domination, Burning Crusade Classic confirmed

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Just because the world is shrouded in death doesn't mean that we have to give up our beloved conventions. I mean, it does mean that,...
Mild

Wild Terra 2 reveals its roadmap for 2021 including combat improvements, auctions, and quests

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The Wild Terra 2 team is still hard at work improving the game in early access, and that starts with developing a plan for...

The Stream Team: AdventureQuest 3D’s Wolfwing Challenge

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When the Darkovia story concludes with a half vampire, half werewolf monstrosity, what do you get? A new AQ3D boss to fight! And that...

LOTRO producer Q&A: Legendary item revamp, closed world transfers, difficulty sliders, and more

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Executive Producer Rob Ciccolini joined the Friday Lord of the Rings Online livestream this week to do a seat-of-his-pants Q&A with fans who showed...
Contains some monsters.

Final Fantasy XI kicks off a discount and its return home campaign once again

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If you haven't been back to Final Fantasy XI for a while, the game wants you back. It misses you. If you've never been...

Interview: Crowfall is ‘very close’ to launch, plus more details on 6.400 Transformation

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This week has brought another massive update to Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall: ArtCraft describes Update 6.400 aka Transformation as a "major balance pass of combat,...

Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG offers the best tutorial?

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MMORPG developer Raph Koster recently put this neat article by experimental game developer Nicky Case on my radar. Case notes that common wisdom is...

Lord of the Rings Online finally sells War of the Three Peaks DLC for LOTRO Points

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Last fall's War of the Three Peaks release for Lord of the Rings Online should've been an exciting moment -- but instead it was...
Walking.

Naoki Yoshida discusses the Island Sanctuary and content length for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker

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The next major reveal of information about Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker isn't going to happen until May, but producer and director Naoki Yoshida has...

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