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 best Massively OP streams of 2020

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Massively OP's Stream Team charged through 2020, with MJ keeping everyone entertained through the pandemic along with her faithful crew of readers and watchers...

2020 saw lots of Fortnite coverage, retweets for FFXIV, and nearly half of global market value in mobile

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If you like to look back at the year in gaming through data in infographic form, then your favorite post is here. GamesIndustry has...

The Stream Team: A new year, a new Darkovia in AdventureQuest 3D

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Hello 2021, and hello werewolves! And vampires! What's better than bringing in a new year? Doing so in AQ3D's new Darkovia. Massively OP's MJ...

Why WB Games should make a new Asheron’s Call game in 2021+: The mechanics

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Just based on lore alone, WB Games should make a new Asheron's Call game. As I argued last time, AC has the qualities of an underutilized...

Podcaster posts last interview with Meridian 59’s Brian ‘Psychochild’ Green

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When Brian Green, better known as "Psychochild," passed away last August, he left behind a lot of grieving fans who missed his passion for...

Holidays hugs to all the uplifting things that happened in MMOs, 2020 edition

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On New Year's Eve, it's become tradition for us to roundup all the reasons we can't have nice things, and we did so again...

Camelot Unchained wraps up 2020 with hope and cheer

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Before you completely write off 2020, Camelot Unchained would like to have a word with you. Wait, whom are we kidding? This is Camelot...

The best Massively OP community leaderboard polls, 2020 edition

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We didn't do quite as many Leaderboard polls this year as in previous years, largely because... well, we've already asked a lot of the...

Myth of Empires arrives with territory conquest and nation building

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"Hey Ted, did you hear about that empire?" "Whoa, man, I thought that was just a myth!" While we're not quite sure what the name...
SIR

The Daily Grind: Which MMO expansion or update in 2021 are you most excited about?

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There's going to be no shortage of major updates to MMOs in 2021. The Elder Scrolls Online and Guild Wars 2 already have expansions announced, everyone...
COOKING'S DONE

Goodbye to all the reasons we can’t have nice things in MMOs, 2020 edition

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A few years ago, we started collecting all our cozy, comforting, positive, happy stories under the "warm fuzzies" tag. But we also have another...
Vendetta Online

Vendetta Online discusses capital ship debris, temporary KoS changes, and remote capital ship commands

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Vendetta Online has kicked out its December newsletter, which once more offers a cornucopia of details for the internet spaceship sandbox title, leading off...
This one is less charming.

Final Fantasy XIV presents the man behind the design of the game’s official websites

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A lot of members of the Final Fantasy XIV team are pretty well known at this point to the game's community, but there are...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2021

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Really, there's only one valid resolution for 2021: make it suck less than 2020. That aside, it's customary to ask the Massively OP writers to...

The Stream Team: Soaking up some Winter Festival of Simril in Neverwinter

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Pfft, you thought the holidays were over? Why, there are many more celebrations to imbibe things in! One happens to be the Winter Festival...
glargh and suchlike

Leaderboard: What’s the best classic MMORPG still running at the end of 2020?

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It's been a longstanding problem that end-of-the-year awards for MMORPGs aren't ideal for honoring "classic" MMOs, especially the really old games, really small games,...

MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Schlag meme of the year

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MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards conclude today as we honor MOP reader Schlag, our local meme-maker and resident comment trickster, who somehow manages to say...

The Repopulation further talks up inventory and storage refinements, announces plans for mini-wipes

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Yup, it's another update post from The Repopulation all about inventory. Inventories are now being handled by the same backend system, removing duplicates and...
Plue Brotocol.

Vague Patch Notes: Don’t be the MMO beta defense squad

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Every week, I have to think about betas. I have to think a lot about betas, in fact. More than I ever wanted to...
Leave it, we're chilling.

Gran Saga shows off various gameplay modes in its newest trailer

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Looking forward to another go at a cross-platform MMORPG for mobile and PC? Gran Saga is just such a game, and it has an...

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