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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Path of Exile’s Heist expansion officially launches this afternoon

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It's expansion day for Path of Exile as Grinding Gear Games goes all Oceans 11 with the release of Heist for PC and Mac...

No Man’s Sky teases ‘the beginning of something new’: New update Origins, launching next week

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No Man's Sky studio Hello Games has a bit of a habit of casually announcing major expansions out of the blue and crashing its...

Kickstarted MMO Fractured lowers price of entry, rearranges alpha and beta schedule

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Dynamight Studios' latest dev blog has some big changes for Fractured and its fans, starting with the news that the game's price is coming...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: No, Shadowlands is probably not going to be terrible

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I've noted many times at this point that World of Warcraft does not seem to have done a great job with Shadowlands, at least from what we've...

Dungeons and Dragons Online turns on its pirate event for the weekend

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With this weekend's International Talk Like a Pirate Day bringing out the buccaneer in all of us, Dungeons and Dragons Online wanted to join...

Astellia Online grants an ‘ultimate buff’ for its first birthday

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It's already been a year since Astellia Online launched here in the west, and anyone's first birthday is a cause for celebration. If it's...
It ensues.

The Daily Grind: How important is player-generated content to you in MMOs?

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When I look at the current crop of top MMORPGs, I'm dismayed to realize that not a single one of them has anything significant...

The Stream Team: Standing a Ghost of a Chance in Dungeons and Dragons Online

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Does Massively OP's MJ stand a Ghost of a Chance in DDO? We'll see as she takes on a quest by that very...

Massively Overthinking: How to deal with cheater scum in MMORPGs

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I'm sure it was a random coincidence, but last week two different Star Wars Galaxies emulators posted about steps they were taking against cheaters...
This. Is. Exhausting.

World of Warcraft caps off its Afterlives with a look at Revendreth

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Despite the appearance, the Venthyr of Revendreth in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands do not really vant to dreenk your blud. They vant to make you a better person because you...
Busy town.

Final Fantasy XIV’s final anniversary story closes the book on the origin of the Crystal Exarch

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Every year, Final Fantasy XIV has a quartet of anniversary stories to shed more light on the characters of the game's story. But this year,...

Crowfall says its new Shadowbane-inspired class design will create an ‘explosion’ of build possibilities

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Yesterday, several members of the Crowfall dev team sat for an AMA with DownToQuest Twitch, and while the whole broadcast isn't up for non-subscribers...

LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO getting greedy with its fall content update?

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Boars. Beets. Battlestar Galactica. OK, let's talk about one of those things, at least in a roundabout way, because there's no escaping the fact...

Secret World Legends marks the autumn season with an Envoys of Avalon retread

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This news will either be fun to hear or the dull, wooden thud of a nail hammering into a coffin if you're a Secret...
It's actually fine.

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the newly announced Final Fantasy XVI

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So, uh... hey! Final Fantasy XVI! That's a thing we learned about yesterday, huh? I'm sure we're all shocked that Naoki Yoshida's very specific dismissal of...
WHAT.

Phantasy Star Online 2 announces Episode 5 launch date of September 30 and starts lead-up campaigns

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The next episode's worth of content is coming soon to Phantasy Star Online 2 as Episode 5 has been confirmed for a release date...

Echo of Soul is sunsetting yet again, this time on Steam, and no it’s not giving refunds

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We return now to the confusing story of Echo of Soul, which as we've previously chronicled has at least a million versions and has...

World of Warcraft hitches up PvP’s pants while WoW Classic throws a tournament

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Eleventh hour adjustments are being made to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' PvP scene in response to a whole lot of player concerns over the...
Boosh.

The Daily Grind: What common MMO developer reassurance doesn’t reassure you at all?

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At one point, I was tossing an idea around for a Perfect Ten column about a Kickstarter drinking game. It didn't go anywhere, ultimately...

The Stream Team: In SWTOR, ‘gotta catch ’em all’ refers to droids

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Massively OP's Larry and MJ are still out to learn the secrets of -- and sabotage -- The Shroud, but their real focus is...

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