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]

Second Life developer Linden Lab has been acquired by an investment group

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Fun trivia fact: The AOL blog that eventually became Massively actually started life as a Second Life blog back when Second Life was huge....

The Elder Scrolls Online provides a 360° peek at one of Stonethorn’s new dungeons

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With The Elder Scrolls Online unveiling its next DLC, Stonethorn, it was only a matter of time before the train of previews for what's...
KITTY! AGAIN!

Vague Patch Notes: Don’t alter MMO systems for people who never liked them to begin with

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Here's a concept that just would not leave my mind thanks to World of Warcraft, but it's not a bad thing. But in order...

Albion Online’s next big update adds a massive explorable transportation system

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When Rise of Avalon launches for Albion Online later this summer, it's adding a new system that turns ol' Doc Brown's mantra on its...

World of Warcraft Shadowlands: Free gender changes, flying requirements, and six-month sub mount

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With World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' beta set for next week, it's starting to feel like there's some actual hype building behind this next expansion....

The Daily Grind: Do you pine for a lost era of a specific MMO?

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A few weeks back, I saw a Reddit thread from a fellow MMO gamer who missed a specific version of Guild Wars 2. "Players...

The Stream Team: The Legend of Two-Toed Tobias in Dungeons & Dragons Online

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What is that ghostly wailing deep in the Weeping Cove in DDO? Massively OP's MJ is about to find out! Legend has it that...

Massively Overthinking: How much should MMOs cost in 2020?

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MOP reader Castagere recently wrote to us with a nod to the growing sentiment across the gaming industry that might indicate a shift in...

Elder Scrolls Online announces Stonethorn, its next DLC, includes two-person mounts in tow

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During its livestream this afternoon, ZeniMax Online Studios busted out with something you probably weren't expecting for The Elder Scrolls Online today, though you...

Crowfall discusses adjustments to keeps and forts in the July developer Q&A

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While Crowfall is inching that much closer to a fully announced beta, its current build needs some tweaking. That's the gist of what was...

Enter to win a Star Trek Online Federation Fleet Admiral Faction or Elite Starter pack in honor of House Divided’s launch

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With Star Trek Online's House Divided update now out in the wild on PC (and earning kudos from our own writer), PWE has kindly...

The Stream Team: Celebrating 5 years of Trove

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Today, Trove turns five years old! And Massively OP's MJ knows that five-year-olds get the best birthdays. There's the Sunfest celebration, a bonfire, and...
You put the gun on the robot and make it do a shoot.

Perpetuum’s community-run servers introduce the game’s newest robot class, the Destroyer

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It's been more than two years since the Perpetuum community took over the operation of the science fiction game, and in that time the...

Legends of Aria, Kickstarted in 2014 as Shards Online, has officially left early access and launched

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As promised, Legends of Aria officially launched out of early access and into the wild last night. We should also probably say "finally," as...

Black Desert console players are getting the new Hashashin class first

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Well, this is a decision that will no doubt draw forth reasoned discourse and carefully formatted reactions: Console players of Black Desert will be...

Working As Intended: Decorating MMORPG houses in SWG Legends and beyond

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I've been mulling over how to do a piece about MMO housing for a while now, spurred on by colleagues and readers who've said...
Hey, that's nice.

Guild Wars 2 datamining uncovers a new player guide coming to the game

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It's always the right time to welcome new people into your favorite MMO, but sometimes the process of getting them on board can be...
It just keeps happening.

WoW Factor: Dissecting the drips and drabs from the Shadowlands reveal stream

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All right. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands kicks off its beta next week. I would kind of like to be involved in that! I am...

Trove celebrates its fifth birthday with Delves on console and Sunfest for all

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I can hardly believe that Trove - the toy that was created in a Trion office by devs on their breaks and eventually turned...
Attached.

SuperData calls expansions the ‘lifeblood’ for World of Warcraft

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I have a thing about graphs without labeled axes. Just yesterday, I was literally making fun of the time Nexon turned in this unitless graph in its investor report. Yay squiggly lines!

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