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]

New World talks about combat and PvP gameplay, shows off its War mode

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Amazon's upcoming MMO New World continues to shovel coal into the hype engine as it inches towards its July 23rd beta. David Verfaillie, the...

Crafter-centric MMO Shop Titans turns one year old with new pets update

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By chance, Justin mentioned crafting guilds in Shop Titans on this week's Massively OP Podcast, so when this press release for the game's first...

The Daily Grind: Do you eat while playing MMORPGs?

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Back in May, Newzoo came out with a report that asserts something like four in five gamers across the world are also busy stuffing...

The Stream Team: Avenging the High Queen in Elder Scrolls Online

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While gathering proof for the queen, an assassin slipped into the castle. Now Elder Scrolls Online's High King is totally unwilling to listen to...

Check out the player-designed battle mounts coming to Skyforge (eventually)

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Seeing something you've created arrive in the game you're playing has got to feel all kinds of special, so we feel pleased for the...

Star Sonata 2 arrives on Steam as Wurm Online preps for Steam launch July 24

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Steam's getting a few new MMO options, namely Wurm Online and Star Sonata 2. The Steam page for Wurm confirms a release date of Friday,...

MapleStory’s latest update adds a new character and revamps existing skills, map activities, and guild activities

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Last week saw MapleStory add a beefy update to the game which has, among other things, introduced a new character, made a variety of...

Cyberpunk VR MMO Zenith says it’s ready to move from pre-alpha to alpha

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Zenith, the VR cyberpunk-styled MMO that bounded into the crowdfunding scene last year, has officially announced its move from pre-alpha development to alpha development. In...

Lord of the Rings Online’s temporary PvP server arrives this week

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Are you ready for something a little different in Lord of the Rings Online? Standing Stone Games is but a few days away from...

Fight or Kite: Space MMORTS Starborne’s latest time-limited campaign draws to a close

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I’ve had Starborne open nearly every waking minute over the last ten weeks – and even during many of the sleeping ones. It is...

Camelot Unchained adds new members to its staff and completes a variety of dev tasks in its Top Tenish

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It takes a village to create an RvR sandbox title and its maligned spin-off. I may be taking a bit of artistic license with...
Classy.

Wisdom of Nym: The highs and lows of Final Fantasy XIV’s role quests

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You might be thinking that we're a little early to be doing this sort of thing, and you wouldn't be entirely wrong; normally I...

The Daily Grind: Would you want to see Project Copernicus finished and released?

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Last week, THQ Nordic raised eyebrows when it announced the truly awful name for its rerelease of one of the titles it bought from...

MMO Week in Review: Torchlight III’s early access, No Man’s Sky’s crossplay

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Even with the absence of E3 this June, gaming is doing just fine: This week, MMO players saw the launch of Elite's fleet carriers,...

EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s asset safety bait and switch was a colossal mistake

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Imagine if you logged back into your favourite MMO after a few months away to find that your character's gear was gone or valuable...

The MOP Up: COVID-19’s digital silver lining

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While the COVID-19 epidemic has been nine types of awful over the last half-year, video game studios and publishers aren't complaining quite as loud...

The Repopulation replaces whiteboxes with art and improves harvesting regions

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The May/June update from The Repopulation is available for fans to read through and it's once more chock full of steady yet incremental progress...

Albion Online talks about the features of its next large-scale update

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The Queen update of Albion Online has done pretty well by game director Robin Henkys' reckoning, but as with every MMORPG, it's always about...
No screenshots yet, obviously.

Raph Koster touches on the technology and community that will bring Playable Worlds’ MMO to life

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Raph Koster, the CEO of Playable Worlds, certainly has plenty of thoughts about the creation of a metaverse. First, however, you have to actually...

One Shots: Reading rainbow

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Last week we asked readers to share their favorite color in the form of a screenshot. But why pick one color when WildStar had...

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