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]

COVID-19 gaming impact roundup: Studios working from home, War Thunder as an Army training tool

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The global novel coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the gaming industry - here's the latest. Warhammer Online fans will remember well the name Carrie Gouskos,...
Bleak!

Here’s what The Elder Scrolls Online thinks you should do while awaiting Greymoor

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If you just cannot get enough Skyrim in your life until The Elder Scrolls Online releases its Greymoor DLC, you're just going to have...

First impressions of Fallout 76 Wastelanders from a true newbie to the game

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So I did something completely unexpected: I bought Fallout 76. It wasn't my idea. A few people in my guild had been talking about...

Dual Universe’s beta will include new UI features, items, and reworked planets and moons

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While Dual Universe is still going to focus on refining and improving the current alpha 3 build of the voxelbox, the team at Novaquark...
Everybody dies.

WoW Factor: Examining Shadowlands’ Rogue, Death Knight, and Warrior changes

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I do find a certain amount of irony in the fact that in this tour of the World of Warcraft Shadowlands class changes, Warrior...

Population Zero is back on track with May roadmap, promising optimization, balancing, and character visual tweaks

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Yesterday, we covered the shaky launch of Population Zero and the apologies of the devs at Enplex Games, who admitted there were technical problems...

Fallen Earth’s reconstruction continues slowly but surely – check out the new screenshots

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After Fallen Earth was taken offline last fall, players considered the odds pretty low that Little Orbit would be able to redeem its word...

Xbox X developers include Blizzard, Bungie, Pearl Abyss, and Square Enix

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With the console still on track to release sometime during the holiday season later this year, the Xbox Series X is preparing a huge...
Engagement.

The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios be more transparent about population stats?

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Some of our staff were idly chatting about Wargaming's playerbase this week when MOP's Ben chimed in with a link to the official World...
I am not supporting this lizard-shooting quest.

Massively Overthinking: The oldest MMORPGs we still play

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When I was still a teenager in my earliest MMOs, the trend in the communities I ran in was to play MMOs sequentially, due...
I have no idea, okay, guy? I don't know how you want to live your life or why you pick the ways you do. That's up to you.

Battle Bards Episode 168: Big bad boss battles of FFXIV

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Final Fantasy XIV fans know full well how Square Enix loves to dote on its huge and often bizarre boss battles — and includes...
Hell hell hell hell

Neverwinter gets a small patch with quest improvements and ability adjustments

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Alas, Black Ice Warhorse, your old ability was too complicated for Neverwinter. So now it has been made simpler and adjusted to be more...
books about space here

Elite Dangerous outlines more changes to fleet carriers coming in next week’s test

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Elite Dangerous' second round of Fleet Carriers beta is raring to go next week. You know this because you read MassivelyOP. But what does...
Not quite a werewolf.

Darkfall: Rise of Agon writes a thank-you note to its players for its three year anniversary

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It's been three years since Darkfall: Rise of Agon went live and five years since the project first saw life as DFO Returns, so...

An Old School RuneScape fan has started making an audio drama based on the MMORPG

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What do people who love theater do when they can't partake in the theater due to the pandemic? They turn to audio dramas, apparently,...

Did you miss the World of Warships VE Day parade? You can catch the replay now

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As we noted last weekend, Wargaming was going all out with World of Warships to celebrate the 75th Victory in Europe Day, which marks...

Guild Wars 2 makes Whisper in the Dark free this week while the community creates an anthology of hopeful stories

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While this free episodic stuff was brought up by us near the end of April, consider this your gentle reminder that Guild Wars 2...

Working as Intended: Sparking joy in MMOs

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On this week's podcast, I mentioned that I'd just finished off Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, something that superficially seems unrelated...

Population Zero apologizes for technical and DLC snafus following early access launch

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"No sugar-coating and straight to the point - please accept our sincere apologies for how the launch of Early Access has gone so far."...
Bye.

Vague Patch Notes: What causes the preponderance of disconnected MMO endgames?

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Yesterday, I wrote a whole column about how WildStar had some really great stuff in it. I did not mention its endgame at all....

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