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]

Ashes of Creation’s 2020 outlook includes Alpha One, castle sieges

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Promising "exciting announcements" and "significant team growth" in the new year, Intrepid Studios' Steven Sharif penned a letter that attempts to wrest attention back...
NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU, BUT EVEN IF THEY DID YOU SUCK

The Daily Grind: What gaming lessons from 2019 are you bringing forward in the new year?

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We're into 2020 now, and that means it's the year of hindsight. (That is also the last time I'm allowed to make that joke, so...

Battle Bards Episode 159: Black Desert revisited

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It’s a return to a soundtrack that, over the past couple of years, experienced a lavish remastry. This week, the Battle Bards explore the...

The Stream Team: A new year of SWTOR Choose My Alignment adventures

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Are you ready for a new year, and a new decade, of Choose My Alignment adventures in SWTOR? Massively OP's Larry and MJ are!...
We still care.

Final Fantasy XI’s January update includes an Ambuscade fight, Beastmaster adjustments, and Domain Invasion tweaks

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Final Fantasy XI has a few things planned for the month of January according to a recent forum post from the devs. Players...

Nexon merges two studios, dumps another as part of ongoing restructure

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It would appear that Nexon is keen on smooshing together some of its studios in the interests of "organically integrating the know-how and resources...
Hold your breath and count to ten, fall apart, start again.

Leaderboard: Are you onboard with the online gaming industry’s new take on sequels?

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Overwatch 2 and Path of Exile 2 being announced in such close proximity, plus rumors of an Anthem reboot in the weeks and the...
Never over.

Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2019

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The down side of doing these columns at the end of the year every year is that there's a certain challenge of writing the...

The best Massively OP community polls of 2019

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Time for another annual tradition here on Massively OP: the counting of the polls! Yes, we run a bunch of polls in our irregular...
Just the same thing but forever.

EverQuest adds a memorial for developer Brad ‘Aradune’ McQuaid

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If you find yourself wandering the lands of Norrath in EverQuest, do yourself a favor and head over to East Karana. There, you may...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you want to play in 2020?

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There's nothing like a new year -- and a new decade! -- to encourage one to make grand plans that may or may not...

Goodbye to all the reasons we can’t have nice things in MMOs, 2019 edition

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A while back, we started collecting all our cozy, comforting, positive, happy stories under the "warm fuzzies" tag. This year, we turned it into...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 253: Knights of the MOP roundtable

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Justin, Bree, Eliot, Chris, Carlo, Sam, Ben, Mia, and MJ team up for a special roundtable edition of the podcast, discussing their favorite MMOs, writing for MOP, thoughts on the whole MOP awards rollout, and the current State of the Site.

The Stream Team: Ending 2019 in AdventureQuest 3D

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What better way for Massively OP's MJ to close out 2019's OPTV streams than with the game that impressed her the most this year:...

Lawful Neutral: A look back at the MMO industry’s law dramas of 2019

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It's hard to believe that 2019 is almost over. Not necessarily unwelcome, but hard to believe. 2019 has been a year in more ways...

Choose My Adventure: The perfect sandbox MMORPG already exists in Project Gorgon

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You know, I don’t think I’ve ever delighted in being so lost in an MMORPG before. Most of the time, being kicked out into the...

MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Schlag meme of the year

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MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards end today with our pick for Schlag meme of the year. For those who never dip down into the comments,...
Oh bang.

The Daily Grind: What MMO has the brightest future right now, at the end of 2019?

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A few years back, we did an Overthinking on the MMO with the brightest future. It was so popular we started making it an...

Kritika:REBOOT Korea is adding a new class to Kritika for the first time in years

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It would appear that developer ALLM is busy making sure that Kritika:REBOOT is still very much alive in its native Korea as well. A...

MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Best MMO apology

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MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for Best MMO apology. If you're wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie is, you...

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