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]

MMO Week in Review: The defiant unsunset of Defiance

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It's not every week that we get to cheer for an unsunset, but that's exactly what we're doing this week as Fawkes Games officially...
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Final Fantasy XIV kicks off a furniture design contest to make some beautiful decor

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After a hard day of adventuring in Final Fantasy XIV (or a hard day of saying "pspspsps" at Hrothgar and Miqo'te, we don't judge), do...

The MOP Up: Villagers and Heroes celebrates 11 years on Steam

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A very happy birthday to Villagers and Heroes, an underrated MMORPG that's pushing 14 years old - 11 of them on Steam: "Throwback to...

The Stream Team: Turning back to tanking in Final Fantasy XIV

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MOP's Chris has once again found himself bit by the MMORPG tanking bug. Mostly because his stream of Final Fantasy XIV last week saw...

EverQuest II brings back the Beast’r Eggstravaganza, EverQuest adds new anniversary missions

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Whether you're looking to celebrate the Easter season or enjoy a little anniversary-laced mystery, both EverQuest and EverQuest II have you covered. Or at...

One Shots: That’s a whole lot of WD-40

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Let's be real: A giant, city-destroying robot is going to require lubrication by the tankful. And some poor sap is going to have the...
we want refunds

The Daily Grind: How much do you stress yourself out in group content in an MMORPG?

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In basically any MMORPG, nobody actually cares about your performance in most group content. Unless you are pushing for progression - in which case...

Layoffs have apparently hit Jackalyptic Games, the Jack Emmert studio working on a new Warhammer MMO

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We're not sure precisely how bad things may be over at Jackalyptic Games, the Jack Emmert-led dev studio that's working on a Warhammer 40K...

The Soapbox: I am just about done with MMO epic storylines

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I'm not here to flash my MMO credentials at you because (a) you don't care and (b) you probably top me. That's fine. All...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best combat sound design?

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Way back when I first dipped into MMOs with Anarchy Online, I remember being vastly underwhelmed by the lackluster sound design of that game's...

The Stream Team: Hopping into AQ3D for Easter gnomes and Grenwog

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'Tis the season of floppy ears and colorful eggs throughout Battleon. And AQ3D added a bit more to its Easter celebration this year, with...
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Betawatch: Dune delays delivery and Dragonwilds delivers directly

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If you had already taken time off for Dune Awakening launching, bad news as the game has been delayed until June 10th to give...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen opens a fresh start server, rolls back other servers over a duping bug

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It's a weird, woolly, and odd set of headlines coming out of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen early access, and there's really no way...

Black Desert wrestles with node war problems on console, drops a new Atoraxxion: Orzekea trailer

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It's Black Desert news time again, and this week we're going to be leading off with BDO Console, but not necessarily for particularly happy...

Ragnarok Online has launched a Kung Fu Panda collaboration event, sure why not

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The last Kung Fu Panda film was released in March of 2024, but apparently that's not long enough to prevent DreamWorks Animation from letting...

The Stream Team: Joining in on the live return of sci-fi shooter MMO Defiance

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Defiance? In 2025? It's more likely than you think! MOP's Chris is going to be boots-on-the-ground during Fawkes Games' revival of the previously sunsetted...

Here’s how to get all SWTOR’s Star Wars Celebration 2025 freebies, including the new mount

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If you happened to catch Star Wars The Old Republic's producer letter earlier this month, then you probably knew all about the rewards coming...
Darky dark dark dark.

Aion Classic readies two new high-level dungeons for next week’s Wrath update

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Are you ready for some good old-fashioned wrath? It's OK, Aion Classic isn't really mad at you; it's merely puffing itself up to look...

Fallen Earth’s been offline over two months now, but Little Orbit isn’t giving up on its return

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So here's an out-of-nowhere thought for the day: Did Fallen Earth ever come back online since its abrupt closure in early February? And it...

Fight or Kite: I discovered a whole new side to Myth of Empires on custom servers

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I told you all in my previous column that I was going to get to the Persian DLC in Myth of Empires or die...