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]

Massively Overthinking: Are survival games the new MMO?

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A few Overthinkings ago, a MOP commenter said something that seemed very simple but still hit me really hard, to the point that I'm...
Sasa Lele

The Steam Spring Sale brings savings for The Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy XIV, and more

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Spring is about to spring and be sprung in Spring with... look, it's time for the Steam Spring Sale, one of the many times...
Bad dudes.

Final Fantasy XI’s developers talk about the process of creating the Voracious Resurgence

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The Voracious Resurgence was already the post-coda story content for Final Fantasy XI. After the game had already received its last story update, we...

MapleStory prepares players for an intense combat… picnic?

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If there's one thing that MMORPGs have taught me, it's that any time a quest sends you to have a meal or picnic with...
No. It's the children who are wrong.

Vague Patch Notes: You might be the reason you no longer love this MMO

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Despite its ubiquity in sitcoms throughout the '90s, I have never had a single relationship end with the other person saying, "It's not you,...

Mortal Online 2 releases a new dungeon, combat polishing, dismemberment, and bear mounts

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The feature set for the latest patch to Mortal Online 2 might sound like an odd stew since it's trying to marry riding bears...

EverQuest’s in-person Fippyfest is one-third sold through already as we’re finally getting more details

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Daybreak's Fippyfest has been a wild ride of emotions ever since the studio first announced the EverQuest-centric event. Players were initially thrilled to hear...
Great. Grand, even.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the worst about constantly re-inventing itself?

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For years now there has been a recurring chorus among World of Warcraft fans of not wanting to re-learn how to play the fan's...

Lost Ark previews the Breaker coming March 20 as US West merge downtime continues

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If you happen to be on one of the merging servers in Lost Ark's US West region, you probably have a bit of time...

World of Warcraft-inspired Scars of Honor’s latest video sure is something

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Last week, after Scars of Honor's $200K Kickstarter ended unsuccessfully, the Bulgarian team, which had fallen silent through most of the campaign, quickly revived...

CCP Games’ blockchain EVE Online spinoff Project Awakening plots next test phase for May

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I can't blame you if you can't temper your skepticism for CCP's Project Awakening, both because CCP Games is notorious for failed EVE Online-universe...

Old School RuneScape outlines plans for skilling adjustments as part of its ‘Project Rebalance’ effort

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Jagex looks to be in a big sweeping changes mood. Hot on the heels of RuneScape's combat updates, the studio is now looking to...

Black Desert Mobile launches the Drakania awakening as PC continues faction PvP balancing

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Black Desert continues its frenzied pace of updating this week across its multiple versions. Let's begin with the splashiest: In Black Desert Mobile, the...

Well Fed: An exploration of the Final Fantasy XIV official cookbook

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Welcome back, my fellow gaming gourmands, to Well Fed, the column that answers the question: Are gaming and MMO cookbooks any good? And this...

Perfect Ten: 10 MMO monsters we don’t feel bad killing over and over again

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While many MMORPG players would (and probably have) beat up on the fluffiest of lambs and the cutest of otters if a loot table...

Pantheon recaps updates since beginning season one ahead of this weekend’s test wave

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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen studio Visionary Realms is clearly on an experimental path when it comes to getting development of the game paid...

LOTRO’s Update 39 arrives with three dungeons, raid, and the spring festival

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After an extended period of testing, Lord of the Rings Online's first big drop of 2024 is finally almost here. Update 39: Arenas of...

Jagex co-founder announces Brighter Shores MMO, launching free-to-play in Q3 2024

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It would be pretty amusing if after all those mis-fires with new games, the next Jagex MMO actually comes from someone who left Jagex...

The Daily Grind: Do you cull your MMO character rosters at all?

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I don't think I'm going that far out on a limb by saying that there are a lot of MMO altoholics in our audience....

The Stream Team: Confronting Queen Labris in Guild Wars 2

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From the random introduction of an evil queen to the whiplash change of stance from the general, last week's adventure in Guild Wars 2's...

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