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]

Elder Scrolls Online’s 10th anniversary fizzles as ZeniMax cancels its North American meetup

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Hope you weren't planning on attending the big anniversary bash finale for The Elder Scrolls Online because ZeniMax Online Studios just abruptly canceled it. Readers...

The Daily Grind: Do you enjoy, tolerate, or resent silliness in your MMOs?

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One of my early favorite movies was Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, so I guess you can say that I've long been a fan...

The Stream Team: It’s finally time for AQ3D Frostval fun!

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One of the (many) things Massively OP's MJ loves about AQ3D is that it waits until December to begin the winter holiday festivities! That's...
That beta testing steez.

Betawatch: Path of Exile 2’s early access has begun

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All right, let's not front, the only thing we're really worrying about in the MMO-ish (it's flagged MMO on Steam) beta space right now...

Star Citizen highlights the music that will accompany alpha 4.0’s Pyro system

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If you're a fan of the music that thrums along as you play Star Citizen, then you're going to be getting some new audio...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases multiple theme parks for 2025, recaps its annual financials

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Rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends is ending the year with one more newsletter for fans, and as usual, it's packed with recaps and...

AdventureQuest 3D welcomes you to the snowy bliss of Frostval

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Ho ho holiday jingles are in the air over at AdventureQuest 3D, as the quirky MMO welcomes back the seasonal event of Frostval. The winter...
Hey, dudes.

Final Fantasy XIV continues to offer new Endwalker stories to players

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Every year, Final Fantasy XIV offers players a set of short fiction pieces on the site for the game's anniversary, exploring little spaces that...
Not cool!

Throne and Liberty shows off the glacial weapon skins added with its newest battle pass

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Throne & Liberty is keeping it cool with its new battle pass. Well, maybe not all that cool; after all, how cool is every...
Sparky!

Design Mockument: In defense of visual ability customization in MMORPGs

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I will never know who it was working behind the scenes at City of Heroes who first had the idea to let players customize...

New World’s Winter Convergence Festival returns December 10

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While New World's recent roadmap focuses heavily on the game's seventh season coming in January along with more aspirational hopes for 2025, there's one...

EverQuest and EverQuest II break out another holly jolly Frostfell

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Have you been naughty or nice this year? No matter, the EverQuest franchise is going to treat you very well either way (but we...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best combat as of 2024?

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Are you a tab-target person or an action-combat or somewhere in between? Maybe you're a rogue and you're about to chime in with turn-based...

The Stream Team: Hobgoblins and A Cabal for One in Dungeons & Dragons Online

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Massively OP's MJ and her D&D night crew are on hand to help open the gates into Gianthold Tor in DDO. However, apparently a...

Massively Overthinking: The top three MMOs we played in 2024

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I know from experience that when I list out the MMOs I want to play in a given year, it is an aspirational list....

Here’s how Dark Age of Camelot’s latest Caledonia catch-up works

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The Caledonia event is running right now in Dark Age of Camelot and it's letting all players start right off at level 30 and...

Old School RuneScape applies another round of Leagues V updates and transforms its gods into plushies

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It's probably going to come as little surprise to Old School RuneScape players that Jagex is absolutely laser-focused on Leagues V. Following a dev...

Albion Online continues patching up Horizons with armor, weapon, and potion buffs

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The application of patches to the Horizons update continues for Albion Online, and this time around it's everyone's favorite kind of patch: the item...

Lineage II releases new individual updates and a snowman hunt event for all three versions

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Yep, there's another news update for Lineage II that effectively condenses four stories into one, as Live, Aden, and Classic have all received their...

Enter to win a Neverwinter Swashbuckler Companion Pack to celebrate Return to Pirates’ Skyhold

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In celebration of last month's multiplatform launch of Neverwinter's latest module - As Above, So Below - Return to Pirates' Skyhold - Arc Games...