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]

Jukebox Heroes: The best of LOTRO’s Vales of Anduin score

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With a reduced budget and a smaller team, Lord of the Rings Online can't afford to throw gobs of money at composers and orchestras...

Starbase’s latest videos demo ship sabotage and small-scale ship battles

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Robot-centric sandbox-building MMO Starbase just isn't gonna let up with the barrage of videos, and you know what? We're OK with that. Finnish developer...

One Shots: Indulging in nostalgia

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When an MMORPG recedes into the rearview mirror of life, all you are left with are memories, music... and screenshots. It's amazing how a...
It's a boss, and it is deadly.

The Daily Grind: How much does personal performance matter to you in an MMO?

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As I've stated on many occasions, I have no interest in progression content in MMOs. I know from plenty of experience doing it that...
Be here now.

Make My MMO: City of Titans devs release lore novel, Ship of Heroes talks character creation beta

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Kickstarted City of Heroes spiritual successor City of Titans released a novel penned by Jack Snyder from Missing Worlds...
Ride.

Guild Season 7 kicks off in Albion Online with new challenges and mount skin seasonal rewards

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Today marks the moment in Albion Online where guilds can duke it out for bragging rights, glory, and very likely a whole bunch of...

Ship of Heroes will open some of Apotheosis City in its upcoming character creation beta

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Earlier this week, we reported on the upcoming August beta for the Character Creation Tool (CCT) in Ship of Heroes, alluding to the fact...

The Stream Team: A farmer’s life in Boundless

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Massively OP's MJ already thought Boundless was pretty neat, but now it has bumped up a few notches in her estimation: It has farming!...
Ah, no.

LOTRO Legendarium: A timeline of Lord of the Rings Online from 1994 to 2019

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When I wrapped up writing my previous LOTRO column on the game's first year of live operation, I felt that I had left this...

NCsoft Q2 2019: Guild Wars 2 may be eyeing a mobile version (again)

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Those with long memories might recall that way back in 2010 prior to Guild Wars 2's launch, ArenaNet made a (small) bit of noise...

LOTRO announces Stout Axe Dwarves, DDO reveals Alchemist class and permadeath server

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Standing Stone Games showed up to Indy's GenCon this week -- and dropped some huge announcements for both Lord of the Rings Online and...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best farming and gardening experience?

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Not gonna lie, I really like farming in MMOs. No, not the grindy kind of farming, just the actual process of farming crops on...
Neat!

Betawatch: Astellia has giveaways, features, and loyalty for its second beta

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Gosh, Astellia is going hard on its beta testing, isn't it? Like, almost to a surprising degree. Sure, you sort of expect an overview...

Echo of Soul takes a trip to the beach, sells for under a buck

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Who needs to go home and treat games like work when it's the middle of the summer? Let's all take a cue from Echo...

RuneScape Q&A covers banking, farming, and more as Jagex teases August updates

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Often, Q&A sessions with the devs have a sort of focus, be it a new expansion release or a gameplay style or some other...

Warframe on Nintendo Switch gets a performance boosting patch

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One of the more remarkable things about the Nintendo Switch is that it can provide you with some pretty high fidelity gaming in a...

Black Desert Mobile Korea adds a new succession class for the Berserker

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So the opening part of the video for the new class added to Black Desert Mobile sees the character whipping an enemy into the...

SoulWorker offers increased XP and item drops after a rocky EU server merge

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So the EU server merge -- excuse me, server fusion -- that we reported on this past July has come and gone. Unfortunately, it...

Neverwinter is revamping pretty much everything about newbie play in Uprising

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Perfect World has now discussed multiple facets of Neverwinter's upcoming Uprising module: the appearance system, the new raid, the loot, the Gith, the lore,...
Very mature.

WoW Classic’s next global stress test is dated for August 8 and 9

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Ever since WoW Classic's closed beta ended a tad early back in July, would-be Vanilla players have been anxious to get back in there....

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