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]

Bless Online’s western version will sunset on September 9

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Yesterday, we covered the news that Bless Online was sunsetting in Japan, leading many of us to wonder whether the Steam version live in...

Path of Exile’s Legion league is now live and launched – and hitting record concurrency

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Here's the bad news: Path of Exile is offline for the next three hours. But there's good news too, and that's that when the...

Star Citizen’s alpha 3.5.1 is live as CIG seeks feedback on ship customization pricing

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Ship customization rolled out to PTU testers this week as part of Star Citizen's alpha 3.5.1, but CIG didn't waste much time pushing it...
Success?

Vague Patch Notes: The curious case of the esports bubble

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I've been thinking a lot about esports lately. This is not actually something I like to think about, mind you; my general attitude toward esports...
I'm not him! I don't even look like him!

Into the Super-verse: Why didn’t Champions Online do better?

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A while back I was flipping through the backlog of my personal gaming blog, looking at the history of my gaming trends, particularly in...
Engizzage.

Star Trek Online promises next year’s story arc will ‘change the face of the game’

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What will next year bring for Star Trek Online? We don't know just yet, but according to a recent interview with lead designer Al Rivera...

The ArcheAge consumer lawsuit against Trion Worlds is still inching onward

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It seems weird to be writing about Trion Worlds again, but here we are. MMO players will recall that back in 2015, three gamers...

Mad World’s alpha footage features hungry frogs and players freaking out over cheese

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Even as Diablo-clone Mad World debates whether or not to dip its toes into crowdfunding, the action MMORPG is chugging along in its alpha...
aw hell

WildStar’s Nexus Forever emulator shares a slice of progress

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Could a WildStar emulator be closer to reality than we previously thought? Back in May, we reported that a community project known as "Nexus...
Yes, this is one of the few cases wherein EA kinda gets to be the good guys.

The Daily Grind: Is the future of online games dev really ‘conversation mode’ rather than ‘presentation mode’?

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Last month, PC Gamer ran a piece about Anthem and EA focusing on EA's belief that the way the industry goes about releasing games...

Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?

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Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...

Star Trek Online brings back Operation Riposte, the Crystalline Entity, and lets you earn a free T6 ship

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Whether you like firing your lasers at a malevolent crystal snowflake or liberating a planet from Klingon oppressors, the most recent patch to Star...

Bless Online’s Japanese server is sunsetting in August

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It looks like yet another version of Bless Online is calling it quits, as the Japanese server admins announced yesterday it'll close down that...

Hyperspace Beacon: Thoughts on SWTOR’s Dantooine Incursion update

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Tuesday, Star Wars: The Old Republic released a new event update called the Dantooine Incursion. I played through the questlines on the PTS, then...

The Stream Team: Double your dose of adorable with MapleStory 2’s expansion

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When a cynical world bites, what can you do? You get an antidote! Massively OP's Chris and MJ are looking for a double dose...
Beta fish.

Interview: Astellia’s westernization covers everything from monetization and VO to dodging and grouping

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It seems as if every time we write about incoming MMORPG Astellia, confusion over its guiding principles dominates the ensuing discussion. One of those...

Elite Dangerous greyhat ‘protest’ over hacking ends in player ban

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You wouldn't think Elite Dangerous would be the site of so much drama, but it's offering up the goods this week. Yesterday, one of...

Massively on the Go: Exploring Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge augmented reality game

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I wasn't expecting to be very excited about the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge until I read there'd be an augmented reality game mixed in....
glod

Blade & Soul previews the item changes arriving with its next major patch

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When the next major Blade & Soul patch arrives on June 19th, Skyforge and Shadowforge weapons are getting cheaper to upgrade, so players getting ready...

Star Wars: The Old Republic holds an AMA about gear progression changes coming in Onslaught

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As we all know by now, Star Wars: The Old Republic is getting something of a reset with regard to its gear progression systems...

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