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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]

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RuneScape’s Desperate Times quest kicks off a new series of epic quests

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No rest for the wicked or the divine, depending on how you roleplay your RuneScape character, assuming you do at all: This week, Desperate...

Anime MMO Caravan Stories announces July 16 beta, July 23 launch on PlayStation 4

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When Caravan Stories was announced for the west just a few weeks ago, several of our writers went nuts for it. So we're stoked...
This should be obvious.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – expert dungeons

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For all that dungeons are a core part of the Final Fantasy XIV experience, this expansion was the lightest on top-end dungeons. Where Heavensward wound up...

City of Heroes community forms Round Table as Homecoming rogue servers count over 56,000 players

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Multiple City of Heroes groups now say they're working under yet another initiative to bring the rogue server community together. "The Round Table has been...

Not So Massively: Mourning the wasted potential of Trion’s Defiance

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One of my biggest gaming pet peeves is people declaring games "dead" before their time. If you can play it, it's not dead. This...
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Star Trek Online previews the ships of the Section 31 lockbox

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Starfleet's ruthlessly goal-focused Section 31 tends to stick in the memories of fans; it's a shadowy organization that seems to be at once everywhere...

Camelot Unchained is hard at work on corpse-chuckers, mortars, and doors

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Doors, doors, doors. Yes, "a good amount of work was done to bring doors into" Camelot Unchained this week. That probably sounds silly, but...
Take him out.

Here’s another clue that Red Dead Redemption 2 is heading (or was supposed to head) to PC

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Rumors and frustrations over whether Red Dead Redemption 2 - and more importantly around these parts, Red Dead Online - will ever show up...

MapleStory 2 announces Awakening expansion at MapleStory Fest 2019

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The sold-out MapleStory Fest 2019 ran this past weekend as classic MapleStory celebrated 14 years online and MapleStory 2 announced a huge expansion called...

The Daily Grind: Are you concerned about the future of Amazon’s New World?

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When Amazon Game Studios announced last week that it was taking New World's always-on alpha offline "to design major new features" that are "large...
THE BOX OF LOCKS

MMO Week in Review: The proposal to crack down on predatory video games

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Lockboxes, lootboxes, gambleboxes: Whatever you wanna call 'em, they've been on a wild ride the last couple of years, elevated from something only MMORPG...

Dauntless details dye-system rework in latest dev blog

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Fashion has always been a big part of Dauntless -- after all, defending the last bastions of humanity is great and all, but what's...

The MOP Up: Star Trek Online delves into the mysteries of Yard 39

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Star Trek Online is all about the Discovery these days, and in a new lore blog, the team gives some backstory to the mysterious...

Mabinogi prepares to merge four servers down to two on June 3

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If you're a player in Nexon's long-running MMO sandbox Mabinogi, you're going to want to hear what the company is planning for the game's...

One Shots: What am I looking at here, exactly?

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I guess I was asking for pure nightmare fuel when I issued a challenge last week to create the most disturbing and deformed avatars...
This is not ambiguous. It actually seems pretty straightforward.

The Daily Grind: Do you have unplayed MMO characters you refuse to delete?

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For the longest time, I had an orc in World of Warcraft whom I had never played past level 7 but who was never getting...

Make My MMO: Who do you love now? HOVERBIKES

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen once again made headlines with a concept ship sale, though it wasn't actually for a ship -...

EVE Online developer releases pie chart of botter shame

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Wilhelm of The Ancient Gaming Noob caught a fun popcorn moment from the EVE Online universe this week, thanks to a delicious pie chart...
Time is on my side, after a fashion.

Global Chat: Is it worth it to subscribe to MMOs?

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MMO blog Altar of Gaming has a fascinating series going on in which Rimuru is evaluating whether or not it's worth picking up a...

Astellia’s gear can level up with you – or de-level if you are a failure

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Astellia may just boast one of the smallest gear setups in any modern MMO with just five slots, but don't let that deceive you:...

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