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]

MMO Week in Review: A feast for MMOs in Guild Wars 2, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes

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Not at all for the first time, Guild Wars 2 and World of Warcraft announcements clashed rather hard this week, as ArenaNet released the...

Battle Bards Episode 144: Colors of the rainbow

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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet: Combined, these forces create the awesome power of Roy G. Biv — otherwise known as the...

The MOP Up: Dauntless’ forums are down for a month as the game goes offline until Tuesday

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No doubt that you have heard about Dauntless' launch on Tuesday, May 21st. And while that marks a new beginning for the monster hunting...

Armored God is a mobile MMORPG that lets you summon angry monsters

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If you like the idea of Pokemon but would rather your summoned monsters have a harder edge (or at least more spikes and pointy...

One Shots: Look – but don’t throw

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It's pretty common to be frustrated by MMOs showing you things that you can't ever touch or play. Whether it be fantastic races that...
Can't wait to see what's next here?

The Daily Grind: What upcoming MMO do you want to be good, even if it might not be?

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I'm excited about Peria Chronicles. This is not a secret. I'm also excited for Caravan Stories. And yet in both cases these games could be awful, and...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s monthly studio report for… April

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, we're in the back half of May now, and you know what that means: a rather belated studio report from...

Jukebox Heroes: The best of Trickster Online’s soundtrack

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When going on musical expeditions, I get the most excited when I open up a folder of tracks from lesser-known MMORPGs. I think that's...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Dark Domain, Habbo Hotel, Project Eternal, Stein.world, Zezenia, LaTale W

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've never heard of (or have totally forgotten about!). We've got a few...

City of Titans’ primer gets you up to speed on this superhero MMO

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With City of Titans picking up development steam, the team figured that this would be an opportune time to put out a primer to...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever regretted buying something in an MMO?

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I absolutely hate buyer's regret. If I could go back and slap myself when I was about to press the "buy now" button on...
One last round.

Betawatch: World of Warcraft Classic’s beta testing has officially begun again

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If you tested World of Warcraft back before it launched, this week's surprise launch of the World of Warcraft: Classic beta test might spark uses of...
But then Bart said 'this is stupid' and stopped so I won!

Final Fantasy XIV previews the all-important updates coming to Mahjong for Shadowbringers

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It seems like Shadowbringers is just around the corner (to the extent that 42 days is "just around the corner") and Final Fantasy XIV players the...

The Jovian Concord improves Gas City and adds Wisp to Warframe next week on PC

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As of this next update, Warframe will have 40 unique characters to choose from. Those are a lot of options for taking out waves...
Well, it's just a phase.

World of Warcraft Classic provides players with an updated rundown of known bugs

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The World of Warcraft: Classic beta is now in the hands of players, and that means that players are taking part in the oldest of...

Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes satisfies that Star Wars fix, but there’s a catch

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For the last few weeks, my other job has either taken away my game time or just sucked the energy out of me so...
Tiptoe through the something-or-other.

Crowfall and Albion Online are both running big PvP events this weekend

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Fans of large-scale MMORPG PvP will find themselves torn over just where to draw their swords this weekend, as two prominent PvP MMOs have...

Exclusive dev diary: Destiny’s Sword explores mental health as MMO gameplay

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Back at PAX East this year, our own Eliot Lefebvre checked out a weird and wonderful new MMORPG called Destiny's Sword. It's a tactical...

City of Heroes: Homecoming’s new home, EU players, multiboxing, SEGS, and… piglets

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Good news for players of City of Heroes' Homecoming rogue servers: The planned server moves - from The Netherlands to new destinations in Canada...
The vista

First impressions: World of Warcraft Classic is exactly what it says on the tin

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The simplest analogy I can think of for World of Warcraft: Classic is being served a breakfast of toasted plain white bread with a...

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