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]

Novaquark’s JC Baillie talks about Dual Universe’s vision of the metaverse

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Those who play online titles that act like a separate world like Second Life or VRChat are likely familiar with the concept of a...

LOTRO announces Rohan housing while DDO is slated to get a 64-bit client

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Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online players have plenty to look forward to in their near and far future, especially...
If you look to your left, you will see a sad person.

Global Chat: Do you think you could design a better game than World of Warcraft?

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Let's be honest: We all are so egotistical and opinionated that we totally think we could design a better MMO than World of Warcraft....

The Daily Grind: Which underrated MMO would you recommend to friends?

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So c'mon, we all know what the big MMOs are right now, the ones that always come up in conversation. You know, the ones...
I'm fine. We're fine. This is fine. Everything's fine like wine.

Betawatch: Ashes of Creation shares notes on nodes

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The developers behind Ashes of Creation aren't about to let a little thing like delays prevent them from telling you a bunch of details...

Preregistration opens for Talion, Gamevil’s new mobile MMO

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Mobile game publisher Gamevil has announced that its upcoming mobile MMO Talion is coming to the U.S. and Europe, and players can preregister now...

KurtzPel starts Americas early access this month, will be free-to-play

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Fans of the upcoming anime MMO KurtzPel had to swallow a bitter spoonful of bad news last week as Kog recently announced that the...

More news from the Undermountain: Neverwinter Ranger and Wizard changes on preview server now

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If it wasn't apparent by now, just about every Neverwinter class is getting some kind of overhaul. Although PerfectWorld hasn't decided to change Rangers...
Siri play Chariots of Fire.

Cool your jets: Destiny 2’s ‘Crucible isn’t going anywhere’

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We've never known the internet to take things to extremes. I have only ever know the internet to be a measured and thoughtful place,...

Secret World Legends had a legit patch tucked inside an April Fools joke

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Prepare to be confused! So back on April 1st, Funcom released patch notes for a "Shenanigans" update over at Secret World Legends. As you might...
Familiar horizons.

Skyforge updates its interface and smooths the process of playing catch-up in New Horizons

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The next major update for Skyforge, New Horizons, arrives on April 9th. It wants new and returning players alike to be up to the most...
In a big outer land, land stays with you, and also your guild.

Albion Online is getting so popular ahead of its F2P launch next week that it’s already bracing for queues

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Oberon has been kind to Albion Online. The March 20th update has apparently driven a big spike of users for the not-quite-two-year-old game, and...

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts dishes on alpha 3.5 and 3.6, including customization, multi-crew, and persistence

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There is no Around the Verse this week, as folks tuned into Star Citizen already know - the studio announced last week that it...
We know what we know.

Storyboard: On the art of verisimilitude in MMO roleplaying

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Those of you who remember this column from Massively-that-was are invited to take a shot, as was the running joke. Because it turned out...

The final episode of Guild Wars 2’s fourth season of living story is called War Eternal

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If you can tear your eyeballs away from Super Adventure Box for a minute, ArenaNet has some Guild Wars 2 living world content updates...

Lawful Neutral: The future of MMO game design in a streaming gaming world

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It’s been an interesting few weeks for gaming. We saw the announcement of Google’s game streaming service, Stadia, and then Apple’s subscribe-to-access game service,...
Warping shadow.

Final Fantasy XIV outlines its patch and information plans leading up to Shadowbringers

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We sincerely doubt that any Final Fantasy XIV fans need to be reminded that Shadowbringers releases on July 2nd, with early access beginning on June 28th....

Chaos Theory: Secret World is getting new story content, but it’s not in Secret World Legends

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That feeling when something is so close yet misses the mark -- in a painful, how-on-earth-can-you-miss-that-giant-glowing-target way. The good news is that a Secret...

Ask Mo: Introducing Massively OP’s latest columns and columnists

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As part of our planned expansion for 2019, Massively OP brought on a slew of new writers to perk up our pages with new...

Star Wars The Old Republic travels to a planet far too remote for an effective demonstration, don’t worry

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Players in Star Wars: The Old Republic are clearly taking a tour of classic Star Wars planets in the updates leading to the rumored...

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