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]

Get an advance look at Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Tiefling

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The excitement is ramping up for Dungeons and Dragons Online: Masterminds of Sharn, the spring expansion that's already in testing on the Lamannia server. In...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you wish would come to console?

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I've never been a console-first kind of gamer, so I've never felt a great pull to invest heavily in consoles, even when more major...

MMO Week in Review: 143

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This week I learned that in the '90s, the number "143" was used as code for "I love you." There was no way my...

LOTRO and DDO are going offline for a day thanks to server work

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Hobbits are taking an extended siesta this week in Lord of the Rings Online. On Monday, March 4th, the game is coming down for a...

The MOP Up: Space Engineers jury-rigs a release

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Everyone knows that engineers are the unsung heroes of civilization, and space engineers doubly so! So join us in saluting Space Engineers, the survival...
It goes clicky.

Global Chat: Off-the-cuff impressions of Anthem

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If you like BioWare, high tech eye candy, blowing crap up, or riding the current wave of Hot New Game Releases, chances are that...

The MMO Bookclub devotes March to Tibia, Destiny 2, and Apex Legends

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If you haven't been hanging out with the folks at MMO Bookclub lately, you may have missed a shift in the format that's expanded...

One Shots: Event horizon ahoy!

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Just a word of neighborly advice, but if you ever find yourself this near to a black hole, you might as well take screenshots...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s spaceports and alpha 3.5, Spycursion’s Kickstarter

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen dropped a nifty Around the Verse that focuses on the Area18 spaceport. Remember the demo video CIG...
Blade and Soul, thoughts are all like butterflies, yeah.

Blade & Soul shows off the new talent system for Destroyers, Blade Masters, and Summoners

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When the next update for Blade & Soul arrives, players will be able to start specializing their characters through the use of the new talent...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends emulator celebrates third birthday with a quest for cake

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Look, folks, some MMOs have been sunsetted for so long, their emulators are celebrating big birthdays. Such is the case for Star Wars Galaxies...

Atlas signals an incoming official server wipe along with a major milestone update

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Hope you didn't get too comfortable in Atlas' early access, because these pirates are getting ready to swab the decks clean. And by that...

Into the Super-verse: Taking a closer look at City of Heroes’ Paragon Chat

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Welcome to Massively OP's brand-new column covering superhero MMORPGs -- past, present, and future! One might even say it's a continuation of our past...

MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite’s lockbox lawsuit, Riot’s diversity boss, Take-Two’s stock, Acti-Blizz’s investor warning

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Business business business! What's on the weekend agenda? Oh heck, let's just throw Fortnite, lockboxes, and a lawsuit in one sentence. It's like catnip. Fortnite's...
Kapwing!

The Daily Grind: Which MMO battles did you survive by the skin of your teeth?

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There's nothing more exhilarating than emerging victorious from a fight that you thought you would lose. The other day I was mindlessly going through...
Betacular.

Betawatch: The Elder Scrolls Blades gets a closed beta before early access

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It always seemed like things along the way to launch could head down the route of early access or beta testing. But no, it seems The...

Battle Bards Episode 139: Return to LOTRO

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It has been a good long while since the Battle Bards walked the road that led them from the Shire to Mordor, but now...

Dungeon Fighter Online posts its first major update of 2019

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Color me surprised that this one suddenly blipped on the radar. Dungeon Fighter Online has kicked out a pretty sizeable update: the first act...
Get some.

Final Fantasy XI starts bonus item campaigns on March 11

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Who likes getting extra stuff? Most Final Fantasy XI players, let's be real. So the good news for the game's upcoming campaigns starting on March...
Those are not prongs.

Shroud of the Avatar has improved its quality of life and offers pronged weapons with release 63

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The latest patch for Shroud of the Avatar is all about prongs. Well, partly about prongs, anyhow; the new three-pronged one-handed spears are out with...

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