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]

Extra Credits tackles why we buy into early access games even when we shouldn’t

10
If you missed our podcast's epic rant about the problems of early access this week, then strap in because the folks at Extra Credits...

RuneScape dev Jagex is up for sale by its struggling Chinese owners after posting record high year

18
Remember a couple of years back when RuneScape company Jagex was bought out by China's Shandong Hongda, a company known primarily for its iron...
Kerbang.

Red Dead Online fixes its battle royale matchmaking, hands out gold bars

1
We all know from history class that the wild west was won via a series of 32-player battle royale matches that happened across the...

EA rushes to add more server capacity for Anthem’s overloaded VIP demo

71
Anthem's VIP demo is live today, and everything is just fine! Well, maybe not. BioWare maybe doesn't have quite enough servers for the massive...
Here comes trouble.

Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing and overthinking Final Fantasy XIV’s 4.5 revelations

8
I wonder if we're actually going to find out our destination for the next expansion in February. Remember, we still don't actually know where...

Star Citizen’s Around the Verse covers intuitive flight controls and landscaping desolate moons

26
Cloud Imperium's Sean Tracy and Steve Bender headline this week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse, and if you didn't expect clowning, then...
Meeeeeeerp

Crowfall tries out its updated scoring system in a new round of campaigns

4
A new round of test campaigns has started in the world of Crowfall, and this time around, the game has been updated with the...
Dead in the water.

World of Warcraft’s latest Q&A covers the global cooldown and item level changes

19
Pretty much no one has really been made happy by World of Warcraft putting most major cooldowns on the global cooldown, one of the many...
Yikes what

PWE is investigating why Star Trek Online and Neverwinter are accidentally blocking Windows Server users

9
How would you feel if the next time you went to log into your favorite MMO, the launcher went "Yeah, but no" and denied...

The Daily Grind: Do you approach all MMOs with PvP as ‘PvP games’?

91
I saw a thought-provoking exchange on Reddit this week that's too good to sit on. It was in a thread for an MMORPG in...

The Stream Team: Sentient sentinels and other City of the Sun God sirens in Secret World Legends

0
It turns out that there are more missions from the sentient statues in City of the Sun God that weren't a part of Secret...
They're not attractive spaceships.

Massively Overthinking: Why aren’t you playing the MMO most like your favorite sunsetted game?

51
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from reader Smuggler-in-a-YT. "Star Wars Galaxies had its problems, but the sense of community, purpose, and story (through...

Old School RuneScape outlines proposed Chambers of Xeric adjustments

0
In the wake of last week's huge Old School RuneScape update, which added the all-new Kebos Lowlands region to the game, Jagex is now...
Top 10 Anime Betrayals

Path of Exile fixes up Betrayal issues while preparing its next major expansion

21
Full marks to the team behind Path of Exile, as the recently deployed patch 3.5.2 should clear up any remaining issues with the game's Betrayal...

Kickstarted sci-fi MMOFPS Pantropy will hit early access on January 31

0
Hey, remember Pantropy? We first began covering this sci-fi MMOFPS back in 2017; since then, it's run two Kickstarters, the first of which was...

Mobile MMORPG Rebirth M launches in North America after aborted Kickstarter

11
Live today for iOS and Android is another new free-to-play mobile MMO, this one Caret Games' RebirthM. The game's been playable in Brazil since last...

Gaming behavior scientists gather for ‘Video Game Debate’ panel at PAX South

6
Depending on whom you're listening to, it's possible to think that things like "gaming addiction" and "gaming aggression" are incontrovertibly settled science. It'd also...

Sheogorath returns as Elder Scrolls Legends launches the Isle of Madness expansion

3
Elder Scrolls Legends has officially rolled out Isle of Madness today, the next chapter for the MMOTCG. According to Bethesda, it's the game's largest...
What you consume is just that.

Vague Patch Notes: ‘Gamer’ is not an identity

154
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I'm 36 years old. I've been a professional writer for about a decade now, and...
Love is in the air, everywhere I look around~

Final Fantasy XIV previews this year’s Valentione’s Day festivities

6
There's something sinister in the wings in Final Fantasy XIV. Something strange is happening with the world's aether, causing magics to behave strangely in little...

ADVERTISEMENT