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]

Worlds Adrift’s October 9th update will come with a server wipe

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The latest Worlds Adrift update from Bossa Games has declared that the game's Update 27, which will be bringing an updated new-player experience, new...
Headshot.

Guild Wars 2 tweaks class balance, adds buyable stools and resource contracts

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Guild Wars 2's promised mini-balance-patch has arrived on schedule, and it... sure is a pile of class tweaks. Even Reddit doesn't know quite what...

Crowfall previews playable Centaurs and Elken for ‘Monster Month’

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Now this is what I call getting into the spirit of Octo-Halloween-ber, the best month of the year: ArtCraft is rolling out previews of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Deep-diving Guild Wars 2’s A Star to Guide Us, part one

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Season 4 of Guild Wars 2 Living World has been a solid addition to the episodic narrative that drives the game's content development in between...

MMO Business Roundup: FIFA lockboxes, anti-swatting policy, Fortnite on SNL, Free Guy, UO postmortem

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Whenever our newsroom gets overloaded with weird industry-related articles that nobody feels like writing, another edition of the MMO Business Roundup gets its wings! FIFA...
Boldly gone.

Check out a cinematic peek at Star Trek Online’s first Age of Discovery ship

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In order to really feel like a ship belongs in Star Trek Online, you really need to get the proper introduction. A slow pan...
Not red, nor falling.

Elder Scrolls Online’s 4.2.2 hits the PTS with new Indrik mount and six in-game events

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The upcoming Elder Scrolls Online patch 4.2.2 is now up and available for testing on the game's public test server, and it brings with...

SWTOR has (finally) launched its Fame and Fortune update

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After a one-week delay due to quality control concerns, Star Wars: The Old Republic's Game Update 5.9.3 is finally coming to the live servers...

EverQuest announces its 25th expansion, The Burning Lands, coming this December

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Not many MMOs can boast that they've been around long enough to receive a whopping 25 expansions, but inveterate fantasy MMO EverQuest will receive...
Goes boom and stuff.

The Daily Grind: What MMO still needs legacy servers?

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2018 has seemed like the year of the legacy/vanilla MMO server, thanks to not just World of Warcraft but RIFT and Age of Conan...

Pirates of the Burning Sea gains another month of life thanks to community and dev efforts

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Ever since Portalus announced it'd be shutting down eight-year-old sailing MMORPG Pirates of the Burning Sea, we've found ourselves instead covering efforts to save...

The Stream Team: How now, Brown Cow – it’s a new Trove event!

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An event and a story? It's Massively OP's birthday! OK, not really, but it feels like it! With Trove's Remembrance of Reng, she's getting...

En Masse issues DMCA takedowns against some TERA third-party programs

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It appears that En Masse Entertainment is bringing the hammer down on third-party programs - again - for its action-MMO TERA, according to a...
Hoooooomebody

Path of Exile’s latest manifesto address sulphite issues, flare capacity, and fractured wall loot

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When I hear the word "manifesto," I think of a massive tome filled with so many lofty promises that there's no way an MMO...

Neverwinter’s Heart of Fire includes a bank heist skirmish, but you’re the guard, not the thief

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When Neverwinter's Heart of Fire module launches on November 6th, it'll bring with it one of my favorite types of content: a straight-up bank...

The Stream Team: Heading into Maplestory 2’s head start

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Would Massively OP's MJ be interested in MapleStory 2? With a Ducky Rickshaw reward for preregistering, you better believe it! She really doesn't know...

Camelot Unchained brings back its newsletter, updates character art

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Fans of City State Entertainment's upcoming title Camelot Unchained are in for a treat, because there's been a glut of new information on the...

Ashes of Creation is testing MMORPG PvP in the alpha’s battle royale mode

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Didn't have time for that hour-long Ashes of Creation stream on Friday? Don't sweat it; AOC Dungeon has the highlights recapped. A decent chunk...
Well, we got something right!

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s leaks and the seduction of partial information

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I'm going to start off with a statement that should be fairly uncontroversial but could be otherwise and refer back to it: At this...

Warframe devstream addresses content drought, previews Fortuna update features

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Last Friday, the folks at Digital Extremes held their latest Warframe devstream, and they've helpfully provided a nice, digestible recap of the big topics...

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