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]

The Daily Grind: How do you handle MMO alts when new content releases?

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For those of you who only play one and just one character in any given MMO, today's discussion is probably not for you. But...

Global Chat: Everybody’s burning up about that Sylvanas thing

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Yes, just about every MMO blogger was sharing heated opinions about last week's World of WarCraft WarCrime. "It’s such a sad event and I’m particularly...
Oh, this again.

Wild Buster is back as Champions of Titan under a new publisher

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Remember Wild Buster? Back in February, Valve booted its publisher, Insel Games, off Steam, accusing it of review manipulation after a dev leaked a...

The Walking Dead: Our World designed its AR game with MMOs in mind

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Are we, as a culture, at full Walking Dead saturation yet? Probably been there for years, honestly, but it is astounding how many video...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 182: Follow the Torchlight

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Justin and Bree discuss World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, LOTRO, Torchlight Frontiers, Diablo, RuneScape Classic, Trove, and No Man's Sky. And also haiku!
Air Quest & Fight

TERA takes to the air with the Guardians of the Sky update

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Being on the ground is boring when you could instead be in the air, so it's a good thing that TERA's latest update lets...

Blade & Soul patches in the Frozen Firing Range event dungeon, new cosmetics, and PvP matchmaking tweak

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Live this week in Blade & Soul is... swimsuits. But seriously, what's the obsession with bathing suits in MMORPGs? We cannot fight in bikinis...

The Stream Team: Is Bless better at higher levels?

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Massively OP's MJ had a hard time getting into Bless at the beginning, but she wonders if it might get better in the higher...

Leaderboard: Must MMORPGs revolve around grouping to be MMORPGs?

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It would be easy to dismiss Saga of Lucimia's pervasive "group-based or go home" ideas as mere rhetoric, but the reality is, there exists...
We're the good guys this week, right? No? Well, we're going anyway.

Riot and Tencent appear to be on unpleasant terms with one another

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Some fans are still probably a bit miffed that Riot Games (maker of League of Legends and that's all) teased them about the possibility...
PUNCH! YOUR FRIEND! PUNCH, PUNCH YOUR FRIEND!

Massively on the Go: Our basic guide to Pokemon Go gameplay and questing

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Pokemon Go has come a long way since its early days of just catching and gym battling. Those are still core gameplay elements, but there's...
Saber. It begins with a bloody S.

Grab your free TERA console character slots this week

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Free is free, and when TERA Online wants to give you five additional character slots on the Xbox One or PlayStation 4 as a...

AdventureQuest 3D Moglin plushies can be yours through Kickstarter

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If you are a fan (or fanatic) of game-related plushies, AdventureQuest 3D has something you might want to check out. It's a Kickstarter for...
punch punch

Final Fantasy XIV has a new season of the Feast after the end of championship preliminaries

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Fans of PvP combat in Final Fantasy XIV will be able to find out who is the best among them when the Feast finals...

NCsoft Q3 2018: Aion, Blade & Soul, Guild Wars 2 revenues dip, while NCsoft teases three new titles

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NCsoft's second quarter financials for the year hit this morning, and it's not exactly bad news. Sales are down slightly, but everything looks wimpy...
I don't know why Blizzard gave us the reaction image for this.

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth tackles launch issues, sees first level 120, and activates companion app

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All things considered, yesterday saw a fairly smooth global rollout for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. But while many realms were up and players...

The Daily Grind: Did you go back to World of Warcraft for Battle for Azeroth?

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Did they getcha? Did they suck you in again for another go-round? I have a flurry of guildies in World of Warcraft right now thanks...

Star Citizen highlights community rover events, the group system, and atmospheric worlds

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Cloud Imperium's Sandi Gardiner and Chris Roberts are both back in the latest instalment of Star Citizen's Around the Verse. You've probably noticed the...

EverFeud’s Kickstarter has been canceled, but the devs say they’ll ‘pursue other options’

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At the tail end of July, we covered the Kickstarter of EverFeud, a PvP-focused MOBA/MMO hybrid that sought $105,000 to fund development. Unfortunately, the...

EVE Online delays its August release a week, citing the need for ‘additional testing’

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If you were hoping to hop into EVE Online with its August release tomorrow, then I'm sorry to tell you that the patch has...

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