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]

Dungeons and Dragons Online tests patch with birds of prey and ‘wizards run amok’

Justin Olivetti - July 11, 2018 6

It's high summer, and in Dungeons and Dragons Online that means it is time to pack up, leave the city, and set a destination...

Interviewing Frostkeep’s CEO as Rend announces July 31 early access

MJ Guthrie - July 11, 2018 15

Are you looking for a new way to survive? It's coming. We've watched as Rend wandered down its closed alpha path since May, but...

Ashes of Creation handles world persistence and local economies in its own fashion

Justin Olivetti - July 11, 2018 21

With a rapidly expanding studio and Alpha One coming later this year, Ashes of Creation is shaping up to be one of the great...

Interview: ArtCraft’s J. Todd Coleman on prepping Crowfall’s Artisan Engine for the broader industry

Bree Royce - July 11, 2018 4

Yesterday, Crowfall studio ArtCraft announced it was spinning off a brand-new company dubbed ArtCraft Technologies that would basically turn Crowfall's engine into a marketable...

Perfect World updates its Arc client with new features

Eliot Lefebvre - July 11, 2018 3

You may or may not use the Perfect World Entertainment Arc launcher to play games like Neverwinter and Champions Online. There are lots of...

The Daily Grind: Has flying hurt or helped MMORPGs?

Justin Olivetti - July 11, 2018 69

Not every MMO has flying, and those that do tend to add it post-launch as a major selling point for an expansion or patch....

City of Titans offers up a Fourth of July teaser

Justin Olivetti - July 10, 2018 11

"Heroes may fall. Heroism never dies." With a not-so-covert nod to the late City of Heroes, City of Titans' latest 4th of July video attempts to bridge...

Mommy and Daddy and Mommy and Daddy are fighting again.

Albion Online brings faction warfare with the Merlyn update on July 31

Eliot Lefebvre - July 10, 2018 2

Everyone does not get along in Albion Online. It's not a game about everyone holding hands and being great friends. But when the Merlyn...

Ship of Heroes’ teeny-weeny robot nanites ensure smooth sailing for the superhero starship

Bree Royce - July 10, 2018 7

Ship of Heroes has a fresh dev blog up today on stuff you can't even see. I'm talking, of course, about nanites, ridiculously tiny...

New Ultima Online book gathers developer and player interviews to document oral history

Bree Royce - July 10, 2018 3

Old-school MMORPG players, heads-up for you: If you're a fan of Ultima Online or wanted to hear more about the seminal MMORPG after reading...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb

Justin Olivetti - July 10, 2018 49

Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus a mailbag entry on looter shooters as the future of MMORPGs.