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: Which MMORPG boasts the best space gameplay?

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Over the past week or so, I've been tinkering with Star Wars Galaxies Legends, an NGE emulator for SWG that's actually pretty polished and...

The Stream Team: Going after Warframe’s Archwing

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Massively OP's MJ has been missing one major component of feeling like a fully fledged 'Frame in Warframe: her Archwing. And now she is...

RIFT hangs ten with this year’s Summerfest

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When we have a winged, masked figure riding a surfboard through the air in an MMO, we are firmly through the looking glass without...

Time to go shopping and make friends in retro-sandbox Staxel’s latest update

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Ah heck, as I started writing this post, I remembered I defied my "no early access" rule and bought this game on the Steam...
Tumble.

Absolver shows off its upcoming free expansion, Downfall

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It's been quiet on the Absolver ranch for a while after the development team spent the early part of the year working on refining...

The Stream Team: Popping Trove’s piñata warriors

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Today Trove's piñata event is supposed to end, but Massively OP's MJ doesn't know when. That means she has no idea how long she...

Fallout 76’s closed beta is scheduled for October

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Zip up those Vault Tec suits, kiddos, because you're going out into Fallout 76's West Virginia wasteland as soon as this October. That is,...

Thespian deer and bunny invasions come standard in Project Gorgon

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The creators of Project Gorgon are a neverending fount of interesting ideas and unique systems -- so much so, in fact, that some days...
Ship of foolishness.

World of Warcraft kicks off Warbringers with a Jaina short

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Jaina Proudmoore has been through a lot in the timeline of World of Warcraft alone, but her appearance in the first Warbringers short is...

This week’s Shroud of the Avatar patch includes an R2-D2 lookalike in homage to Star Wars

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Shroud of the Avatar's release 56 is coming on Thursday, which means Portalarium's latest newsletter includes recaps of some of the content the team's...
We hunted ourselves.

Fractured’s Kickstarter has just fully funded; stay tuned for this afternoon’s Q&A livestream

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As Fractured counts down the final two days of its Kickstarter campaign, it looks as though the indie MMO has pulled it off: Just...
Oh, great.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV gets to hunt some monsters

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It hardly needs to be said at this point that the new way of doing things with Final Fantasy XIV's live letters has proven...

Project Oasis World looks like GTAO with all the murder and mayhem stripped out

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So here's a new one for us: It's a game called Project Oasis World, and that name seems apt because while it's technically an...
Service service

Runes of Magic heads to Steam this month

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At this point in MMORPG history, it might be hard to find titles that aren't on Steam already. Late to the Valve party, however,...
Friemds

Sean Murray explains No Man’s Sky’s multiplayer, promises weekly content season and better communication

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If you're itching to play No Man's Sky after seeing its NEXT teaser trailer last week, then you should probably point your eyeballs back...

ArcheAge, Trove producers address Trion layoffs, tell players not to worry

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Last week's Trion Worlds layoffs appeared to have hit ArcheAge particularly hard, with the loss of a well-known producer to the eliminated positions, on...
Baby, it's cold outside.

World of Warcraft: Mexican wrestling, movie cuts, and Battle for Azeroth story spoilers

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There is just no way to smoothly mesh this Frankenstein assortment of World of Warcraft stories together, so hang tight -- abrupt transitions ahead. Why...

The Daily Grind: Do you still have ‘passion’ for MMORPGs?

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Over the weekend I saw an interesting Twitter discussion about how much game-playing game-designers actually need to do, and whether those passions are even...
Oh gosh why.

MMO Week in Review: WoW’s seventh go-round on the expansion carousel (July 22, 2018)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! As...

EVE Evolved: Four changes to improve EVE Online for new players

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A few months ago, I created a new character and ran through the new player experience for an article on how to get new...

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