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]

EVE Online preps for Fanfest 2018, puts a bounty on the head of Twitch streamers

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Twitch streamers are ready to rumble in EVE Online! "Twitch vs. EVE 2" is taking place today at 5:00 p.m. EST, as four fleets...

The Stream Team: Meet the mind behind AdventureQuest 3D’s new World Tree

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Brand-new content just opened up today in AQ3D, and Massively OP's MJ is excited to jump in and show it off. But even cooler...

Here are all of the class nerfs and buffs coming with SWTOR’s 5.9

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Just like a certain farmboy looking wistfully up at twin suns and thinking of his future, Star Wars: The Old Republic fans are looking...

PAX East 2018: Ashes of Creation will launch alpha one this year

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Ashes of Creation will hit alpha one by the end of the year, Intrepid Studios announced today during its panel at PAX East. The...
ESO Tales of the Dead

Massively Overthinking: How do you maintain your health while binging MMORPGs?

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Kotaku put out a piece this week on how to game without wrecking your body, something that's probably bound to come up in the...
Fair's fair.

Nexon is fined for using shady lootbox ‘gachapon’ techniques in South Korea

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If you've ever been frustrated over online games refusing to disclose the odds of winning anything in lockboxes, then get ready to do a...

Making my way through RIFT Prime’s progression server

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It has been a month since that fateful day back in March when the MMO collectively lost its mind by rushing back to play...

Star Citizen homes in on the mobiGlas, checks in with the UK team, and rolls back alpha 3.1.1

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The Star Citizen team is still riding high on the launch of alpha 3.1 last weekend. The latest episode of Around the Verse checks...

Elder Scrolls Online is opening up PvP battlegrounds to everyone, whether you’ve bought Morrowind or not

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With Summerset on the horizon, ZeniMax is shifting around just what goes into Elder Scrolls Online's base package, according to a dev post published...
We've achieved something.

World of Warcraft reveals Battle for Azeroth plans

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The information dam seems to have broken with World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, and we are all about to be swept away in...

Black Desert prepares to switch service providers for better service

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Graphics and music aren't the only aspects of Black Desert that are getting an upgrade -- the team announced that it will be switching...

The Daily Grind: How do you deal with muscle memory when playing multiple MMORPGs?

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I've been playing two games that focus a lot on jumping lately: Trove and Guild Wars 2, specifically Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box...

Former BioWare boss expounds on EA’s role in substudios and business models

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Everybody loves to dump on EA for wrecking companies like BioWare and escalating microtransactions and lockboxes to ludicrous heights, but is it warranted? Kotaku...

The Stream Team: A first free look at Ultima Online

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Have you ever seen a complete newbie in Ultima Online? You can today! Massively OP's MJ has never played the game, but with today's...

The Stream Team: Splashing around Black Desert’s Mystical Lake Festival

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If spring isn't appearing fast enough if your neck of the woods, you can just escape into Black Desert Online to enjoy it there!...

Ultima Online’s F2P conversion, Endless Journey, is officially live with new ‘deluxe starter pack’

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At 20 years old, Ultima Online is finally doing what its EA-backed handlers at Broadsword once said it would never do: It's going free-to-play. Game...

ArcheAge 4.5 Legends Return launches tonight with new fresh start servers

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ArcheAge's 4.5 update is going live tonight, complete with raise-able dragon battle mounts and shadow invasion content provoked when big world bosses are downed....

Defiance 2050 puts out the call for beta testers

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With Defiance's reboot scheduled for this summer, Trion Worlds needs as many testers as possible to help run the game through its paces. This is...
Bring out your dead, I guess.

Choose My Adventure: Warframe in review

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It's funny how presentation problems can have such a huge impact on the same product. Warframe, as a game, is almost crippled by its lack...
This sort of beating.

Pantheon offers special PAX pledge tier worth $1000, gives five of them away in contest

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Among the more unusual business model setups for the incoming wave of indie MMORPGs is Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's. As we've previously covered,...

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