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]

Enter to win a Star Trek Online Deep Space Nine starship on PC from PWE and MOP

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Are you hyped for Deep Space Nine in Star Trek Online? Victory is Life is hitting PC in June, complete with a journey to the...
There were some decent tabletop Star Trek games, but no.

Perfect Ten: What your MMO quantity says about you

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It occurs to me that it is very difficult to find MMOs that I have literally never played before in some capacity. There are...

Daybreak update: Chief Publishing Officer Laura Naviaux has left the company

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Yesterday, Massively OP put together a piece on MMO company Daybreak Games Company and its corporate overlords, chronicling the US government's asset freeze of...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Razum-dar tours the high and low places of Summerset’s Alinor

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When ZeniMax was hyping Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind campaign, it utilized the snarky Dunmer assassin Naryu Virian as the narrator for guiding the player...

Guild Wars 2 tortures Dervish fans with an outfit but no class, denies excessive data collection in ‘spyware’ controversy

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World polish and bug fixes are at the forefront of Guild Wars 2's latest patch, which went live yesterday. Several nagging issues across the game...
And staying so.

Fractured plans its Kickstarter for June while showing off its pre-alpha

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Those looking forward to Fractured will have a chance to put their money where their mouths are in June, because that's when the game...
Hit it harder!

The Daily Grind: Would you appreciate the option to swap your MMO class?

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I'm no stranger to the allure of alts in MMO, but there are some games where the content is so massive that I don't...

RIFT gets ready for patch day while ArcheAge re-enables transfers and name changes

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A couple of small notices swung our way from Trion Worlds' MMORPGs. Tomorrow, RIFT is going to be updating the game, and with the...

World of Warcraft starts beta testing Battle for Azeroth

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Can you beta test a battle? Don't see why not. Just ask everyone to attack very, very carefully and memorize where their starting positions...

Defiance brings the Event Horizon for extra gains and future Valor

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With all the talk of Defiance 2050, let's not forget that Defiance is still live. More than that, it's encouraging players to come take...
Straight shot.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 166: Russia breaks the internet

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Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, Trove, Ultima Online, the Russian Telegram crisis' effect on MMOs, TERA, Kritika, RIFT Prime, and MapleStory 2, with mailbag topics on zoning out in MMOs and finding classic play niches in modern crowdfunded MMOs.
oh the pain, the pain

Legends of Aria works toward June open beta

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Hope you haven't booked that summer vacation just yet, because Legends of Aria would like to interest in a fantasy holiday. The studio announced...

Defiance 2050 plans second closed beta weekend – for all platforms this time

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Did you miss last weekend's Defiance 2050 closed beta? Good news for you; Trion is doing another one - this very weekend, in fact....

Ship of Heroes shows off new screenshots, says it’s working on maps, costumes, and the healing powerset

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It's spring cleaning month for Ship of Heroes, Heroic Games' Casey McGeever has told forumgoers on the official site. "What we mean by this is...
GOrging.

Project Gorgon explains why its appeal isn’t merely nostalgia-related

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Project Gorgon, the scrappy indie MMO that recently went into Steam early access, hosted an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit to talk about...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset includes inquisitors, actors, and academics

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When Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset chapter launches next month, it'll introduce a number of new groups and factions to the game. The Psijic Order...

The Stream Team: Celebrating 11 years of Lord of the Rings Online

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It's been 11 years, and Massively OP's MJ is no where near tiring of roaming Middle-earth in LOTRO. (She's also no where near finishing...

Daybreak says it has ‘no affiliation’ with Columbus Nova, the company it said bought it in 2015

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Note: We've updated this piece heavily at the end with Daybreak's statements and further links. A chain of business connections could have a real and...

Impressions of Project Gorgon from an Asheron’s Call player

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It's finally time for me talk about Project Gorgon as a released product. As you might have guessed, I was avoiding the game prior to launch....
Sure, why not, who cares.

Bless Online teases players with a class overview before launch

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The Steam launch of Bless Online draws ever closer, and that means you're going to need to pick a class to play. You have...

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