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]

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The Elder Scrolls Online encourages players to visit Orsinium with its August event

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It's currently Midyear Mayhem in The Elder Scrolls Online, an event running until August 6th encouraging you to go hog wild on PvP. But...

Trove compensates players for recent downtime

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A routine maintenance cycle for Trove this past Tuesday triggered a small crisis as bugs slipped in due to a new OS and network...

Destiny 2 previews expansion gear, plans PvP changes, investigates streaky RNG

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Still got your eye on Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion coming out at the tail end of summer? Prepare your trigger finger too, as yesterday...

Camelot Unchained’s beta is now set to launch on July 31st

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City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs has just announced on today's studio Twitch stream that RvR MMORPG Camelot Unchained's beta one will begin next week on...

The Stream Team: Adding an AdventureQuest 3D adventure

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What does Massively OP's MJ do when she can sneak in an extra AQ3D stream? She's not sure, but does that matter? No, because...

Lord of the Rings Online brings Christmas to July

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Just because it's the middle of the summer doesn't mean that Middle-earth can't enjoy some frosty fun! Lord of the Rings Online is bringing...
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Bless Online shares details about the upcoming Assassin approaching from behind

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People don't tend to trust assassins all that much, and the Assassins of Bless Online are not likely to change that fact. They do...

Shroud of the Avatar’s 56th update is live, with a big PvP update and bug clean-up

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Shroud of the Avatar's 56th release is upon us, having been pushed live successfully yesterday. A big chunk of the update is necessary but...

Star Citizen’s Around the Verse covers ground races, 3.3 ships, and security checkpoints

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Hey guys, log into Star Citizen, I wanna do a Death Race! Yeah, maybe that isn't the best nickname for the Scramble Race, which...

Crowfall reveals how its dynamically generated maps are made

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Not all randomly generated virtual worlds are created alike and from the same set of rules. With plans for multiple campaign worlds blinking in...

Black Desert Online gets ready to show off its remastered graphics

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Is it possible for Black Desert to look any more gorgeous than it already does? Kakao apparently thinks so, because the developer has been...
Those are people who died, died.

WoW Factor: Dissecting the dumb plan in World of Warcraft’s War of Thorns

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There's a lot to be upset about with the World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth prepatch. There's stuff that just doesn't feel good any more...

CCP has obliquely confirmed it’s working on a brand-new ‘action MMO’

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Remember back in December, when the gaming world noticed that CCP's hiring page sought a lead designer to run "a new and highly ambitious...
Here we go.

Champions Online brings back its Nighthawk event, creates the Samurai archetype

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If a hawk is cool, a Nighthawk is four times as cool. Champions Online knows this, which is why it's bringing back its Nighthawk...

World of Warcraft admits that it has a serious leveling problem

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World of Warcraft's expansion pre-patch kind of broke a lot of stuff that the devs are frantically rushing around trying to fix. One of...

The Daily Grind: What do you think about themed MMORPG guilds?

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Kotaku did a recent piece on "girls only" Overwatch groups that got me thinking about themed guilds. (As it turned out, the writer found...

The Stream Team: Investigating Immersion in Secret World Legends

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Massively OP's MJ was almost ready to move on in Secret World Legends, but then she remembered that she still needs to dive deep...
when yo crush read yo note that say lemme smash

Massively Overthinking: Random acts of MMORPG kindness

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Last week, down in the comments of an innocuous post about gamers being nice in Fortnite, a couple of MOP commenters requested a column...
For instance, six instances.

Aion EU ‘simplifies’ its gameplay with Patch 6.2 this September

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With server merges and transfers out of the way for Europe's version of Aion, the dev team is able to turn its attention forward...
Cool, we get to live still!

RuneScape delays its newest elite dungeon for more polish while Old School RuneScape grows its team

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RuneScape is excited about its new elite dungeons, but the team isn't quite satisfied with the performance of the second one to push it...