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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Elder Scrolls Online’s Wolfhunter boasts a hunting grounds dungeon that’s fantastically creepy

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The Elder Scrolls Online is really upping its creepy factor in Wolfhunter, if its latest preview of Hircine's Hunting Grounds is any indication. (Seriously,...
Some teens, titanic in nature.

DC Universe Online adds the Teen Titans storyline Judas Contract today

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It's time for a new story in DC Universe Online, and this time the game is taking a spin with one of the universe's...
And on and on and on...

Perfect Ten: Endless dungeons in MMOs

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Most MMO dungeons are normal songs. You start out and you have a pretty clear picture of the beginning, middle, and end; they don't...

Dungeons and Dragons Online tells tales of the White Plume Mountain

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Whether you're chaotic evil or lawful good, there is always more adventure ahead of you in Dungeons and Dragons Online! Game Update 39 has...
IN CARS~

Ubisoft believes The Crew 2 is performing as well as The Crew – ‘its digital performance is outperforming’

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The Crew 2 might be struggling to garner praise on Steam, where its beta ratings were poor and its post-launch reviews are merely mixed,...
THE LAW WILL GET YOU

EVE Online has banned almost 20,000 accounts since February for botting and RMT

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Y'all remember the wild mess in EVE Online last winter and spring, when CCP Games said it was "coming for the bots" and getting...

MapleStory 2’s second closed beta begins today; here’s a look at the founder packages

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Nexon's MapleStory 2 is barreling toward its western closed beta launch today, complete with new dungeons, quests, the market, and plenty of network stress testing...

World of Warcraft’s pre-expansion patch has a rough start as Blizzard levies bans and grants past content to subbers

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The rollout of yesterday's pre-expansion patch for World of Warcraft could have gone smoother. Much, much smoother. During the day, many players were completely...

The Daily Grind: How should MMO studios handle game reboots?

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Over the past several years, we have witnessed several MMOs being rebooted and relaunched, including Final Fantasy XIV, Secret World Legends, and, most recently,...

Citadel Forged With Fire is revamping character creation, PvP, and mana tomorrow

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It's been a hot minute since we checked in with Citadel Forged With Fire, but Blue Isle Studios is pushing through the negative early...
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Haven and Hearth might look simple, but there’s an ocean of crafting goodness under its surface

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Every once in a while here at Massively OP we like to highlight a game that might have flown under pretty much everyone's radar...

Happy birthday, Albion Online – you launched one year ago today

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Can you believe it's been a whole year since hardcore sandbox Albion Online officially launched? I cannot, but that might be because its separate Steam...
Familiar?

Massively OP Podcast Episode 178: #womenarecosmetic

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Wild West Online, Star Citizen, Defiance 2050, Rend, and Fractured, with a mailbag question on in-game conflict resolution and a special interview on Blaugust Reborn.
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Guild Wars 2 is bringing back the Festival of the Four Winds next week – it’s the next best thing to Cantha

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You know what Guild Wars 2 could use right about now? How about a festival? Yeah! How about the return of a festival that's...

The Stream Team: Sunfest fun in Trove

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Summer sun means Sunfest fun in Trove. For the rest of this week Trovians and Geodians alike can enjoy this seasonal festival, and Massively...
Scary?

Blade & Soul’s False Idols update rebalances battlegrounds, dailies, and hard mode loot

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Are ya ready for Blade & Soul's next big thing? It's called False Idols, and it's bringing sweeping change to multiple game systems. Expect...

Dauntless counts 2M players since open beta, announces city-reshaping ‘Coming Storm’ expansion

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Well now, here comes Dauntless with some nice big numbers to boast about from its open beta: Phoenix Labs has apparently counted 2 million...
I'm not exaggerating when I say that I had Highmountain unlocked without any intent of ever using it.

World of Warcraft confirms that allied race requirements aren’t changing any time soon

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Today is the day of World of Warcraft turning to the first page of Battle for Azeroth with the expansion prepatch going live today....
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Champions Online puts its lifetime subscription on sale for the price of its freeform slots

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We still don't know exactly what the plan is with Champions Online's subscription. The plan to take subscriptions off the table entirely was postponed...

No Man’s Sky’s Next update drops next week with absurd amounts of space and land content

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Don't call it an MMO yet, but Even More Multiplayer is making its way to No Man's Sky with its "Next" update. Hello Games...