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]

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...

Check out all of the Warframe’s TennoCon 2018 videos

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If you missed out on the glory of TennoCon 2018, you can take in most of the Warframe experience thanks to the cache of...

Fractured pivots from global to regional servers as it pushes toward its Kickstarter goal

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Quite often, you hear MMO gamers lament that their communities are artificially separated into different servers, with all of the problems that that entails....

World of Warcraft kicks off the Battle for Azeroth era

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While the expansion won't be here until August, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth officially begins today. That is thanks to Blizzard's tradition of...

The Daily Grind: How can we solve Reddit’s gaming ‘tragedy of the commons’ problem?

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In dealing with the ArenaNet fallout over the last couple of weeks, I started giving serious thought to the Reddit problem in gaming, and...

The Stream Team: Walking that Path of Exile journey

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There is a path. For Exiles. And Massively OP's MJ is an exile traveling that path. Where will it lead her today? Into danger!...
Punched out.

Kritika Online update adds danger zones, class awakenings, and pet gems

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Kritika Online seems like it's one of those sleeper MMOs that doesn't get a lot of attention yet is really aggressive and faithful in...
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Fractured is hosting a livestream on crafting and building today

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Want to know more about crafting and building in Fractured as the game has passed its 75% funding mark? Good news, you'll have a...

The Stream Team: Happy anniversary Skyforge

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Three years ago Skyforge soft launched itself into the MMOverse. Today, Massively OP's MJ celebrates that event with fans by leaping back into the...

Shroud of the Avatar’s newsletter covers the mysterious comet and player-created dungeon tools

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Strange sights abound in Shroud of the Avatar right now. "Astronomers across New Britannia have noted that the approaching comet has agitated the creatures...
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Secret World Legends adding new South Africa and faction rank missions soon

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The anniversary event has kept Secret World Legends players' attention pretty rapt for the past month, but that distraction ending tomorrow. What will fans...

Colony simulation MMO Seed blasts you into space in its brand-new pre-alpha teaser

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We've been keeping an eye on Klang Games' MMO Seed since at least last year, when the studio revealed its single-shard simulation mechanics and...
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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s beast tribes ranked, the top ranks

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The fun thing about ranking the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV is that before I started in on this, I actually had no...

Nintendo bans Splatoon 2 greyhat who begged it to address the hackers and exploits destroying the game

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I'm not gonna lie, watching my kid and his cousin play Splatoon 2 on said cousin's shiny new Switch made me reaaaalllly want to...

Camelot Unchained nears beta as its crash rate drops to ‘acceptable’ levels

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"From what we've seen so far, we're in really good shape." Mark Jacobs hasn't given us a firm start date for Camelot Unchained's Beta 1...

Defiance 2050 performs better than its predecessor but hasn’t won the community over

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With last week's launch of the revamped and rebooted Defiance 2050, Trion Worlds was betting on players flocking back to the sci-fi MMO shooter...

Star Citizen backer took CIG to small claims court over his refund request – and lost

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The Star Citizen refunds subreddit is often the home of big words and tall tales, but Redditor firefly212 did more than just talk: He...