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]

TERA announces endgame-centric Phantom’s Keep update for July 12

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TERA players are due for a big update next week as the En Masse drums keep to their monthly content cadence. The update is...

Ashes of Creation claims it’s ‘now among the largest MMOs in production’

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Ashes of Creation claims it's "now among the largest MMOs in production" thanks to the addition of a large crew of new hires and...

The Stream team: Aiming for Angry Feet in Secret World Legends

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The game may be Secret World Legends now, but it was The Secret World that started it all. And today is the original game's...

Journalists and academics clash over the World Health Organization’s ‘gaming disorder’ classification

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Ever since the World Health Organization decided it will include its "gaming disorder" classification in its upcoming disease classification manual revision, game journalists, mainstream...

Closers Online’s Season of Wolves is live with the fatigue system rework

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If you're hungry like the wolf, strut on a line right on over to Closers, where En Masse has just introduced Season of Wolves...
Fiiiix me.

Secret World Legends community mod allows players to make their own in-game missions

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No one likes a content lull in a game, but Secret World Legends players don't have to take it lying down. They don't actually...
I can stop any time I want.

World of Warcraft is banning ads on the Group Finder moving forward

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Quick question: What is the Group Finder in World of Warcraft intended for? If you answered that it's for finding groups, possibly with an...

DC Universe Online is giving away free CR 170 characters for logging in this week

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It's "member appreciation week" in Daybreak's DC Universe Online, and it lines up nice and neat with the holiday too - how convenient is...
Iffy reet.

Final Fantasy XIV unlocks Heaven-on-High with patch 4.35 today

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You could argue that the new Deep Dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV doesn't really deserve the name; you're going up, not down. That means...

Guild Wars 2 living world AMA on beetles, Joko, PvP, fractals, raids, and just what the heck happened last week

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Team ArenaNet descended on Reddit last night to chat about all things - what else - Guild Wars 2. But if you haven't got...
Iconic.

Star Trek Online previews the rebuilt Deep Space Nine for the console launch of Victory is Life

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If you were going to ask someone to identify the most iconic starbases in Star Trek Online, there's really not much contest. Sure, Earth...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG skill system that avoids the ‘illusion of choice’?

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Over the weekend, my husband and I were chatting about playing on a Star Wars Galaxies emulator again, probably the Legends one that people...

The Stream Team: Hunting for pets in Trove’s Geode

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There's still much more to do in Trove's Geode! Massively OP's MJ feels like she has barely scratched the surface of this update (despite...

Maps and music bring culture and history to your Guild Wars 2 play

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It's time to get your culture on in Guild Wars 2. Up first: Dataminer @that_shaman has posted a massive update to his Historical Guide to...
Familiar?

Rend highlights its bipedal danger birds, the Rocs

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There is something faintly familiar about Rend's Rocs. Sure, they are hardly the first example of big bipedal birds, but... something about the way...

Camelot Unchained has briefly delayed its 4th of July beta launch because ‘the client crash rate is too damn high’

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Camelot Unchained has postponed its planned 4th of July beta launch in what Mark Jacobs is characterizing as a "short" delay. "It's not going to...

MMO business roundup: Virtual reality, Niantic, WoW emu hacking, and what Google’s up to

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We've got some MMO industry topics you shouldn't miss, so welcome back to our MMO business roundup! • Last week, Pokemon Go company Niantic previewed...

Bless Online’s 4th of July patch offers content for PvE and PvP players

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It's a big week for Bless Online, as Neowiz is prepping an update due to hit right smack in the middle of the 4th...

The Stream Team: Testing the Will to Live Online

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Do you have Will to Live Online? Massively OP's MJ does! And she's willing to see how long her will actually keeps her alive...
This is someone else's problem.

France’s gambling authority condemns but does not ban lockboxes

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The international community is becoming aware of the problems of lootboxes, and that means that laws are being formed in response to the business...