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]

Worlds Adrift postpones this week’s patch, The Guardian compares it to Fortnite

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Don't expect a patch this week in Worlds Adrift: Bossa's delayed it to July 3rd. In its latest dev blog, the studio says it's...
For you it's all in a day.

Final Fantasy XI prepares for another round of the Celestial Nights celebration

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The bright side of Final Fantasy XI having been around for a while is that the lack of new seasonal events is easier to...
AUGH

Riders of Icarus is turning players into bounty hunters with rewards for exposing exploiters

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If you're tired of watching exploiters and cheaters wreck your favorite MMOs, maybe give some attention to Riders of Icarus, where Nexon is putting...
WHERE

Final Fantasy XIV previews the improved search function arriving with patch 4.35

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There's a real dearth of vendor trash in Final Fantasy XIV. Almost everything is useful for something, somewhere. This encourages players to hoard a...
This guy wants to tell you about his band.

Community-created Secret World Legends MEGAversary events start June 29th

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The Secret World Legends first anniversary event is already in full swing (check out our guide so you don't miss anything), but there is...

SpatialOS MMORPG sandbox Fractured has just gone live with its $116K Kickstarter

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If you've been following Fractured and SpatialOS as long as we have, then you're probably right on top of the game's Kickstarter launch today....
Like, every day.

EVE Online’s ousting of an epithet-slinging CSM candidate was part of a corporate plot because of course it was

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If this isn't the most canonically EVE Online story, I have no idea what is. Remember earlier this month when we reported on the drama...
Like this, but more summer.

RIFT datamining uncovers the gear and pets of Summerfest

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It's summertime, and that means seasonal events will flow like wine in MMOs. Why go out into the heat and sun when you can...

Check out the landscapes and legendary local lore of Fallout 76

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We're not allowed to forget about Fallout 76 for even an instant, apparently: Bethsoft has posted up the epic Welcome to West Virginia video that...

Citadel of Sorcery shuts down after 14 years of development

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Chances are that you have never heard of Citadel of Sorcery. MJ, our resident "has played every MMO in the universe" expert, only vaguely...
lolwut

Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV beast tribes, bottom ranks

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I have mentioned before that I'm a big fan of the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV. Final Fantasy XI, too; there's a charmingly...
Another style of robot.

Warframe’s crackdown on platinum resellers wrecks their innocent victims too

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A massive thread on the Warframe subreddit this weekend shows just the sort of problems MMO studios have waded into in their haste to...

Elite Dangerous previews the redesigned Krait ahead of this week’s Beyond: Chapter Two launch

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Elite Dangerous is in the home stretch ahead of the launch of Beyond: Chapter Two later this week, and you know what that means:...

Trion just bought up Gazillion’s assets to beef up its MMO publishing arm

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Did you see this one coming? VentureBeat has a piece out this morning interviewing Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman, who's apparently just revealed that...

Dark Age of Camelot delays its free-to-play shift to 2019

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While we reported in December 2017 that Broadsword was aiming for a free-to-play option for Dark Age of Camelot, we haven't seen a lot...
Load it up.

APB Reloaded lays out its roadmap, hopes to bring the game to Unreal 4

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With multiple projects in the works and an effort to bring the console and PC versions into parity, APB Reloaded is enjoying actual development...
Too bad, very sad.

World of Warcraft spins down WoW Mobile Armory app for expansion

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It's time to clear out another one of the World of Warcraft apps that have been dwelling on your phone. Following the retirement of the...
Mounting problems, if you will? Probably not.

The Daily Grind: Are you an impulse buyer in MMO cash shops?

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During last week's podcast, Justin and I were discussing MMOs that seem to make it hard for us to give them money, which led...
There are some gearing issues in GW2, but those are... different issues, let's leave it there.

MMO Week in Review: The best MMOs of E3 and the summer sale (June 24, 2018)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! It's...

EVE Evolved: Will EVE Online’s Abyssal Deadspace ever be expanded?

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EVE Online's recent Into the Abyss expansion has managed to grip me in a way that few expansions have, providing a challenging new solo...