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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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EU’s Copyright Directive proposal has Second Life and Roblox players worried

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A proposed law that's making its way through the European Union's legislative bodies has both players and studios worried that a wave of oppressive...

Glassdoor marks Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime as a great boss but says the studio’s salaries are too low

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If you had to go work for a major corporation, what would factor into that decision? Having a great boss might be a consideration,...

Worlds Adrift teaches you to git gud, promises instruments someday

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Still having a rough time in Worlds Adrift? Bossa Studios has a new humorous guide out to help players "git gud." Among the tips...

The Stream Team: A first look at Bless Online

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There was a time Massively OP's MJ was looking forward to the western release of Bless Online. Well, it's finally made it here, if...
It's FINE it's ALL FINE

PSA: EVE Online is offering a 15% Omega discount through June 26

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Devoid of further context, the phrase "Omega Discount" sounds vaguely threatening. It's the last discount? No, it's a discount on the price of picking...

Get your dapper on with Warframe’s new Limbo Prime, the game’s 57th ‘frame

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High fashion arrived in Warframe with the golden gentleman, Limbo Prime. Of course you can look snazzy while skewering enemies; this 57th playable Warframe is...

Anarchy Online teases upcoming 17th anniversary event

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Happy 17th birthday, Anarchy Online! Seventeen years ago this month, Funcom first stepped out onto the MMORPG scene and "launched" this sci-fi title. We...

DCUO adds a civil war as a summer vacation destination

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Superheroes and swimsuits -- what's not to love? Even the hardest working warriors of justice deserve a vacation now and then. For them (and...
Cool guys don't look at explosions.

Defiance rolls out Midsummer Mutiny just before the Defiance 2050 Valor cutoff

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There are no new Pursuits for the latest incarnation of the Midsummer Mutiny event in original flavor Defiance. You will be doing the same things...

Black Desert’s weekly update introduces soccer-themed event, guild crafting overhaul, and summer sales

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Gooooaaaalllll! Yes, Black Desert is getting into the soccer hype season with its Golden Goal event starting tomorrow. Slay monsters, fish, and harvest to...
Place after place.

Crowfall shines more light on its day/night cycle

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With a fully dynamic world that involves varied spawns, parcels that are moved around, and generated terrain, the Crowfall team had a tougher challenge...

E3 2018: Hands-on with ReEvolve, Perfect World’s new mobile sandbox MMORPG

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Remember how we learned that Perfect World would be showing off some new games at E3? Well, things happen at conventions like this -...

Fractured reaches 30k registrations and shows off building mode

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As Fractured continues to ramp up to its hopefully successful Kickstarter campaign, interest ramps up from the MMO community about this indie title. The...

Star Citizen alpha 3.2 hits the PTU as backers play with mining, grouping, and pixel ships

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The Star Citizen Reddit is abuzz today - and no, not just about EVE Online's "Venture Capitalist" skin bundle joke, although they're doing that...

E3 2018: Hands-on with the superb (and hopefully Switch-bound) Black Desert Mobile

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While I've had kind words to say about the potential for mobile in the past - particularly MMOARGs - I just haven't been able...
How are you not playing this on PC in the first place?

Final Fantasy XIV could still arrive on Nintendo Switch if console companies decide to play nice

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Naoki Yoshida of Final Fantasy XIV fame was at this year's E3, and that means interviews with the man himself. One of those interviews...

Elder Scrolls Online offers Steam downtime compensation as review-bombing hits ‘mostly negative’

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Earlier this week, we covered the messy business between Elder Scrolls Online and Steam - specifically, that Steam logins for the game have been toast...
AdVenture Capitalists

EVE Online sells a bundle of ‘Venture’ skins for 120 Plex, poking fun at Star Citizen

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Someone at CCP Games is obviously having quite a lot of fun with the latest EVE Online skin bundle. The bundle of skins for...

Shroud of the Avatar suffers layoffs, saying ‘right-sizing’ is needed ahead of episode 2

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It appears as if Portalarium is suffering some layoffs and downsizing in the wake of the launch of Shroud of the Avatar: The studio's...

The Daily Grind: Do you carry a torch for any MMOs that were killed in development?

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Maybe I'm alone on this, but the more I examine MMO history, the more it troubles me how many potentially great games never even...