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]

The Stream Team: The Repopulation has resurfaced

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It's definitely been a long, long time since Massively OP's MJ has played The Repopulation, but that's that's not on her! The game had...
Swings and roundabouts!

You’ll need to put in about 20 hours in Albion Online to become competitive in PvP

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As Albion Online barrels toward a summer release, the crew took to Reddit yesterday for a marathon AMA session to tackle any pressing community...

Star Citizen’s level design is coming along much faster than you probably thought

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Following what turned out to be an intriguing Ten for the Chairman earlier this week, Cloud Imperium has released a Star Citizen Around the...
Wargames

The U.S. Navy solicits players for ‘massively multiplayer online war game’

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Remember back in 2011, when the U.S. Navy rolled out the world's first MMOWGLI -- that is, massively multiplayer online wargame leveraging the internet?...

Massively OP’s PAX East 2017 awards and best-in-show reader vote

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We've finished rolling out all of our PAX East content this year, and we've put our MMORPG-addled noggins together to try to choose our...
Foretold.

2013 MMOARPG Path of Exile hit peak concurrency in March thanks to its latest patch

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Path of Exile just keeps getting bigger and bigger in terms of both players and team size, and it's actually providing the numbers to...

Sea of Thieves discuss playtest experiences – but still no release date in sight

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What's going on right now with the piratey Sea of Thieves? The game is currently in its technical alpha (the best kind of alpha...
Oh dear.

World of Warcraft plans to add unobtainable transmog appearances in the future

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Items are a big part of playing World of Warcraft. Sure, dropping ancient elves and demons and dragons to 0 health is its own...

St Paddy’s Day MMORPG deals and events roundup

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Happy St Patrick's Day, everyone! This particular holiday isn't the best for sales, for dumb jokes, or for deep events, but the MMORPG genre...

Dark and Light hit with another delay, this time to summer 2017

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Dark and Light has been delayed at least until summer -- so says the game's official Chinese website, anyway, which has a lengthy apology...
I really feel like a spirit is being shaped.

Revelation Online players accuse the game of pay-to-win tactics

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Don't look now, but the ugly form of pay-to-win might be slouching its way into Revelation Online. On the forums, players have accused My.com of...

The Daily Grind: Should MMOs ever retire classes?

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Last week, I asked the Massively OP readers whether World of Warcraft needed another class (I want the Bard, obviously). But one Facebook fan...
This guy, dudes.

Massively Overthinking: When social play in MMOs is predatory by design

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Blogger Tobold recently wrote a provocative piece on social play in MMOs, as pointed out to us by our dear tipster Sally. In a...

Wakfu postpones server merges but plans account purge in 30 days

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Wakfu players should be advised that Ankama is undergoing a purge of inactive Wakfu accounts. If you haven't logged into the website or the...

Elder Scrolls Online posts brief teaser vid of Morrowind’s Seyda Neen

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Ah, Seyda Neen: The crappy town where the Empire dumps your convict butt off the boat on Vvardenfell! If you're feeling nostalgic, take a peek...

The Stream Team: Scorching enemies with Revelation Online’s Swordmage

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Revelation Online's open beta is underway, and Massively OP's MJ has been trying her hand at a new class. She made it through the...
Hey guy.

Fan creates an Asheron’s Call D&D sourcebook

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Asheron's Call is dead; long live Asheron's Call! While the long-running fantasy MMO went offline at the end of January, one fan is looking to...

Trion will gquit its old studio tonight, moves into new digs this weekend

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You might not notice, since the servers are fine and customer service is operating from Austin, but Trion's Redwood Shores studio is packing up...
It's like there's a party on your hard drive and you need that party to accomplish anything.

EverQuest turns 18 years old, throws birthday bash with free heroic characters for everyone

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One of the most famous and longest-lived MMORPGs is celebrating its 18th birthday today. Back on this date in 1999, EverQuest released to a...
Punch punch punch and nothing changes.

World of Warcraft previews the Broken Shore experience for patch 7.2

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The Broken Shore in World of Warcraft is no one's idea of a vacation hangout. For one thing, it's covered in demons; for another,...