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]

Dungeons and Dragons Online releases the Dragonborn race as Update 35 goes live

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For some people, it's not enough to just exist in a virtual world with dragons and occasionally fight against them; they want to become...
Such a lovely place.

Choose My Adventure: A high-level venture in WildStar

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First and foremost, before I start talking about my last week of adventures in WildStar, I'd like to thank the developers for giving me...

EVE Online overhauls PLEX currency system, ending tales of PLEX-stuffed ship destruction

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CCP announced this morning that it's overhauling PLEX in EVE Online. As the currency works now, players buy the 30-day sub token known as PLEX...

Aion’s cities come under assault with this week’s 5.3 patch

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Fleets of enemy dredgion ships are fast approaching Aion's capitol cities, and players are being called to rally in defense of their homeland. As...
Monastic.

Pantheon attempts to woo the Kickstarter community with its progress

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It's no secret that Pantheon and Kickstarter haven't had the best of relationships, what with the game's crowdfunding campaign failing to fund back in the...
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

Blizzard seeks $8.5M from cheat software company Bossland

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It's all fun and games... until you start selling software to help players cheat, then it's all lawsuits and court dates. Blizzard is asking the...
Dwarf fight begin.

The Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives Morrowind’s Ald Carac battleground

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The launch of the Morrowind expansion will bring three separate battleground maps to The Elder Scrolls Online, and while all three feature the same...
hooray sorta

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best combat feedback?

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I'm quite fond of 20XX, but I really hate the upgrades you can pick up in the game that eliminate hit stun. Sure, it...

Global Chat: Fare thee well, Landmark

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Believe it or not, there were actually people who played and enjoyed Landmark -- and were saddened to see it taken offline. To kick...

Battle Bards Episode 94: Drakensang Online

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Do you find the German language to be inherently terrifying? Then you’re going to love the soundtrack to this German MMORPG! Actually, it’s quite lovely...

The Stream Team: Xsyon survives six years

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Long before survival games became all the rage, there was Xsyon. In fact, it may very well be what started Massively OP's MJ on...

Crowfall’s community tries its hand at building for the first time

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Crowfall's campaign worlds won't exist merely to be shot, burned, and sliced to ribbons. There's going to be a healthy building component as well,...
Bela Lugosi's dead.

Albion Online AMA on pay-to-win, free trials, and global servers

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Sandbox Interactive ran an AMA for its in-development indie MMO Albion Online on Reddit last night, covering everything from the game's business model to...

Star Citizen’s Ten for the Chairman basically describes Tramp Freighters Online

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Star Citizen's Chris Roberts and Tony Zurovec teamed up to field backer questions on a new round of Ten for the Chairman this week....
We won this one.

Sony is going to let you access PlayStation 4 games through your PC

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Don't let the lack of a PlayStation 4 in your house stop you from, y'know, playing the console's games. On Monday, Sony announced that...
I like this one and I don't care about others.

How Frostkeep’s Rend compares to other MMOs and survival sandboxes

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I was pretty well taken by multiplayer survival sandbox Rend as soon as I saw it at this year's PAX East 2017, as I wrote...

Here’s how intimacy and marriage work in Revelation Online

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Did you know that you can get married in Revelation Online? You can! It's part and parcel of the game's intimacy system, which is...

Tamriel Infinium: Battlegrounds will change Elder Scrolls Online PvP forever

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I've read all the impressions from the PAX East show that I could find, and they were all overwhelmingly mild -- including ours. As you...

Enter to win a copy of Wild Terra from Juvty and Massively OP

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Indie sandbox MMORPG Wild Terra has been in early access since December, a nostalgia-driven medieval sim that allows players to build up settlements (and...

Everything console players need to know about Neverwinter’s Cloaked Ascendancy, launching April 11

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Everyone loves expansions, right? Neverwinter's latest expansion, Cloaked Ascendancy, launched the last week of February, giving players the opportunity to delve in and enjoy...