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]

SWTOR buffs CXP gains from operations, weekly missions, and flashpoints

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Now that there's another hundred joyous galactic command levels to grind out in Star Wars: The Old Republic, you may feel a little overwhelmed...
She's being added, but most of her clothing isn't.

TERA offers players the chance to reserve a Paragon name

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The Paragon class is on its way to TERA, which is a good thing; it's another class to play. But how do you know...
Still at a zero for sold ships that aren't actually usable, though.

Elite: Dangerous begins testing the 2.3 Commanders beta

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Avatars! Multicrew ships! Balance changes! Nouns with exclamation points! Yes, the latest Elite: Dangerous patch has a whole lot of stuff contained therein, and...
That's not the problem.

The Daily Grind: Do you wait for MMOs to arrive on Steam?

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You might have noticed that last week, Anarchy Online finally joined the whole Steam crowd. It was weird to look at that story and...

The Stream Team: Doing DDO’s 11th anniversary dev dungeon

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Did Massively OP's MJ hear there's a party? Yes, yes she did. Today is DDO's 11th anniversary, and the game is throwing a party....

OrbusVR is a sandbox MMORPG built for the Vive and Rift

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If you count yourself among gamers actively seeking out MMORPG virtual reality experiences, you should probably take a peek at OrbusVR, currently in production...

HEX celebrates Scars of War release with special weekend tournaments

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HEX's big Scars of War expansion launches today, and HEX Entertainment is celebrating with a round of special tournaments over the weekend. Starting on...

The Stream Team: Wakfu’s fifth anniversary

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Wakfu is turning 5 years old tomorrow, sort of. Because there isn't a tomorrow. The game's actual anniversary day is February 29th, so it...
Could be going better.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 106: Ready to relaunch

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Justin and Bree discuss The Secret World's relaunch, Landmark's sunset, ESO: Morrowind, Albion Online, Guild Wars 2, Ship of Heroes, and Champions Online, with a mailbag questions on ESO and multiplayer immersion.

Exclusive: Indie sandbox El Somni Quas has been ‘rebuilt from scratch’

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Over the last few months, we've published several exclusive dev diaries from El Somni Quas, an indie sandbox from a Czech studio that cut...

Global Chat: What powerful memories come from playing MMOs?

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Upon seeing how a friend was becoming disenchanted with MMOs, blogger Ravalation hypothesized it was because he was shying away from other players too...

ArcheAge opens up the tallest zone in the game and improves your underpants

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Hope you are not afraid of heights, because ArcheAge's newest zone is also its tallest zone to date. In this past week's February update, the...

Hands-on: Digging deep into Crowfall’s pre-alpha crafting systems

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Last weekend, Crowfall developer ArtCraft Entertainment held the last of its February playtest weekends, inviting the game’s Early Access backers to jump into the gameworld...
science, together, fun

EVE Online saw big bump in players and profits in 2016

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Don't count EVE Online as over and out just yet. The long-running space sandbox reported a remarkably good year for 2016, posting an increase...

Marvel Heroes changes infinity system to be more flexible

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Round robin dispersal is out -- and gem mastery is in. Thus sayeth Gazillion in response to player feedback over Marvel Heroes' revised infinity system....
Divided.

The Division launches free trial with Last Stand DLC

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Time to get over your apprehension about dropping money on The Division to see what this apocalyptic shooter is all about. With today's Last...
THE BACK OF MY HAND!

Final Fantasy XIV brings out new delivery and weapon quests with patch 3.55a

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Ready to take on Proto-Ultima with several other people? Ready to finish off your anima weapon quests? Or are you just looking forward to...

ARK: Survival Evolved rockets up Superdata’s January revenue rankings

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The latest Superdata Research report is in for the month of January 2017, and in addition to an increase of 9.8% of digital game...
I HAVE TO RENEW MY HOUSE COME ON

The Daily Grind: Is an MMO still an MMO if it lacks chat?

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In the comments of Andrew's last Soapbox on whether or not Pokemon Go properly constitutes an MMO, veteran MMORPG designer Raph Koster argued provocatively against...

The Stream Team: Be Black Bolt with a free Marvel Heroes code

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Massively OP's MJ can't help it -- she just can't resist checking out the new heroes that arrive in Marvel Heroes. And this one...