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]

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FOnline: Reloaded brings classic Fallout gameplay to the online space

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Do you have a hankering for classic Fallout gameplay, but with a whole lot of your friends hanging around at the same time? The...

EverQuesting: Ten things to do in Landmark before it’s gone

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T minus 11 days and counting. That's all the time Landmark has left. That's not a lot of time. If you haven't built all...
Same old story.

World of Warcraft team swears it’s improved communication

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Some World of Warcraft players are asking if Blizzard is going to make good on its promise to improve communication with fans, and in...

Here’s how you’ll advance in WildStar past level 50

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If you haven't heard yet, in the next big content update for WildStar, the team is introducing a new system to allow players at...
Someone is excited, probably.

Blizzard launcher beefs up Facebook integration

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Blizzard really, really wants its game launcher to be best friends with your Facebook account. The studio has introduced a new version of the beta launcher...

The Daily Grind: Which no-housing MMORPG needs housing the most?

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During our Elder Scrolls Online housing stream earlier this week, Larry and I joked about World of Warcraft's half-hearted and ineffective attempts to satisfy...

Blade & Soul opens a pair of raids in its Wings of the Raven update

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Coming at players like a massive one-two punch, Blade & Soul's newest update contains a pair of 24-player raids designed to take you to...
Oh, thanks.

Massively Overthinking: Unholy MMORPG hybrids

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Massively OP reader and frequent tipster Gibbins wants us to play match-maker. "I love the wonderful world that Bethesda created with the Fallout franchise, not...

The Gold Arena opens its doors in Aion EU

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Our friends in Europe have a new Aion patch with which to contend, as Update 5.3: The Gold Arena arrived on the servers Wednesday. It's not...

Activision-Blizzard Q4 2016: Record quarter for Blizzard thanks to World of Warcraft and Overwatch

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Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financial reports have gotten boring since the companies decided to stop reporting World of Warcraft subscribers in 2015, am I right? But in...
It looks much better now.

City of Titans offers up some meaty setting fiction

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The police in City of Titans have a rough road to walk. They're dealing with organized crime and the usual thousand vices and harms...

Mekria Online cancels its $110K Kickstarter

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Just a week and a half ago, we told you all about Mekria Online, a brand-new in-development MMORPG focused on both PvE and PvP....

Love is stalking you in Skyforge

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"Thanks to Flavius' latest laboratory shenanigans, be prepared for love to find YOU during Skyforge's Valentine's Event!" Even if you are feeling romantically lonely, you...
Parting is such... whatever this is.

Revelation Online’s third closed beta is over, the next steps are in the works

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The third closed beta for Revelation Online has come to a close, and that means it's time for players to start speculating about the...

PSA: Champions Online’s freeform characters are half off this week

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If you've always wanted to play Champions Online Free For All but couldn't stomach paying through the teeth for a freeform toon, this weekend's...
No gods, no masters.

Chronicles of Elyria might fatten up your character

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Chronicles of Elyria is nothing if not bursting with interesting little ideas that you don't often see in other MMOs. One of these, apparently,...

The Stream Team: Heading to SWTOR’s Asylum

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The Gravestone launched, and Massively OP's Larry and MJ got to see just how powerful this ancient SWTOR ship was. Is. Was: Many systems...

Asheron’s Call fan project saves as much info as it can

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Now more than a week following the closure of Asheron's Call, the fight to save the game might only be heating up. Over on The...

Perfect Ten: Ranking MMORPG combat pets, from best to worst

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It's an objectively known fact that Warhammer Online's squigs were the peak of MMORPG pet design and functionality. Giant balls of attitude and appetite...
This isn't alive yet, but it, too, is going to die.

Crowfall demonstrates the animations of the Templar

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Crowfall's Templar is going to smash in your face if you cross her. She's got divine power, she's got a two-handed sword, and she's...