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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Final Fantasy XI brings in more side stories with its next version update

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All right, Final Fantasy XI, we need to have a talk. We're willing to accept that you're in maintenance mode while still providing monthly...
Let's get templarious. Assume that's a word.

Crowfall’s ‘development velocity to increase’

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Now that it has the foundations of its systems in place, Crowfall has a lot more stuff to add into the game in a...
Shocking!

Dungeons & Dragons Online’s update 34 encourages you to not fear the Reaper (Difficulty)

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Seasons don't fear the reaper, nor do the wind, the sun, or the rain. You can be like they are, and considering the new...
Oh my.

Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime ‘troubled’ by latest US immigration policies

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On Monday, we covered some of the MMORPG companies speaking out against new immigration policy that opponents of the current US administration have dubbed...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: MMO NPC lives from best to worst

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The lives of NPCs are unpleasant within MMOs. Imagine coming into existence knowing that you are forever doomed to perform one singular function, one...
I'm cutting it down.

Black Desert’s Dark Knight journeys westward in March

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The Dark Knight is coming westward, Black Desert fans -- maybe sooner than you thought. March, in fact! "The Dark Knight is the next character...

Revelation Online extends CBT3 an extra week

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Revelation Online is extending its third closed beta another week. While the beta phase was intended to close down early this morning, My.com says that...
THE POWER (you've got it)

Path of Exile expansion to be announced on February 14

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Heads up, Path of Exile lovers, because your world is about to be rocked in less than two weeks. Grinding Gear Games said this week that...
I want to like you a lot.

Blade and Soul turns on character transfers, streamlines evolution process

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Frustrated with being tied to a server in Blade and Soul while watching your friends gallivant around on another shard? There's a reunion in...
Demons are forever in style now.

Legion assaults will keep World of Warcraft players on their toes

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World of Warcraft's demonic invasions and world quests are pregnant, and that baby is coming with Patch 7.2 in the form of legion assaults. Yesterday,...
For me? Or someone.

The Daily Grind: What holidays don’t make sense for MMOs?

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I've seen a lot of Valentione's Day celebrations in Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV, but I'm going to be honest, I don't...
Somebody loves you, and that's good.

Blizzard sells toys, ZeniMax buys VR studio, and Jagex brings RuneScape to Amazon Echo

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Consider this your triple dose of MMO industry news for the day so that you can be the talk of the water cooler tomorrow. Activision...

Elder Scrolls Online keeps the hype train going with its producer’s letter

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Are there any other online games this week than Elder Scrolls Online? It almost doesn't seem like it, what with the title getting ready...
This wasn't really what you cared about anyway, right? Right.

Battle Bards Episode 91: Forest Tales

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Take a stroll through the trees and become totally lost in the foliage, drinking in the sounds of the forest with today’s show, as...
Saber. It begins with a bloody S.

TERA launches its Sword and Hoard update with a bonus pack for Warriors

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The most recent update for TERA is all about the Warrior, giving the class a large-scale overhaul to make it more deadly, more versatile,...
Wait for it.

DC Universe Online patches in vendor discounts and its Valentine’s event

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Love is in the air in DC Universe Online with the game's latest patch, which is happening today. It might be happening right now...

Life is Feudal aims for late 2017 launch, hires on public relations firm

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As Life is Feudal bears down toward its launch window of "late 2017," it has a new ally to help with getting the word...

Tamriel Infinium: Five things you might have missed in the Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind reveal

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I really enjoyed watching the Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind announcement with all of our readers. The staff here saw your comments immediately as I...
Gallop polling! I slay me.

Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up in Lord of the Rings Online

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What is with me and ending this feature in slightly snowy pine-forested woodlands? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to happen twice...

BioWare is working on an online action-adventure game

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SWTOR studio BioWare is working on yet another new game, and it's at least partly an online one, Electronic Arts confirmed in its 3FQ...