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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Neverwinter details the making of the River District adventure zone

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PWE put out a pair of matching dev diaries today on Neverwinter's River District area, the chief adventure zone coming in the game's next...
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Betawatch: A city of City of Heroes successors (January 27, 2017)

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The loss of City of Heroes brought motivated fans together to rebuild it, or at least to create a spiritual successor to the game....

Ultima Online gets all doom and gloomy with its patch (and that’s a good thing)

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Doom! Doom everywhere! That's the message of Ultima Online as it pushed out Publish 96 this week. Much of the patch was focused on adjusting...

RuneScape developer Jagex sees leadership reshuffle

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RuneScape developer and publisher Jagex has a new bossman today: The company announced that former VP Phil Mansell will take over for Rod Cousens...
freely shoots

Eternal Crusade’s fourth patch in a week has arrived

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Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade has been patch-happy this week: Behaviour Interactive says that yesterday's 1.2.2.4 is its fourth in a week, resulting in just...

Lord of the Rings Online lays out its 2017 roadmap

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Get ready to assail the foundations of Mordor, Lord of the Rings Online players, because it's going to happen this year. Standing Stone Games published...

The Stream Team: A newbie’s first look at Asheron’s Call 2

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Yes, we know Asheron's Call 2 launched a long time ago (and even more than once, really). But Massively OP's MJ has never played,...
Don't care, bored.

Blizzard will integrate EU English realm with EU Spanish realm group queues next week

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Earlier this week, Blizzard told EU players that it will essentially be integrating World of Warcraft's English-speaking EU grouping queues with Spanish realm queues....
Of course, to be fair, I've never known anything about Aion.

Aion’s 5.3 update boasts a 384-man PvE instanced battleground

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Aion announced this week that it's preparing for the 5.3 patch to head to the North American servers. The update will add an "illustrated...

Guild Wars 2’s living world season 3 episode 4 will launch in February

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Guild Wars 2's next living world episode is due in February, ArenaNet's Mike O'Brien told players on the forums today. "We’re wrapping up work on...

In appreciation for post-apoc Dereth: The life and times of Asheron’s Call 2

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On the left in the screenshot above is a windmill in the town of Cragstone in Asheron's Call. On the right is, well, the...
Local Panda Recalls When She Was Special.

WoW Factor: The state of professions in Legion

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The state of World of Warcraft's professions in Legion is a weird one because it's obvious how much work has gone into crafting for...
i'mma ramp that

Chronicles of Elyria hires SWTOR programmer, works on PAX East demo

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The small but scrappy Chronicles of Elyria continues to pick up experienced MMO devs for its ambitious sandbox project. Earlier this month we reported...

SWTOR brings out a new operation, story with Update 5.2

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With the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest update, the community finds itself very content with the latest offerings and wants no...

Ship of Heroes’ character customization already looks amazing

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If you're a superhero fan who loves hair -- and you probably are, if our City of Titans commenters yesterday are any guide --...

Star Citizen cracks the code of artificial intelligence

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Artificial intelligence isn't merely being thrown into Star Citizen because of its futuristic theme but because the tech is essential to how the game...

World of Warcraft helps you get your pilot’s license for Legion

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Remember how a while back Blizzard told fans that it was looking at eliminating flying from all World of Warcraft expansions going forward? Yeah, so...
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The Daily Grind: Will Turbine announce something big for Asheron’s Call next week?

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Asheron's Call is sunsetting next week -- that much we know. But beyond that, we don't know a whole lot about the rushed circumstances...

Massively Overthinking: Death and dying in MMORPGs

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In March of last year, MOP's Justin wrote a detailed guide to the most common death penalties in MMORPGs. Last September, Gamasutra pulled seven...

The Stream Team: An Asheron’s Call adventure in paradise

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Should Massively OP's MJ be scared? Andrew has an adventure planned, an adventurous adventure! He said they are heading to a tropical island paradise,...