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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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...
IT'S FUN TO CHARTER AN ACCOUNTANT

Black Desert patches in gold chests and a level 50 guide

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A gold treasure chest would be pretty useless. Leaving aside the fact that gold is a soft metal and making a treasure chest out...
it me

Ship of Heroes asks for early UI feedback

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The UI matters a lot in an MMORPG -- at least if you're going to be staring at it pretty much constantly while you're playing...

Crowfall shows the making of your spirit crow

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In Crowfall, every player will be exactly the same race, as their true form will be an etheral crow spirit that can inhabit "vessels"...

Star Citizen introduces new community video and fan-produced short film ‘The Shuttle’

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Star Citizen is upping its community game. If you hadn't noticed or were used to the old Around the Verse schedule, know CIG has...

The Daily Grind: Have any 2017 previews sucked you back into MMOs?

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One thing I look forward to at the start of every year is seeing all of the producer's letters, states of the game, and...
Love is in the air, everywhere I look around~

Final Fantasy XIV starts up Valentione’s Day on February 2nd

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Laugh all you want about Lisette de Valentione and her relentless focus on affection-based celebrations in Eorzea, but of all the Ishgardian houses in...
When you're out in the club and you see a fly girl, do the creep!

World of Warcraft developers are joining the PvP brawls on the test server

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Do you ever get frustrated by the state of World of Warcraft's design? Do you just wish that you could take those frustrations out...

Watch eight glorious minutes of developers playing Sea of Thieves

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We have certainly heard the Sea of Thieves development team yammer on and on about many of the game's features (some great and some...

Neverwinter’s Cloaked Ascendancy expansion arrives February 21st

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Neverwinter's next big expansion finally has a name: Cloaked Ascendancy. The update is due out for PC on February 21st, to be followed on...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 102: Sailing into the future

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Justin and Larry discuss LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Star Trek Online, Asheron's Call, H1Z1, Black Desert, and Guild Wars 2, with a special Bree monologue about the new comment system.
Someone take the helm.

Elite: Dangerous details the operation of multicrew ships

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There's a lot to take in at once while you're flying a ship in Elite: Dangerous. The game's next update will make that a...