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]

How 2016 took Lord of the Rings Online to the gates of Mordor

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As Lord of the Rings Online nears its impressive 10th birthday in April of next year, we see a game that's in many ways...
Just assume one of these people is Susan. I do not like Susan.

Camelot Unchained to integrate Discord, including voice chat

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Camelot Unchained has a powerful new ally in its fight against your personal boredom. Mark Jacobs revealed a partnership this week that should bode...

The Daily Grind: What MMO gaming advice would you give to your younger self?

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Hindsight truly makes us experts of everything past. Why couldn't we know the future back then? What fools we were not to develop our...
We all go together.

Activision brings Vicarious Visions in to work on Destiny

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Some big things are happening with Destiny. We already knew that Destiny 2 was on its way, and there's the rumor that it's coming...
At this point it's debatable if anything will come out of here.

Betawatch: Ashes of Creation shows up out of nowhere (December 9, 2016)

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Man, how can I not notice this? Out of nowhere we first hear about Ashes of Creation, then we did a little interview asking...

Final Fantasy XIV sells soundtrack arrangement album

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We will not judge you in the slightest if you admit a fondness for listening to Final Fantasy XIV's extensive, excellent, and ever-expanding soundtrack....

LOTRO community holds Winterfest, plans interactive book study

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While we still don't know when Lord of the Rings Online will be holding this seaon's Yule Festival, the players have taken matters into...

Ever, Jane’s third big update of open beta begins today with house ownership

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Do you want to own the grandest mansion in the land? Of course you do. That's why you're reading an article about Ever, Jane,...

Project Gorgon’s latest patch improves the newbie island dungeon

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Project Gorgon's latest patch is live this week. Its centerpiece? A major expansion to the newbie dungeon, making it a good time to give...
How am I supposed to remember you if you won't let me forget?

Pantheon debuts the Shaman class on stream this afternoon

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Visionary Realms has been chattering about its big Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen stream for over a week now, and the day has finally...

Chaos Theory: Our guide to The Secret World’s Unseen achievement

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For the last couple of months, I have been focused on trying to acquire The Unseen achievement in The Secret World. Why? It isn't...

RIFT challenges you to a combat-free puzzle dungeon — if you can even find it

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RIFT's newest dungeon is so obscure and inscrutable that most people might not even know it is there. Tok's Proving Ground's entrance is hidden somewhere...

Ask Mo: Scoring last year’s Massively OP MMORPG predictions

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As we do every year, today we're going to squint back a year, into the depths of a Massively Overthinking from the tail end...
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Rumor: EVE Online’s CCP Games is considering selling itself off

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Bloomberg is reporting this morning that CCP Games is "exploring strategic options including a sale of the business after receiving interest from potential bidder"...

More skill splits are coming to Guild Wars 2’s PvP scene

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Guild Wars 2 players advocating skill segregation between the PvE and PvP spheres have another victory in the making for next week's Season 5:...
Count the headlights on the highway.

Check out a translated interview on TERA’s upcoming Lunar Dancer

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Another new class is coming to TERA's Korean version, as we learned yesterday. We even got the barest version of information about that new...

SWTOR dev livestream tackles CXP issues, says team is ‘flexible’

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Is it a good or bad sign when a developer livestream kicks off with the team using a bingo card to make fun of...
Same as it ever was.

Crowfall shows off its unique server maps

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In most MMOs, it doesn't matter what server you play on, the world still has the same shape. You don't log in to a...

New MMORPG Ashes of Creation demos environments in new video

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The Ashes of Creation team has released a new video to cap off the week, this first one literally a first look at the...
It's big, yeah yeah yeah, it's not small, etc.

The Daily Grind: Which game made the biggest contribution to killing MMORPGs in 2016?

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MOP commenter deekay_zero proposed this week's Daily Grind in a roundabout way, and fair warning: It's a bit of a downer. He semi-jokingly suggested that...