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]

Here’s how Star Citizen’s alien languages are being constructed from nothing

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"Don't waste your time learning Klingon, it ain't no use," Luna sang way back in 1996, but clearly, they had never met Britton Watkins,...
All right!

Nintendo Switch reveals include paid online service, Dragon Quest X MMO

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If you somehow missed the Twitter explosion last night, the full Nintendo Switch reveal happened, unloading a ton of details about the company's $300...

The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest MMORPG inventory pet peeve?

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I was surfing the Guild Wars 2 Reddit (because I'm a glutton for punishment) yesterday and bumped into a thread mocking some of the...
There was something beautiful and wonderful and it destroyed itself.

Massively Overthinking: Tab-target vs. action combat in MMORPGs

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Massively OP patron Duane is kicking the new year off right: with a brawl over combat types in MMOs. "Tab-target, action, or hybrid combat, for...

The Stream Team: DC Universe Online celebrates six years

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Six years. For six years Massively OP's MJ has been able to don her Spandex and cape and help rid the streets of Gotham...

Elite: Dangerous updated powerplay in its big patch this week

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Elite: Dangerous' 2.2.03 patch rolled out yesterday to players on both PC and Xbox One. While it's primarily a large balancing and tweak patch,...
What even is this game, does anyone know?

VALOFE opens up its Atlantica Online servers

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Mind the dust, folks, and enjoy that new server smell. Atlantica Online's new North American servers come online today under the stewardship of VALOFE,...

Ultima Online preps wedding content, suffers two-day Oceania rollback

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It's wedding bells for Ultima Online. The classic fantasy MMO is putting together a housing package for its relatively new in-game cash shope that...

How Revelation Online will deliver PvP on a larger scale

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Just because you're into PvP in MMOs doesn't mean that you want the same experience as all of the other PvPers. Revelation Online knows...

Project Gorgon preps Orcish homeland and level cap bump

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Project Gorgon has an ambitious goal: to launch by the end of the year. To make this happen, the small dev team has to...

The Stream Team: At SWTOR’s Gravestone

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Last time, Massively OP's Larry and MJ stumbled across the Gravestone, an impressive ship from SWTOR's past. While MJ 's Chiss helped Lana get...

Here’s how Crowfall is tweaking resource harvesting for Big World

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Crowfall Design Lead Thomas "Blixtev" Blair has a new dev blog out this afternoon on the resource harvesting slice of the big world testing going...

Blade & Soul teases big anniversary event update for January 18

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Guess who's having a birthday this month? A lot of MMORPGs, actually, which is odd for a bleak month like January, but there it...
Wake me up when the Hobbit films end.

Choose My Adventure: Starting my journey in Lord of the Rings Online

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If I had to guess which tabletop roleplaying game I was going to associate with Lord of the Rings Online, I really wouldn't have...

Shards Online’s always-on alpha is now live

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Citadel Studios' MMORPG Shards Online has formally launched its alpha today. "Alpha for a game like this means we’ve pretty much got all the...
IT'S FUN TO CHARTER AN ACCOUNTANT

Black Desert’s ship-faring Margoria expansion sails westward January 25

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You might have noticed that yesterday's wee Black Desert patch included a brief mention of Margoria preload content. That's because the naval-themed Margoria expansion...
Roberts and Garriott

Richard Garriott publishes his memoirs

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When you've lived a life as wacky and full as Ultima creator Richard Garriott, it only stands to reason that you'd probably want to share your...
Cars.

The Daily Grind: What defunct MMO would you like to play that you never tried?

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It's easy to look back at games we loved in the past and sometimes wish we could go back to old favorites that have...

HeroWarz plans a year-long shutdown

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Here is something you don't see every day: An MMO that is voluntarily taking itself offline for a year to rework the title from...

Little War Online is an adorable cross-platform MMO

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Looking for a simple and streamlined MMO that you can play on... well, pretty much anything? Here's a tip: Little War Online. The game...