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]

Allods Online teases 8.0 Immortality update with new lore piece

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Allods Online is teasing a new update today with huge lore dump in the form on a new story, or rather a series of...

DC Universe Online reveals anniversary event, plans for 2017

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What's on the agenda for superhero MMORPG DC Universe Online in 2017? Oh not much, just a huge stats revamp, new time-limited events, and...

Guardians of Ember comes to early access on December 13

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Hopefully you weren't cursed by the fact that Guardians of Ember failed to meet its announced early access launch back in September. Obviously, the title...

Richard Garriott donates skull to player tavern during Shroud of the Avatar telethon

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If you follow Shroud of the Avatar, you already know that studio Portalarium does seasonal streamed fundraisers to drive pledges for the game. Yesterday's...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s A Crack in the Ice

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I've covered plenty of ground since my initial impressions piece went live last week, and I'm hoping that you've had time to play Guild Wars...

SWTOR welcomes early access players to Knights of the Eternal Throne

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The threat is still looming over the galaxy, but that's just the way that Star Wars: The Old Republic players probably prefer it. After...

RuneScape offers new subscription packages with ‘Premier Club’

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The folks at Guinness World Records may have once counted RuneScape as the world's most popular free MMORPG, but it's had an optional subscription,...
Dino rock.

Durango opens up beta signups; testing to start on December 14th

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Yesterday brought the first hints of upcoming testing for mobile dinosaur survival game Durango, but today brings even more. Nexon has opened up signups...
Go away.

The Daily Grind: Is Twitch chat just MMO general chat writ large?

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Last week, an Indiana University Bloomington team released its analysis of over a billion comments made on Twitch over a two-month period in 2014...

Academics assess Pokemon Go’s value to conservation and education

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Let's cap off the evening with some feel-good, sciency stories about Pokemon Go, shall we? Zoologists at Oxford University are studying Pokemon Go to determine...

Korean MMO from the ’90s returns to life

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Have you ever heard of an MMO called Helbreath? Don't be ashamed if you haven't, as it never hit the big leagues and has...

Riders of Icarus unleashes new trailer for Ranger’s Fury update

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Debuting on December 15th, Ranger's Fury is Riders of Icarus' next big thing, complete with a level bump to 50, a new desert zone...

Albion Online to improve its PvE experiencce

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Game Director Robin Henkys kicked off the first of a series of Albion Online development recap videos this past week to give players an...
We're all on something approaching the same side.

World of Warcraft gives out free emissary chests

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If you tried to work on your World of Warcraft world quests this past weekend, you might have found yourself increasingly frustrated with trying...

Mobile dino MMO Durango eyes global beta test

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Have those post-Turkey Day blues? A good dose of dino fun is bound to pick up your spirits. Durango, the mobile survival sim featuring...
A long time ago, in a galaxy... oh, you know.

Star Wars Galaxies players can ‘come home’ to a new NGE emulator

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The underground rebels of the Star Wars Galaxies community continue to fight to keep the MMO alive any way that they can. One group...
VOID

Wisdom of Nym: Our first preview of Final Fantasy XIV’s Patch 3.5

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The last patch of Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is on its way. It's not here, of course; we'll have to wait until January for...
Oops?

ArcheAge accidentally implies that it’s a pay-to-win game

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"Pay-to-win" is a really tricky term to nail down; everyone has different definitions of winning, and while the broad strokes of the concept are...

Project Genom is back on Steam after DMCA meltdown [Updated]

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"We are pleased to announce that Project Genom is now once again available on Steam." That's the news from a new press release this...

Mark Kern renames Ember to Em-8ER, picks up Nostalrius programmer

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Earlier this month, Mark Kern's "massive planetary wargame" shooter Ember got a new name and logo: Em-8ER. "While still pronounced 'Ember,' we changed the official...