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]

Well, here we go.

Final Fantasy XIV posts its trailer for patch 3.5

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The last patch of this expansion cycle for Final Fantasy XIV goes live on January 17th, and as usually happens, we've got a brand-new...

Firefall: The dead game that won’t die

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2016 was not Firefall's year. I'm not sure which year was its year, honestly, what with the e-sports bus fiasco and suspension of PvP and former CEO Mark...
Oh, look, it's gotten worse.

First contact has occurred in Elite: Dangerous

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For quite some time, players in Elite: Dangerous have been finding... oddities. Odd structures on planetary surfaces. Odd bits, here and there. They were...

The Daily Grind: Are you concerned for Daybreak’s other MMORPGs?

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Last night's startling news that Daybreak plans to sunset Landmark abruptly in February (while forbidding player emulators) sent the MMORPG community into... I'll call...
Anyway here's Wonderwall.

Massively Overthinking: Hopes and wishes for MMORPGs in the new year

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One of the frustrating bits about our end-of-the-year content rollouts is that sometimes predictions and story roundups can come across as negative. It's way...
That worked out real nice.

Landmark is shutting down on February 21

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Sad news for fans of Landmark who were happy to see it have its own life after the closure of EverQuest Next; Daybreak has...
Anti-Crossover.

DC Universe Online pits players against the Anti-Monitor for the anniversary event

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January 11th, 2017, marks the six-year anniversary of DC Universe Online. To celebrate, the game is rebooting everything. Or at least it's introducing the...
Contains some monsters.

Final Fantasy XI prepares for monthly content changes with its January version update

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Earlier this week, we awarded Final Fantasy XI with a special achievement award for being the best game stuck in maintenance mode, because the...
From this point it looks so easy.

Devilian dishes out extra enchanting stones this weekend

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Our mamas always told us, "Kids, you can never have too many enchanting stones!" This didn't make sense for most of our lives, and...

Chaos Theory: The Secret World says sayonara to 2016

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Have you ever had a year that you looked back on and all you could really say was, Hey, I made it through. I've...
And you can kill them.

Revelation Online details the basic of its PvP options

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In Revelation Online, Saturday night is all right for fighting, as is Sunday night through Friday night. There are lots of ways to fight...
This is all good.

Rumor: NCsoft might be working on Aion 2

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So NCsoft is working on another MMORPG. This in and of itself isn't terribly surprising, since this is how the company makes money. You...

Rumor: Elder Scrolls Online players datamine map of Morrowind’s Vvardenfell, hint at DLC

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Speak quickly, Outlander, or go away! Fancy a trip back to nostalgia town? Elder Scrolls Online Redditors have datamined what appears to be a map...
Oh, right, more freaking sky pirates.

Final Fantasy XIV previews Dun Scaith and side stories

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The end of the Heavensward patch cycle for Final Fantasy XIV is just around the corner, and it's bringing along plenty of stuff for...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: The best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2016 (that aren’t Legion)

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Sometimes you have to exclude something from a list. I could, for example, praise World of Warcraft: Legion for being a really good expansion...

Origins of Malu proclaims ‘we are not dead,’ downgrades from an MMORPG

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Last April, we reported that the indie MMO Origins of Malu was suspending development as it sought investors to help fund the project. Since...
Leave it, homes. I'm chilling.

Crowfall reaches a funding stretch goal and aims for one last target

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Back in November, Crowfall studio ArtCraft joined Indiegogo's fledgling equity crowdfunding platform, which makes use of brand-new laws that allow non-accredited investors to invest in...
It would be difficult to master this again.

ArcheAge NA digs out of a mountain of support tickets

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Even while the situation slowly improves for ArcheAge following last month's Revelation mess, it's still a ways from being fully resolved. In yesterday's state...

New Nostalrius PvP server goes live this weekend

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Just when you thought you were going to get through the new year without a single mention of Nostalrius, January 2017 kicks you in...

The Daily Grind: Which 2016 MMO shutdown affected you the most?

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Every game is someone's favorite. It might be for silly reasons, but even when games that you barely think of get shuttered, someone is...