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]

Sea of Thieves conjures up ‘raw-looking’ skeletons

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Sea of Thieves' team is still slowly working up to the big feature reveals, preferring to spend the meanwhile discussing the smaller details of...

Sci-fi survival sandbox Hellion hits early access in January

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Earlier this month, we wrote about the impending debut of Hellion, a gorgeous sci-fi survival sandbox -- and as of today, we know it's...

EverQuesting: A dozen years of EverQuest II

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Who doesn't like a dozen? A dozen donuts. A dozen cupcakes. A dozen pizzas. (What, that's not a thing? That should totally be a...

The Elder Scrolls Online is playable on the PS4 Pro in 4K mode today

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As announced last month, The Elder Scrolls Online is one of the first games launching with 4K mode on the PlayStation 4 Pro --...
WHY IS STUFF SO HARD?!

Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs

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Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch,...
Beast.

Beast is coming to Marvel Heroes, bringing the roster to 60

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He's big, he's blue, he's erudite, and he has never turned back into a normal human by getting a kiss from a pretty lady....
pants plz

Revelation Online details the mechanics of guilds

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Having a guild is important in Revelation Online. Then again, having a guild is important in a lot of games, so Revelation Online has...
Boss of the road.

Bless Online explains the reason for its delay

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As we learned last month, Bless Online is being delayed into 2017 as the team continues to work on bringing the title over to the...

Lineage Eternal schedules Korean closed beta for November 30

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It's happening, people. This is not a drill. Lineage Eternal is finally moving into closed beta testing, albeit in Korea. Of course, that won't...
We all began with good intents.

NCsoft Q3 2016: Declines for WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Blade & Soul

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NCsoft released its Q3 2016 financial results this morning. Here's a quick look at how the major MMORPGs are doing: WildStar's sales have plummeted,...

Black Desert Online merges down into EU and NA ‘New World’ servers

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If you ever thought that Black Desert's server structure was unwieldy and esoteric, good news for you! Kakao has announced that the western version...
Well, sometimes it works.

The Daily Grind: What MMO would make a killer board game?

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On a master list of things I never expected to see, Riot Games making a board game even loosely based upon League of Legends...
Weird dog.

Final Fantasy XI plans several events for XI Day

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XI Day is almost upon us. What's XI Day? Well, it's November 11th, which has been designated as a special day for Final Fantasy...
Ride like the wind.

Albion Online promises better PvE content in response to backer survey

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The final beta for Albion Online rolls on, and it's going to keep on rolling well into next year. But what is the state...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online roleplay with the Human Floyd

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Those who follow my columns here know that I'm a big roleplayer, but I don't exactly roleplay in the Elder Scrolls Online. I love...

Star Trek Online brings the duty officer system to consoles

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As we well know by now, a console edition of a PC MMORPG usually doesn't contain all of the same features and updates. There's...

The Stream Team: Conversing with SWTOR’s companions

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The last time Massively OP's Larry and MJ had a bonus companion stream, MJ ended up married! Could it happen again? Before she moves...
Which is good, because we have to justify that Xbox One purchase somehow.

A blizzard is sweeping over The Division

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Just when you thought that the plague-ridden city of The Division couldn't get any worse, a blizzard is heading in with a vengeance. Ubisoft has...

Pantheon shows off Unite demo, talks grouping and crafting

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Fresh off its demo of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen at Unite 2016, Visionary Realms has just posted its November newsletter for followers of the...
SPENDY ALL YO MONEY

Revelation Online releases bug tracker to help with closed beta testing

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Currently, players are getting to see if Revelation Online is living up to its own hype as they put the MMO through its paces...