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]

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Kakao Games signs on as publisher for Bluehole’s next MMO, Project W

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What is Project W? Is it part of the most ambitious ARG ever that kicked off with last night's World Series win by the...
Ain't no school like the old school.

The Daily Grind: Does bigger content in an MMO feel more epic to you?

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The tradition of making big plot stuff happen in big groups is not unique to World of Warcraft, but it was one of the...

CCP opens EVE Fanfest 2017 ticket sales

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With EVE Vegas barely over, CCP Games has already announced that it's opened ticket sales for EVE Fanfest 2017 in Reykjavik, which is set for...

Facebook launches Gameroom for casual gamers on desktop

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Facebook plainly misses the days when everyone sat around playing FarmVille and Mafia Wars through its laggy blue-and-white pages, even if no one else...

Crowfall shows off the ins and outs of crafting

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Like peanut butter and chocolate, PvP and crafting seem to be two flavors that go very well together. Crowfall thinks so, at least, which...

Funcom’s Q3 2016 financials hint at large Secret World update in early 2017

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Fans of The Secret World should be excited today, as Funcom's third quarter financial report to investors reveals that "The Secret World team is mainly...

The Stream Team: Merry Mogloween in AQ3D with Artix

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What exactly is Mogloween? Massively OP's MJ is not exactly sure, but it sounds like spooktacular fun and she can't wait to jump into...
Everybody look at me.

Today’s Black Desert’s patch preps a whirlwind of seasonal events

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Today's Black Desert patch is a relatively small one once you set aside the cash shop additions. Kakao has tweaked items, adjusted pet sounds,...

Voice actors union pickets WB Games, disputes game studio claims

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Members of the voice actors guild striking against the top echelon of video game companies are today picketing outside WB Games in Burbank, California. Since...

Guild Wars 2 allows one more week of Halloween fun

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As Guild Wars 2 players have been enjoying the Shadow of the Mad King festivities, they have also been wondering when, exactly, the game's...

This exclusive ArcheAge Revelation art Q&A covers dwarves, mythology, and beer

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Last week, Trion revealed that the western version of ArcheAge will soon get the 3.0 Revelation update first announced for Korea last summer. The massive update...

How Sea of Thieves is hand-crafting a believable world

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Don't call it a "living world" -- that's taken -- but Sea of Thieves has its own design vision for what it's calling a...

Hyperspace Beacon: Are Uprisings the SWTOR group content we’ve been looking for?

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As we step closer to the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion, BioWare spills more and more information about the content...

The Exiled has a huge revamp in store for its final alpha next month

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The Exiled (the MMO-MOBA hybrid formerly known as Das Tal) is fast approaching its final alpha test, now expected to run for most of...

You can pre-download Revelation Online for tomorrow’s closed beta

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Tomorrow is a day that Revelation Online fans have been panting for: the start of the game's first closed beta test in the west....
Civilization Online

Civilization (Online) is coming to an end

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Remember all the grumbling when XLGames revealed Civilization Online at a big presser in New York and then told us it was launching in...
Star Citizen

Star Citizen backer flips pixel ships to buy an actual car

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Vice posted a cute piece over the weekend by Star Citizen player who explains how he used the old "one red paperclip" trick plus basic...
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Crowfall breaks $3 million in crowdfunding

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Crowfall has a lot to cheer about this morning: ArtCraft Entertainment just announced that it has "amassed more than $3 million in crowdfunding to bring...

EA’s earnings go up but fail to reach the black

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Electronic Arts' most recent quarterly earnings report is a mix of bad news and good news for shareholders. The bad news is that the...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best fishing system?

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OK, I'll freely admit that I am not one for fishing in MMORPGs. I know that many games have it and that there's a...