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]

Turbine previews LOTRO update 19, says Mordor will come in a 2017 expansion

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Next week in Lord of the Rings Online, the banners will fly, the forces of the Enemy will quake, and the king will march....

Riders of Icarus will allow players to trade cash shop items on the AH

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Riders of Icarus' economy is about to experience a seismic change with the next update, as the game will allow for the resale of...
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Guild Wars 2 warns of incoming balance adjustments

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Will Guild Wars 2 ever attain perfect balance with all of its classes and skills? Probably not, but such is the way of all...
Are we doing the time warp?

The Daily Grind: Will Blizzard announce vanilla WoW servers at BlizzCon 2016?

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BlizzCon kicks off in just a few short weeks, and already expectations are high. Unsubstantiated Diablo 4 rumors have begun circulating, and the Nostalrius...

The Stream Team: A Black Thursday in The Secret World

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It's Thursday the 13th! It's also Black Thursday. What, you think Fridays get all the fun? Definitely not in The Secret World. Today is...
SWTOR

Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do

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No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...
You are bold, but are you also daring?

Skyforge fires the starting pistol to the Aelion Games

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Missing your Olympic high from this past summer? Skyforge might be able to give you a taste of the sweaty competition and achievement with...

The Exiled plans wipe and patch for AI and casting modes next week

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Indie sandbox The Exiled (fka Das Tal) has a sizable patch coming on Monday. Unceremoniously dubbed Alpha 43, it will unfortunately include a wipe...

Marching Legions launches on mobile in seven countries

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Hands up if you happen to reside in Singapore. India? Lots of people in India, or so we heard. How about Germany or Australia?...

World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas replaces Tom Chilton as game director

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Blizzard is losing yet another veteran developer from the World of Warcraft team today: Tom "Kalgan" Chilton, who says he's staying on with the...
This isn't how it had to be.

Perfect Ten: Incompetent leaders in MMORPGs

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Leadership is difficult. You have to get a group of people to work together when they may or may not be naturally inclined to...

A Blood Moon rises over Champions Online once again

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I think it was Eliot who recently joked that Halloween in a superhero game is just gilding the lily -- everyone in a superhero...

Skyforge demos the trick-shot Outlaw class in a new trailer

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Skyforge has a new trailer and dev blog out today covering the Outlaw class, which rolled out last week for CE buyers ahead of...

Star Citizen answers questions about its $750 ship

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You'll have to forgive us, but we are still recovering from the news that Star Citizen is selling a new virtual spaceship for a...

EverQuesting: Could Daybreak’s new FPS be an EverQuest?

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With the constant clamoring from fans for Daybreak (or someone) to create an honest-to-goodness next-gen sequel to the EverQuest franchise, you'd hope that it...
You deserve what you got.

Try out Darkfall: Rise of Agon for free starting this Friday

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One of the Darkfall reboots, Rise of Agon, is seriously stepping up its game this week -- in more ways than one. The fantasy MMO...
Mad skills.

Crowfall gets ready to test major foundational systems

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While working on the core guts of an MMORPG might not be as sexy to players as, say, visible features and classes, the effort...
EVE Online

EVE Online player promises $75,000 reward for thwarting enemies

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If yesterday's CCP crackdown on gambling and RMT in the EVE Online universe wasn't enough drama for you, order some more popcorn for this...

RIFT delays Starfall Prophecy beta, announces big aventurine and PvP changes

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Heads up for those hoping to play test RIFT: Starfall Prophecy today: Trion Worlds decided to push the expansion's open beta to next Monday,...
Show your glow.

The Daily Grind: What MMO would you attend a special convention for?

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As you read this, dear readers, I am winging my way to Las Vegas to attend the second Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival, which...