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]

The eternal sstruggle between man and naked.

TERA’s next major update brings big changes for Sorcerers

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The next major update for TERA is dubbed Spellbound, and it's bringing two new dungeons and two new armor sets to go along with...

Smed’s Hero’s Song Indiegogo is down to its last hours

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Hero's Song's Indiegogo is coming to a close in less than 24 hours, having raised (as I write this) just shy of half of...

The Daily Grind: What features do you like in MMO mounts?

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Not all MMORPG mounts are created equal. For starters, some are horses, some are mutated pig-things, and some are Road Warrior deathmobiles. My favorite...

The Stream Team: Sneaking around The Secret World’s Solomon Island

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MassivelyOP's MJ has begun the process of earning The Unseen achievement in The Secret World. She successfully navigated through two of Kingsmouth's sabotage missions...

Here are the basics of Elder Scrolls Online’s race-based housing system, coming ‘early 2017’

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With the gold edition out and One Tamriel live, Elder Scrolls Online players have just one word on their lips: housing. And ZeniMax means...

Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for Amazon’s New World

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The announcement of a new sandbox MMORPG last week -- New World, by none other than Amazon Game Studios itself -- has had both...
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Here’s what to expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s Fan Festival livestream

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The second convention for Final Fantasy XIV fans is arriving in just a little more than a week, and if you don't already have...

EverQuest: Empires of Kunark goes live November 16th

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EverQuest fans will be able to return to Kunark for more adventures when the 23rd expansion releases on November 16th. Empires of Kunark focuses...

Cabal Online releases a new battle arena, ushers in Caballoween

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Need something to do in Cabal Online? No worries: The older MMO is backing up to your house and unloading a dump truck's worth...

Champions Online’s Shadow of Destruction is all about the endgame

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Will Champions Online finish out 2016 with more patches than World of Warcraft? Maybe! Even if not, it's made a valiant effort this year,...

The Stream Team: Touring Black Desert’s capital of Calpheon

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Usually cities in MMORPGs are more like villages or towns. And there there is Black Desert. The capital city of Calpheon on like a...

Chaos Theory: Hide and Shriek in The Park of The Secret World

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October is finally here. That means Halloween is this month! I can't even describe how excited that makes me. I know I'm not alone...
And now you're

Pokemon Go plans medals patch; Norwegian politicians gotta catch ’em all

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Niantic announced last night that Pokemon Go is due ("soon") for a nifty new feature that introduces RPG-like skill-leveling mechanics to the game --...

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with vehicle avatars

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When you take a step back and look at the broad MMO genre, you see some common threads that run through most games. One...

RIFT helps players gear up for Starfall Prophecy

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It is nearing time for the RIFT community to bid farewell to Nightmare Tide and welcome in the era of Starfall Prophecy. To aid...
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AdventureQuest 3D heads into open beta on October 18 (more or less)

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The date of AdventureQuest 3D's public debut is imminent, as the team announced that the cross-platform MMO will be going into open beta on...

Valve ordered to ‘stop facilitating gambling’ by regulatory body; CS:GO gambling class action dismissed

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The Washington State Gambling Commission is cracking down on CS:GO skin gambling and ordering Valve to "stop facilitating gambling" and "immediately stop allowing the transfer...
And here, we see yet another thing thrown away for no damn reason.

World of Warcraft plans to ease up (slightly) on Legion’s reputation system in Patch 7.1

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There's no question that World of Warcraft: Legion came with one heck of a reputation grind. What would an expansion be otherwise, right? But...

Watch 16 more seconds of the SWTOR expansion Blur trailer

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If you can't wait for tomorrow's full reveal of the Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the (deep breath) Eternal Throne, you can...
I am so tired.

The Daily Grind: Should MMO mentors have special rewards?

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No one respects the mentor tag in Final Fantasy XIV. It's applied via an automated process, and the idea is that you're supposed to...