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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The Daily Grind: Should MMOs have long-term consequences for nonsensical actions?

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On some level, I'm still amused by the fact that someone got held back in World of Warcraft: Legion as a direct result of...

Get double XP in WildStar this weekend

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Let's assume that you're not part of the crowd that is hopelessly, helplessly fixated on a certain expansion right now. You're open to different experiences...
Vacation spots!

Wizard101 looks back at its updates this year and teases the future

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The summer is just about over, as hard as that may seem to believe. Wizard101's producer, Leah Ruben, has taken the passing season to...
Okay...

Wild Terra adds blacksmithing and more metal items

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Did you dig up a whole lot of metal when Wild Terra introduced mining with no thought to what you'd do with it? We...
Bah, it was just a bird.

Pokemon Go dataminers predict buddy system

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Dataminers have uncovered a new upcoming system lurking in the code of Pokemon Go's 0.35.0 update: a buddy system. No, you won't be teaming up with...

AdventureQuest 3D gives a spooky tour of its Halloween dungeon

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According to major retail stores, we're already in the Halloween-slash-Thanksgiving-slash-Christmas shopping season, so don't be too scandalized when you hear that AdventureQuest 3D is...

Riders of Icarus has dungeons galore incoming

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Give the Riders of Icarus team credit: It seems to be very gung-ho in pumping out more content for the relatively new MMO. So...

Stronghold Kingdoms plans to let players delete their own server

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Stronghold Kingdoms developer Firefly Studios claims to be making history today by becoming "the first developer to place the fate of entire game worlds...

The Stream Team: Wrapping up SWTOR’s Shadow of Revan

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MassivelyOP's MJ and Larry finally faced Revan -- only to learn that things weren't what they seemed. Now they must continue on to unmask...

Guild Wars 2 lore introduces new Asuran protagonist and her pink moa

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ArenaNet has a Guild Wars 2 lore piece out today that was crowdsourced, in a way, by gamers like you. Narrative Director Leah Hoyer and...

Crowfall answers more questions on building in your Eternal Kingdom

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Player housing? Pah. That's thinking small. Now Crowfall, Crowfall is working on delivering its players the keys to citadels, castles, and palaces. It's a...
Also, it's crazy random.

First impressions of World of Warcraft: Legion, part two

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When last we left off, the world was screwed. World of Warcraft: Legion doesn't tell you that you're facing a huge threat, it just...

Camelot Unchained continues ‘re-abilitation’ project ahead of beta

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7400 words: That makes this month's Camelot Unchained newsletter one of the shortest to date, but it's still packed with info. "In brief, a...
And now you're

France wants to clear Pokemon Go out of schools because of creepers

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Won't someone think of the children? The French education minister does because that's kinda her whole job. As the AP reports, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem explained...
Space is so big.

EVE Online is getting an optional free-to-play mode

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EVE Online is going free-to-play -- kinda. CCP is being careful not to call it that, saying that its plan is "for a new...

Project Gorgon promises weekly updates, eyes late 2017 launch

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Fans of Project Gorgon who are starved for news about the in-development indie title will be glad to hear that the team has promised...

Black Desert’s Valencia II, desert PvP system, and Warrior Awakening arrive today

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Part II of Black Desert's Valencia expansion releases today alongside the Warrior class Awakening, which allows level 55+ Warriors to unlock the Greatsword weapon....

RIFT defends swing back to buy-to-play model for Starfall Prophecy

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Trion Worlds has been doing its darndest to get out in front of any consumer issues with its decision to revert back to a...

The Daily Grind: Do you play MMORPGs as a single main character or as a stable?

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Long ago, I used to be a two-character kind of MMORPG player. I had a main, and then later I'd make a chief alt,...

Global Chat: How should studios sunset MMOs?

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When it comes time for whatever reason to put an MMORPG to pasture, how should a studio do it? For Brian "Psychochild" Green, this...