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 Stream Team: Contagions and cracking codes in The Secret World

0
MassivelyOP’s MJ is investigating a mysterious disease in for Dr. Varias in The Secret World's Transylvania. She left off last time trying to crack...

Massively Overthinking: One more chance for WoW Legion?

0
The World of Warcraft subreddit went nuts this week over a response to a player who told Blizzard that it had "one more chance... again"...
Everything old is... still old, but a newer sort of old.

EverQuest is consolidating almost 200 alt advancement abilities

0
Daybreak has a note out to classic EverQuest players this week tempering their expectations for the August patch. "As we get closer to the...

Wizard101 starts selling instant level 50 boosts, adds a Make-a-Wish character

0
Like it or hate it, the trend of instantly boosting new characters to high levels in older MMOs is spreading across the genre. The...

Riders of Icarus outlines its new PvP map, guild alliances, Manastone mode

0
Hot on the heels of the launch of Riders of Icarus' Blight of Frost Keep update, Nexon and WeMade made another big announcement for...

Activision-Blizzard Q2 2016: Overwatch at 15M users, WoW sees growth

0
Activision-Blizzard has released its Q2 results for 2016. No, you won't be getting hard World of Warcraft numbers -- that all came to an...

WildStar introduces you to the evil pirates of Redmoon Rising

0
Call me Ish'amel. Sorry, we couldn't resist the opportunity when WildStar wants to talk about Ish’amel the Bloodied and Captain Mordechai Redmoon. Moby Dick puns aside,...

Broadsword’s Ultima Online TOU briefly befuddles players with Sony mention

0
Broadsword, the EA spinoff company that runs classic sub MMORPGs Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot, gave UO players a scare yesterday with a...

EverQuesting: Let’s lay the Landmark hate to rest

0
May I respectfully make a request to my fellow gamers? Let's lay off the hate. It's time to for us to throw down that...
Kachop?

Black Desert players explode over plan to allow cash shop items on the in-game market

0
Did you hear that noise? It's the sound of Black Desert players flipping tables. "Game went from FFXIV to ArcheAge in span of 2...
A whole new wait, no, not doing this song, never mind.

TERA is assessing interest in that rumored console port

0
Back in May, TERA's South Korean publisher confirmed that the MMORPG was destined for console ports to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 -- at...

What drives Star Citizen’s superbackers to spend $10,000 or more

0
By now, Star Citizen's crowdfunding success is quite well-known. But perhaps what isn't common knowledge is that there is a group of players --...
Airwhale.

Revelation Online offers future players a fly-through tour

0
You cannot actually fly through the realm of Nuanor in Revelation Online at the moment. The game's testing is scheduled to begin in the...
Still proud of this shot.

Perfect Ten: The ten things I look forward to with MMO launches

0
It's not long now until World of Warcraft: Legion launches, which is all that I've been waiting for now for a while. Sure, technically...
Persists.

Pokemon Go: New scanning rates, South America, and $160M revenue

0
This roundup is dedicated to all the people who are learning about video game "grind" for the first time thanks to Pokemon Go. Welcome! ...

Here’s everything you need to know about RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy expansion

0
When RIFT players cast their minds back to the last expansion, Nightmare Tide, chances are that two aspects that stick out more than the...

Black Desert patch heralds the start of Valencia sieges, bans another round of cheaters

0
Valencia Sieges will begin this Sunday, according to Black Desert Online's most recent patch notes. That should give players a few days to prepare...
Did we not tell you this is how things would go down?

World of Warcraft continues its audio drama and prepares for the final Harbingers episode

0
It's less than a week until players get to start exploring the Demon Hunter class in World of Warcraft, ahead of the launch of...
You were a pretty place.

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO city?

0
No matter the game, you have cities to deal with. Admittedly, they take unusual forms in some games; Star Trek Online and EVE Online...

Here’s how TERA’s European server merges will go down

0
Players of the European version of TERA, it's time to prepare for a big wave of server merges planned for the end of August. Gameforge...