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]

Guild Wars 2’s Queen Jennah addresses the citizens of Kryta; Divinity’s Reach is so doomed

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Guild Wars 2 is continuing its rollout of teasers leading up to the launch of its third living world season next week. Today's entry...

EverChaosing: Adapting Pokemon Go for The Secret World and EverQuest II

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So there's this thing right now. It's kind of a craze. Maybe you've heard of it? Pokemon Go? Yeah, I thought so. The thing...

Perfect Ten: Older PC games that would make for great MMOs

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Video games had a huge impact on my childhood and teenage years, imprinting themselves onto my psyche for all of the struggles and elation...
Bah, it was just a bird.

Pokemon Go: $35M revenue, movie deals, and the US government

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Welcome back to our near-daily roundup of Pokemon Go news from around the alternate reality that we all live in now. The US House...

Naval warfare is coming to Black Desert in Q4 2016

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Yesterday we noted that Black Desert is currently introducing naval warfare in the MMO's Korean version. Today, we have confirmation that these sea battles will...

Lord of the Rings Online has ‘big’ plans for Mordor

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Hold fast to hope, Lord of the Rings Online players, for Turbine has not forgotten about you. Following a revelation that a possible expansion...

Blade and Soul wades into a summertime patch

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Shadows of the Innocents, Blade and Soul's 2.4 patch, hit the live servers yesterday, giving max level players more content to consume. There are...

World of Warcraft weathers roleplay and silencing controversies

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All is not well following World of Warcraft's recent pre-expansion patch earlier this week. Two controversies are rocking the game resulting from the update...

Warframe was hacked in 2014 to the tune of almost 800,000 email addresses

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If you've been playing Warframe a long time, it's a good time to refresh your account credentials. Vice's Motherboard blog reports this week that it...
aw jeez

The Daily Grind: What’s the biggest way MMOs have affected your real life?

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I am not going to lie to you, dear readers: This is a question to which I have a really easy answer. I've been...

Global Chat: Pokemon GO mania sweeps the world

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What became an overnight global phenomenon certainly prompted the MMO blogosphere to talk about their experiences and opinions with Pokémon GO! To Game for Life...

Face war as a foot soldier in Foxhole

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War games are afoot -- or more precisely, on foot -- in the aspiring MMO Foxhole.  Unlike other war-themed games that are lobby-based or...

Guns of Icarus opens Alliance PvE alpha for a week

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If you like aspects of Guns of Icarus but want to play a version without the PvP, your wish will be granted for one...

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is now on sale for one week

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There are always those people who, no matter how bad they want to buy something, will always wait for the desired item to go...
Take a shot.

Das Tal devs doubles server capacity, apologizes for alpha’s technical issues

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"Thousands of players heeded our call and stormed onto the Das Tal servers on Saturday." So sayeth Fairytale Distillery's Alexander Zacherl in a postmortem...

Riders of Icarus forecasts a snowy update next week

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Fresh (very fresh) fantasy MMO Riders of Icarus is already preparing for its first post-soft launch update next week with Blight of Frost Keep....

Crowfall authorizes RMT program for retired goods

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In trying to anticipate the demand for reselling retired Crowfall goods and heading off some of the shadier aspects of third-party RMT transactions, ArtCraft announced...

The Stream Team: Chasing Revan in SWTOR

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Have you hung out in a Rishii village? MassivelyOP's Larry and MJ are going to hobnob with the locals as they follow the next...
Let's try not being dead today.

Shards Online AMA covers permadeath, community servers, and the Steam launch

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Citadel Studios' Derek Brinkmann hopped on Reddit yesterday for an AMA revolving around Shards Online. Among the highlights: The game does have hunger, but...
Wonderful, wonderful.

DC Universe Online celebrates Wonder Woman with the Summer of Wonder

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If you're a big fan of Wonder Woman, you don't need to be told that this year marks her 75th anniversary. You may need...