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]

Post-Endor Darklight SWG emulator seeks to be Star Wars Galaxies 2.0

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If the core SWG emulator and its many spinoffs aren't to your liking, Darklight SWG might be. Lead developer Jameson "Levarris" Connors explained to us...

Snag a Hell hoverboard in The Secret World’s challenge event

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Forget about going to Hell in a handbasket, you could go in style on The Secret World's new flaming hoverboard! Next Wednesday's patch introduces...

Shroud of the Avatar summer telethon, lot selection continue today

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Shroud of the Avatar is in the midst of another summer telethon celebrating the expiration of pledges and offering funding stretch goals to backers...
And now you're

Exploring Japan’s Pokemon Go culture

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As some readers may know, I've spent the last few years in Japan trying to tackle the local gaming scene, online and off. While...
Red, white, and blue

Star Trek Online promises some exclusives for console players

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Let's assume, for a moment, that you earn current generation consoles but still haven't jumped into Star Trek Online up until now. What's going...
Somewhere, across the sea, somewhere.

Wisdom of Nym: Three years since Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch

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When the last anniversary rolled around, we were coming off of an expansion launch for Final Fantasy XIV, one of the smoothest launches I...

Star Citizen demos gameplay in its in-development persistent universe

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If you were holding onto your hype waiting for Star Citizen's persistent universe, keep on holding because it's not out yet. But at Gamescom...

Divergence Online brings a prequel survival game to Steam Greenlight

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The Divergence Online project, a spiritual offshoot of Star Wars Galaxies, has spawned a survival game prequel that will lead into the MMO proper....

Gamescom 2016: World of Warcraft brings out the hard content three weeks after Legion’s launch

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For some players, the real fun of World of Warcraft: Legion won't start until a month after its August 30th launch. At the Legion-plus-three-weeks...

Chronicles of Elyria invites you on a tour of Titan’s Steppe

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Hey little fella! Do you... do you have flowers on those quills? Indeed you do, for you are a Flower-Cup Porcupine, one of Chronicles...
Ultima Online

The Daily Grind: Do you seek out empty MMORPG servers?

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Empty MMORPG servers freak me out. It isn't as though I don't play plenty of singleplayer games and sims and RPGs and can't stand to...
To be fair, some of these dudes are probably not good at this.

MMO Week in Review: Gamescom, Legion, and Elder Scrolls lockboxes (August 21, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! Gamescom...

EVE Evolved: No Man’s Sky vs EVE Online

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Like many EVE Online fans, I've spent the past week fully immersed in the procedurally generated universe of No Man's Sky and wondering what its mechanics and...

The MOP Up: EverQuest II says hello to Kunark (August 21, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

AdventureQuest 3D has a truly terrifying Halloween event incoming

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As a continuation of the AdventureQuest franchise, AdventureQuest 3D stands to inherit some traditions, characters, and even events. One such holiday reprise will be...

Dragon Nest to transfer NA operations next month

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Nexon is getting out of the Dragon Nest business -- in North America, at least. Nexon America announced a little while back that it will...

One Shots: Wonderful Bree drug

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Despite what you may think, libraries can be fascinating places full of mysteries and delights. Even in MMOs, you never know what you'll find...
There's... yeah, there's a lot.

The Daily Grind: How complex should playing an MMORPG character be?

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I am downright out of room in Final Fantasy XIV. My characters have two sets of action bars packed to the gills along with...
I made you this. Use it.

Gamescom: Elder Scrolls Online on lockboxes, the gold edition, and One Tamriel

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A Redditor who attended The Elder Scrolls Online's tavern event at this year's Gamescom snagged over half an hour of shaky-cam footage and a...

Trove wrangles the Dino Tamer into its class roster

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Trove has been cultivating a reputation as a game with a diverse array of pretty awesome classes, so there's always that pressure to do...