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]

Elite Dangerous lessens RNG frustration and promotes interstellar tourism

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In the latest Elite Dangerous newsletter, the developers said that even more adjustments are coming to smooth out the rocky Engineers update and lessen...

Blizzard sues Bossland again, this time for Overwatch cheat

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Remember Bossland GmbH? It's the German company that makes bots like World of Warcraft's HonorBuddy for Blizzard's games, which Blizz has ardently argued violates...
Yeah, that's the stuff.

The Daily Grind: What does the MMORPG genre offer younger players?

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Earlier this year, a Redditor on the MMORPG sub pondered whether young folks play MMORPGs -- not kids, mind you, but teens, high schoolers...

ArcheAge secures publisher for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau

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The reach of ArcheAge keeps spreading across the globe, as word has arrived that the Chinese territories of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau have...

The Stream Team: Get a Mo cape in AdventureQuest 3D!

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Did you miss out on your chance for a Mo cape in last week's AdventureQuest 3D giveaway? Well, today might just be your lucky...
Less mighty than predicted.

Kickstarter is pulling in less video game money in 2016

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If you're still hoping for Kickstarter as the new future for video game funding, you may well be disappointed to know that it seems...
Morrowind, feat. Westly's Orcs

Leaderboard: How much time do you spend playing MMOs relative to non-MMOs?

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Some of the responses to this morning's Daily Grind made me wonder about the balance of playtime MMO players maintain. See what I just...
Plenty.

Wisdom of Nym: The fullness of Final Fantasy XIV until October

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We know now that patch 3.35 and the Deep Dungeon will be landing on July 19th. That's a little bit later than I had...

R.I.P. PlanetSide

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With barely a whisper in memory of its long-running MMOFPS, Daybreak closed down the PlanetSide servers this past weekend. The studio had previously stated that...

Here’s everything that’s coming with Elder Scrolls Online’s Update 11

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It's hard to know what to be more excited for in The Elder Scrolls Online: the major update that's coming to the game in...

The Daily Grind: Did you buy any MMOs during the Steam sale?

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Steam's big summer sale is over today -- about five hours from the time this post goes live, smack in the middle of 4th-of-July...

MMO Week in Review: SWTOR’s persistent prosperity (July 3, 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! Star...

The MOP Up: Final Fantasy XI expands its wardrobe (July 3, 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...

Darkfall: New Dawn launches its public InDev server

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One of the two Darkfall reboots has sort of won the race to release, as New Dawn announced this past week that it has...

Guild Chat: Successfully merging MMORPG guilds

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column in which we gather together to help a reader in need solve his or her guild-related quandary....

One Shots: Victory pose

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It's an MMO tradition: When you down a particularly nasty boss, you and your party gathers around the corpse, joins hands, and sings about...
Oh, these bugs.

The Daily Grind: What do you collect in MMOs?

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At its heart, every single MMO is a game about collecting things. Most games have a number of very obvious things to collect; collect...

The Game Archaeologist: Dark Age of Camelot

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Today, we take a trip to England, but not the England of our timeline. No, this is the England-That-Could-Have-Been, the England of King Arthur,...

Daybreak bans, unbans thousands of third-party key purchasers

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If you bought and activated a key for EverQuest, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide 2, EverQuest II, or a Krono subscription from a third-party reseller, you...

Aeria Games lays off over 100 employees

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Aeria Games has laid off around a number of staff following the planned merger with fellow games company Gamigo, Gamasutra is reporting. According to the site's source,...