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]

Pokemon Go: Sightings, Hiroshima, and the five domains of play

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Happy Pokemon Go patch! Yes, Niantic released a patch last night with some new visuals, a warning about not playing while you drive, and an...

Dungeon Fighter Online arrives on Steam today

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Neople's Dungeon Fighter Online lands on Steam today, complete with Steam-exclusive features including achievements, badges, and trading cards, plus DLC bundles. While the free-to-play,...

Worlds Adrift gets a huge injection of funding

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Worlds Adrift is laying on the ground amid a carpet of cash and making money angels today as Bossa Studios has received an injection...

Superdata’s June report shows Overwatch, WoW still on top

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Superdata's latest report on the worldwide digital games market is out, and Overwatch owned the month of June on PC, to no one's surprise,...

Chronicles of Elyria figures out a unique approach to parenting

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Settle in, boys and girls, for one of the longest development updates to date from Chronicles of Elyria. One of the big discussions this week...
Ashes.

Empyrean Interactive outlines its plans to resurrect the MMO genre

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Empyrean Interactive doesn't like the label of making an MMO; as we've covered here before, the studio prefers to frame its future games as...
The existence of ways to ignore the problem does not make the problem not exist.

You can play a Demon Hunter in World of Warcraft today

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Demon Hunters go live in today's pre-Legion World of Warcraft patch, at least if you've already pre-ordered the expansion. The concomitant demon invasions begin...
But now, it's more money.

The Daily Grind: What was the biggest F2P ‘save’ in MMORPG history?

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Jess Conditt had a piece on Engadget last week that caught my eye because it's a story you don't hear much anymore: Free-to-play saved...

The Stream Team: Giving Marvel Heroes’ Green Goblin a go

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When it came time for MassivelyOP's MJ to decide on a Marvel Heroes character with her free hero box, she had a pretty tough...

The final SWTOR chapter for KOTFE drops a few hours early

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At approximately 5:15 p.m. EDT, players in Star Wars: The Old Republic received a warning that the servers were coming down but didn't learn why unless...

RuneScape helps its players through the wilderness

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RuneScape's Wilderness area is a dangerous and tantalizing area, full of hazards and lucrative opportunities to grow your character (and his or her coffers)....

Fragmented’s latest live build should make crafters happy

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Fragmented's latest patch is a big one for player crafters as it adds batch crafting to the crafting stations in the game. The better...
The Cranberries realize now that they released a song too darn early.

Daybreak is cracking down on cheating, bad connections in H1Z1

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In a letter to H1Z1: King of the Kill players Friday, Daybreak reminded players that third-party apps and programs that impact the game code to...

Dragon Quest X is getting ported to the Nintendo NX as well as the PlayStation 4

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If you're wondering when you'll finally going to be able to enjoy Dragon Quest X despite neither living in Japan nor speaking a word...

Perpetuum Online update brings in new robots and the first lighting improvements since 2012

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Last week Perpetuum Online dropped Patch 3.8 on players -- and life will never be the same again. Well, it'll be very similar, actually,...
Challenge: Get queued up.

Eternal Crusade promises news on its MMO mechanics

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Behaviour Interactive has a new Eternal Crusade Q&A up with a question that addresses the MMO component of the game and how it relates...

The Stream Team: Seeing the city sights in Riders of Icarus

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Until now, MassivelyOP's MJ has just been bebopping about the beginner area of Riders of Icarus. But she's eager to finally break past that...

Dual Universe drums up interest for its coming Kickstarter

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Dual Universe is still eyeing a Kickstarter campaign later this year, but right now the team is priming the pump of fandom, so to...
Ice cold.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s seasonal events, dungeon mining, and leaving Eorzea

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Not every topic that I can talk about in this column is actually a good column topic because some stuff just... isn't robust enough. I'm...
A big update, and me without any pants.

TERA’s next update arrives on August 9th

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A new TERA update is hitting the live servers tomorrow after server maintenance, but you're going to have to experience it alone. Sure, you...