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]

Age of Conan’s revamped item shop draws ire from players

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Cash shops are pretty much a standard feature in most MMORPGs these days, whether you like them or not. It's always a tricky balancing...
Flops MacKenzie

The Daily Grind: Will you go to see the Warcraft movie?

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Technically, the U.S. launch of the Warcraft movie is today, but in larger cities there were special showings all week, to say nothing of the...

The Stream Team: Preparing for The Secret World’s Museum of the Occult

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With The Secret World's Museum of the Occult opening next week, MassivelyOP's MJ wants to prepare for it as much as possible. She can't...
Elder Scrolls

Massively Overthinking: 2016’s MMORPG zeitgeist

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A few weeks ago, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wondered aloud about which MMO has had the best year so far. For this week's Overthinking, I'd...
Why would the head of a matriarchal society wear skintight leather? That doesn't even pretend to make any sense.

Skyforge players face off against Akonita’s invasion

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Players of Skyforge are no strangers to fighting off invasions. There's an invasion of the planet of Aelion every ten minutes or so, after...
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Final Fantasy XIV reveals its E3 plans

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Are you already tired of Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch? If so, well, what the heck do you want? You got a whole...

AdventureQuest 3D tests its first multi-room dungeon

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Cross-platform MMO AdventureQuest 3D recently reached a major milestone in its development with the addition of its first multi-room dungeon, Barrow Downs. Following feedback, the...
Temporary crusade, at least.

WAR40K: Eternal Crusade releases the Eldar for early access players

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Bandai Namco, which is publishing Behaviour Interactive's Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade MMO, has released new assets today for the Eldar faction, live this week...

Lord of the Rings Online reveals new raid bosses, starts spring festival

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Like the tides and fashion, raids in MMOs fall in and out of popularity in any given title. Lord of the Rings Online has...
Yes, we're here.

Twin Saga reveals its 10 swappable classes in new exclusive video

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Back in April, Aeria Games announced that it will port its anime-themed MMORPG Twin Saga westward later this year. The game boasts portable personal housing,...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

Happy Steam launch day, WildStar

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WildStar is officially live on Steam now as announced earlier this week. Carbine is kicking off the launch with the return of the Space...
Stop, woman, no crying.

The Division subtracts 30,000 cheaters from its playerbase

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Cheaters are not wanted in The Division. They're not wanted in any game, really, but Ubisoft is taking a harder line against cheaters by...

Explore Lineage II’s giant floating castle and battle ancient giants

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Look there, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a massive inexplicably floating castle begging to be explored and plundered! The Dreadnought...
Who wants short people!

ArcheAge makes it (temporarily) safer to regrade gear, drama llamas come out to play

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One of ArcheAge's more... interesting features is its gear upgrade system. In short, it's a risky proposition to "regrade" gear because it costs money,...

Chaos Theory: An exclusive look at The Secret World’s Museum of the Occult opening June 15

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When Game Director Romain Amiel first revealed the Museum of the Occult for The Secret World, you better believe I was excited. I wanted...

Superdata: WoW, Lineage, SWTOR, TERA, and Blade & Soul top April P2P online games revenues

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Superdata has a new seasonal report out on the state of the digital games market. The research firm's April figures show that World of...

Bigpoint is still working on a Game of Thrones MMO

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Bigpoint has responded to a Redditor to confirm that it is indeed still working on the Game of Thrones MMORPG. "The GoT MMO is being...

Raiding might be a component in Guild Wars 2’s living story season three

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If you were hoping that raiding will quietly disappear in Guild Wars 2 the way so many other features have over the years, you...

The Warcraft movie is going gangbusters in China

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Poor overall film reviews or no, Warcraft is most certainly going to make some nice bank this summer. The movie opens in the US...
Shoot time!

Destiny’s next major DLC leaks plot details and the Gjallarhorn

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The next major Destiny DLC has been shrouded in a certain amount of mystery, but the lights are coming up on Rise of Iron....