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]

Exclusive: Origins of Malu suspends development, seeks investors

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These are the days when your job isn't much fun: When you report sad news in the MMOverse. Today's unhappy announcement is that the...

Star Citizen is free to play and test this week for PAX East

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If you've been waiting patiently on the sidelines for a chance to jump into Star Citizen, this week might be the right time. Cloud...
Of course, then you get reminded about the setting.

Neverwinter arrives on the Windows Store for Windows 10

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Those who have already upgraded to Windows 10 have been dealing with the usual issues of a new operating system and associated irritations, including...

RuneScape releases greatly improved NXT game client

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RuneScape has come a long, long way from its days of being a crude assembly of jagged polygons. While the title got a nice visual...
Snipe!

Nexon’s Riders of Icarus plans another round of closed beta

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Announced back in January, Nexon's Riders of Icarus was promoted as a free-to-play action adventure MMORPG with "exhilarating aerial combat." The first beta took...

Beta blossoms on Tree of Life’s branches

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After a year of preparation, Tree of Life's beta test is finally here. The test marks the debut of an almost brand-new look and feel...
The future is dragons, as is the present.

Wisdom of Nym: What we should (and shouldn’t) expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion

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We all know that this year's Fanfest is going to include an announcement of a new Final Fantasy XIV expansion. "Know" might be too...

World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion launches August 30

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Blizzard has just announced that World of Warcraft's Legion expansion is launching August 30th. The standard edition (physical and digital) will run $49.99, while a...

Free Black Desert character slots for all!

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True agony is having to choose which character to delete in Black Desert when the new Musa and Maehwa classes come out because you've...

PWE’s wuxia MMORPG Swordsman is getting a new expansion called Lone Wanderer

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Perfect World Entertainment has just announced a brand-new expansion for Swordsman, its 2014 MMORPG based on the wuxia novels of Louis Cha. Called Lone...

EVE Evolved: What to expect from EVE Fanfest 2016

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Ask the average gamer what he knows about EVE Online and after the word "boring" and a spreadsheet joke or two, he'll probably talk about stories...

Mabinogi launches first major story update since 2014

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Mabinogi is surely one of the most elaborate MMORPG sandboxes that you're likely to have never played, and it almost slipped under our radar...

Villagers & Heroes is coming to Android tablets

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Villagers & Heroes is one of those underappreciated MMO gems that's been flying under the radar for a while. It might look an awful...
It's a new one! Better than the old one!

CCR registers trademark for what may well be RF Online 2

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It's been a decade since RF Online came out (that stands for Rising Force Online, not anything else that could be abbreviated with those...
It's beginning to look a lot like QA should have been called earlier.

The Division’s Falcon Lost Incursion has a glitch, and players will be punished for exploiting it

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There are going to be glitches when dealing with something as immense and complex as an online game. It's nearly inevitable. Things will not...
Elder Scrolls

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO you’re not playing?

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Every Saturday morning in WRUP, we ask you what MMO you're playing. What we don't ask is what games you aren't playing in WRUP....

MMO Week in Review: Funcom’s elder MMORPGs (April 17, 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! Funcom's...

WildStar’s Steam countdown has begun

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Anxiously awaiting WildStar's arrival on Steam? Time to add it to your wishlist and let the stalking begin: The game's Steam page is live...

The MOP Up: ARK’s free PvP version goes wide (April 17, 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...

Star Conflict celebrates Cosmonautics Day

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Star Conflict stood up straight and saluted Cosmonautics Day this week, a day that marks the 55th anniversary of humanity sending a person into space for...