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]

Guild Wars 2’s spring update launches April 19; watch the teaser trailer

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We've just received an interesting little sneak peek at a teaser trailer for the upcoming Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns Spring Quarterly update that's now...
Sort of like jingles.

The Daily Grind: What MMO has the most user-unfriendly interface?

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Here's the stunning secret about Final Fantasy XI's interface: It gets passed off as being horrible because it was designed for a console, but...
You thought wrong.

WoW hit by DDoS attacks attributed to Lizard Squad [Resolved]

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Bad news for players looking to log into World of Warcraft or Blizzard's other online games. The studio shared that it's been weathering DDoS...

EVE Fanfest kicks off next week

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CCP couldn't have timed it better if it had tried: This year's EVE Fanfest will kick off in Reykjavik, Iceland, next weekend, smack in...
For obvious example...

Darkfall reboots vie for your love (and your wallet)

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Both Darkfall reboot projects continue to barrel ahead, seeking to establish a foothold among the PvP community with their different visions. No matter which...

Neverwinter’s tabletop campaign delivers a month of prizes

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Neverwinter's not-quite-an-April-Fools-joke tabletop game is scheduled to run through the entire month of April. This is not just to give players a chance of...

PlanetSide 2 hitbox hack gets called out, hotfixed by Daybreak

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When it comes to multiplayer shooters, issues like hitbox detection and size are always hot button topics for the community. But what if you...

Lord of the Rings Online gets a combat tune-up

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In all of the excitement of yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online Battle of Pelennor Fields update, it was probably easy to miss some of...
Look at the time!

Interview: Star Trek Online’s 11.5 mid-season update

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Yesterday's Season 11.5 update for Star Trek Online is a bit of a hodgepodge, an assortment of several separate pieces all sitting in the...
Let the crows fall, let them tumble.

Crowfall has kicked off external pre-alpha Siege Perilous testing

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You don't know if you like Crowfall yet. Sure, you may have taken part in the Hunger Dome testing, but we're going to let...

Landmark ups prop limit, adds durability, and collapses build UI

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While certainly not as hefty as the one that introduced the mega claims, Landmark's latest patch introduces a slew of combat, building, prop, harvesting,...
Das Tal get money for college

Das Tal’s investors give the game more funding

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Those of us with a fondness for MMOs have had to learn exactly how expensive these games are over the past few years. The...

Age of Conan launches Pit Master’s Arena, shelves crafting revamp, plans F2P improvements

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Funcom today pushed live a new update for Age of Conan called The Pit Master's Arena. "Fight exotic and deadly beasts for fame and...

Working As Intended: Busting up the MMORPG nostalgia party

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Last week, a clever Massively OP commenter, SC_Deadline, neatly summed up the ongoing Nostalrius emulator shutdown as Blizzard "bust up someone's nostalgia party," which...
Tasty.

Blizzard to WoW testers: Class orders will not be like garrison missions

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If you've paid any attention to World of Warcraft during its present expansion cycle, you are probably aware that Garrisons have not exactly been...
Um.

The Division encounters bugs with loot and characters after patch 1.1

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Yesterday was patch day for The Division, meaning fans got to hurry to the game flush with excitement, eager to download the patch and...
There are places I remember

A tour of RIFT 3.6: Celebration of the Ascended

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When an MMO hits its fifth anniversary, one hopes that the game's studio would pull out all of the stops to mark the occasion....

Character transfers in SWTOR were (temporarily?) free last night

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Our embedded reporter in Star Wars: The Old Republic -- me! -- discovered first-hand last night that character transfers had been made free for an unknown reason. This...

Black Desert deploys minor patch for pets, battlegrounds, and bugs

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Easter is over for Black Desert. The servers returned earlier this morning with a weekly patch ending the Easter events, though related NPC quests...

WildStar crosses factional barriers, mulls new class/race combos

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What's brewing in WildStar's labs these days? Only a whole vat of changes, that's what. As a result of Carbine's first DevConnect forum survey, the...