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]

Trinium Wars bringing three classes out for its early access next week

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Trinium Wars is preparing to kick off its early access program next week on March 2nd. When prospective players take their first steps into...

The Repopulation spinoff Fragmented is hunting for a few good testers

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The Repopulation lead dev Joshua Halls says that Above & Beyond has opened closed testing for Fragmented to selected applicants. Interested gamers should fill...

Daybreak walks a fine line with EverQuest II’s TLE server

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A developer update on the status and future of EverQuest II's time-locked expansion server illuminates some of the difficulties that the team is facing...

ArcheAge’s February update brings costume sythesis and a tougher Mistsong Summit

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It might not be the largest content update that's ever graced ArcheAge, but the game's February update does have a few items of note...
Just assume one of these people is Susan. I do not like Susan.

Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs explains CSE’s Beta 1 ‘hard crunch’

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City State Entertainment has announced on its livestream that it's entering a "hard crunch" mode to deliver RvR-centric crowdfunded MMORPG Camelot Unchained according to...
Part of your etc.

Celebrate Crowfall’s Kickstarter birthday by plastering its logo in the real world

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A year ago, Crowfall ran its successful Kickstarter. Now that it's been a year, the team behind the game wants to commemorate the event,...
Prestigious!

WildStar’s PvP plan means server consolidation on PvE worlds

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WildStar Game Director Chad "Pappy" Moore has big plans for reigniting the PvP flame in the beleaguered sci-fi MMO. "Increasingly over time the majority...

Scarlet Blade will sunset next month

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We're genuinely sorry to report that Aeria Games has announced an impending closure for the notoriously suggestive MMORPG Scarlet Blade. Aeria broke the sad news earlier today: "Scarlet...
All the single ladies!

Final Fantasy XIV dolls itself up for Little Ladies’ Day

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The latest patch for Final Fantasy XIV is only a day old and has brought along more story, more dungeons, and more things for...

Perfect Ten: Ten weapons that should be in more MMOs

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Swords, spears, axes, maces, and bows for fighters. Wands and fancy-looking staves for mages. Wolverine-style claws and double daggers for thieves. Some useless trinket...

WildStar devs on the Arcterra map, dynamic events, and stew

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So what do you think about WildStar's new upcoming zone, Arcterra, after yesterday's big dev blog about it? Carbine figured that players would have...

Turbine cancels plans for EU-based LOTRO datacenter

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Turbine Executive Producer Athena "Vyvyanne" Peters has bad news for Lord of the Rings Online players in Europe: Your game servers aren't moving to...
What're you doing here?

Black Desert’s devs on gender-locking, future plans

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If you're hoping for every gender-locked class in Black Desert to have an equivalent for the other gender, the bad news for you is...
WE CAN BUILD IT

The Daily Grind: What is your favorite memory from the EverQuest franchise?

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It's interesting to note that the EverQuest video game franchise, as a whole, is quite large -- perhaps bigger than you realized. There's the...

Global Chat: What is Daybreak thinking with H1Z1?

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Daybreak's announcement earlier this month that it will be splitting H1Z1 into two games triggered a flood of responses from the MMO blogging community,...

Traverse lets you mold and shape your own planet

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A tiny dev team is scurrying away on a new title called Traverse that will let players not only think big but create on...
IT'S

Guild Wars 2 improves structured PvP with a minor patch

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We mentioned earlier today that the second season of Guild Wars 2's professional league kicks off today, so it seems apropos that players are...

Worlds Adrift includes US players in next playtest

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Worlds Adrift said that the wait is "almost over" for the game's third playtest, although the team did not give a definitive timeline for...
Early, earlier, earliest.

Project Genom launches into Early Access in May

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If you want to get in on Project Genom without being part of a formal testing pool, your chance is approaching. The developers have...

Albion Online publishes its first novel, Landfall

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Does your MMO have an official novel? Well, Albion Online isn't even out yet and it is breaking literary barriers with its first published...