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]

More souls and massive tech improvements head to RIFT this year

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As RIFT approaches its fifth birthday this spring, Executive Producer Chris Junior revealed many exciting changes and improvements that are coming to the game. The fun...
science, together, fun

The Daily Grind: What’s the most disheartening loss you’ve had in an MMO?

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Losses aren't fun in any game. No one ever wants to lose. But in a single-player game you usually can reload from a save...

Jukebox Heroes: Six soundtracks from MMOs that never launched

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As an MMO fan, there are few things as sad as a promising game being killed in development without seeing the light of a...

Villagers & Heroes update includes a secret zone and Valentine’s Day event

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The first major drop of the year for Villagers & Heroes went live today! The Copse of the Treants continues the high-level journey through the Blighted...
Probably not designed for lengthy flight.

Indie Russian airship sandbox LuckCatchers is on Steam Greenlight for voting

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For reasons which remain shrouded in mystery, there are still very few games in which players take control of airships simply as a matter...

How Neverwinter’s Maze Engine will ‘put the dungeons back in D&D’

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Yesterday, Perfect World Entertainment announced Neverwinter's ninth expansion, The Maze Engine. Today, we're finding out the philosophy behind the update, or at least the...
Sort of like jingles.

Final Fantasy XI prepares for its February version update

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The story of Final Fantasy XI has come to a close, but the developers aren't done giving players stuff to do. The game's next...
What, you think you can do a better job?

Elder Scrolls Online’s Thieves Guild lands on the PTS today with new ‘assistants’

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The Elder Scrolls Online is in the middle of patch day, at least if you're a PTS die-hard, as the game patches the Thieves...

Preview Blade & Soul’s Mushin’s Tower and Bloodshade Harbor dungeons

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Here's the benefit of getting Blade & Soul years after its Korean launch: years' worth of content stored up just waiting for localization. When NCsoft's...

Horse Quest Online might be the best equestrian MMO ever

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Obviously y'all know that we here at the Massively OP offices are downright obsessed with all things horses. Eliot loves to braid their manes,...

Devilian adding Tempest class, raising level cap

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Trion Worlds' OARPG Devilian has only been out for a short while now, but the game is already preparing to grow in more than...

Choose My Adventure: Entering the fray in Blade & Soul

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Hello, friends, and welcome to a spankin' new series of Choose My Adventure. This month, I'm going to be diving into NCSoft's wuxia-inspired Blade &...

Black Desert Korea reveals Blader awakening weapons

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We may be anticipating the western release of Black Desert, but the version back home in Korea marches on with fresh content. Daum's most recent...
Most of the time.

Take a first look at the art and animations of Crowfall’s Ranger

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It's no secret that you want your characters to look good. Everyone does; that's why very few games consider it an acceptable compromise to...

DUST 514 will sunset on PS3 in May, replaced by new PC FPS

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CCP Games has just announced that it will be sunsetting its EVE-universe shooter DUST 514 on the PlayStation 3 platform on May 30th. The...

Darkfall reboot is a go, starts audit of vanilla code

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You might recall that last October we reported that a group of Darkfall players had formed their own studio for the purpose of acquiring...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO easter egg?

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The other day someone pointed me to the direction of a big ol' page of EverQuest II Easter eggs. As someone who only lightly...

Time of Dragons roars onto Steam

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The official description for Time of Dragons is as follows: "This is an MMO shooter where you ride dragons armed with missiles and lasers!"...

Worlds Adrift answers community questions, talks inspiration

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Do developers actually play and enjoy the games they're making? This question is but the first of a series of community queries that were...

Dangerous love blooms in DC Universe Online

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It's a love story for the ages: A man is trying to find a cure for his wife's terminal illness while she's in cryogenic status....