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]

Like a boss.

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained hits the beta crunch (March 4, 2016)

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The Camelot Unchained team is in the midst of a hard crunch period to get the game ready for full beta testing. The good...

Mobile MU: Origins starts second closed beta

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For the next three days, the upcoming mobile version of MU Online -- called MU: Origins -- will be running another closed beta. This...
So long.

Guild Wars 2’s Colin Johanson leaves ArenaNet; Mike O’Brien takes over as game director

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Game director Colin Johanson has been with ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2 for quite some time now, but nothing lasts forever. New game director...

A look at the loot due in Neverwinter’s Maze Engine expansion

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Neverwinter's latest dev blog zeroes in on the most important thing in any MMORPG: the players. Just kidding! It's loot. The Maze Engine expansion will...

World of Fishing aims for Steam’s casuals, hardcores, and MMO lovers

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Why take up fishing in a traditional MMO when you can take up fishing in a fishing MMO? World of Fishing aims to be...
It looks much better now.

City of Titans has pubbed video of its ‘functional first pass’ build

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City of Heroes-inspired superhero indie MMO City of Titans has hit a major milestone this week: It's created its "first packaged executable that ...
More like up-close-er at this point, am I right? No. No, I am not right.

Crowfall looks at the early version of the Ranger’s powers

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The Ranger is not a ranged character in Crowfall, but she's also not a melee character. She's a hybrid between the two playstyles, able...

This guy won a million bucks from Elder Scrolls Online

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ZeniMax has announced the winner of its Elder Scrolls Online Million Reasons to Play giveaway, and it's still not you. In fact, it's a 30-year-old...

Firor says Elder Scrolls Online’s success ‘has gone a bit under the radar’

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If you are hankering to see Elder Scrolls Online's Director Matt Firor squirm uncomfortably with the game being labeled as an "MMO," then have...

Star Citizen pushes Alpha 2.2 to live

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It's time to strap yourself in and put on your big captain boots, for Star Citizen's Alpha 2.2 is here, and it's bringing a...
Yes, you are all individuals.

Black Desert drops a minor patch for class balancing

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The wait is over for everyone, Black Desert is out and playable, and if you've been looking forward to the game but still aren't...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best healing experience?

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In light of the epic reveal of Revival's graphic healing system this week, I thought Massively OP reader Fenryr Grey's recent question to our...

The Stream Team: Raising a Black Desert black smoke buddy

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Can that creepy little Black Desert black smoke buddy actually get creepier? Yes, yes it can, as MassivelyOP's MJ recently learned. She was just questing...
It's not particularly cruel.

Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content

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The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...
Albion

Albion Online devs on next update and test populations

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Albion Online Game Director Robin Henkys and Creative Director Jörg Friedrich have posted their first dev vlog. In it, they give an overview of...

Allods Online orders a ‘complete rework’ of its class roster

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If it hasn't sunk in yet that Allods Online's New Order update is going to be huge for the game, then take a minute...

Ride a bear to work in Wild Terra

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According to car commercials, your mode of transportation says a lot about you. So why be like the other chumps that drive an SUV...

EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II leveling zones

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One of the reasons new players find it so difficult to get into older games is because there is so much to do that...

Final Fantasy XI prepares to shut down its console service

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Stand at attention, players, and pay your respects. Final Fantasy XI is marching down its final weeks of operation on the Xbox 360 and...

Guild Wars 2 previews final Spirit Vale raid boss

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"Sometimes when people who don’t play video games ask me what I do for a living, I just tell them I come up with...