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]

The Stream Team: Peeking into Path of Exile: Ascendancy’s new labyrinth

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Are you excited for this week's launch of Path of Exile’s Ascendancy expansion? MassivelyOP's MJ is! Luckily for her, she won't have to wait...
Exploitation.

The Division’s soundtrack is available for pre-order

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Do you like The Division and want to take a piece of it with you all over the place? Do you just particularly care...
Open for everyone, just like forever.

Asta opens up client download for its open beta on March 2nd

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Boy, it seems like only yesterday that March wasn't yet a month to be worried about, doesn't it? Probably because yesterday it was still...
We have your son in custody. We also have your older, fatter, balder son.

Final Fantasy XIV takes a look behind the magic of its sound design

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Are you a fan of Final Fantasy XIV? Are you not a fan of Final Fantasy XIV while still feeling a great deal of...

TERA’s Dawnfall patch is live today with fresh endgame content

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TERA's Dawnfall patch arrives today, bringing new content for endgamers. The Forsaken Island dungeon is getting a difficulty upgrade, and the Dreadspire returns to...

Mantle of Power expansion to take Trove to weird and wonderful places

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Think you've seen everything that Trove has to offer? No matter how experienced a cubic adventurer you are, you've got another thing or two...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 53: The MMOs of winter 2016

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Justin, Bree, and Matt discuss Blade & Soul, The Division, Black Desert, WildStar, Final Fantasy XIV, and a mailbag question on Destiny 2.

RIFT starts the countdown to its fifth anniversary patch

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Things are about to get crazy fun up in RIFT. The game is looking forward to celebrating its fifth birthday soon, an occasion that will...

EVE Online compensates players with 200k skill points for server move downtime

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EVE Online Executive Producer Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren has addressed EVE players in a new video posted to the official site. Nordgren apologizes for...

WildStar ups Omnibit drops for subscribers

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If you're currently a WildStar subscriber, you're going to be getting a bit more with the price of your subscription. The development team announced...

Neverwinter promises June campaign, Icewind Dale stories

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Cryptic Studios has just released a positively massive state-of-the-game letter for MMORPG Neverwinter. Executive Producer Rob Overmeyer begins by recapping 2015, noting that last...
Oh, so gross.

Allods devs detail New Order’s new reforging system

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Allods Online's upcoming New Order update is pretty hefty, and the latest dev blog sets out to explain the new reforging system. First, there's...

AdventureQuest 3D is launching cross-platform this October

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What began as a cute RPG parody in flash back in 2002 will soon become a true cross-platform MMORPG. Artix Entertainment announced today that...
Camelot Unchained

Camelot Unchained passes ‘send more programmers’ stretch goal

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Camelot Unchained just announced that it's passed its "$3,900,000 - Send more programmers" stretch goal, which enables City State Entertainment to hire "two additional...

Hyperspace Beacon: How to run a roleplay event in spite of SWTOR’s mechanics

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I have mentioned before that my community and I roleplay in spite of the game mechanics of Star Wars: The Old Republic. It’s not...
THere's a big picture here that you may not be seeing.

Darkfall: Rise of Agon is now in development

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Are you interested in a Darkfall reboot? No, not the official one that rewrote the game's core structure, but something throwing the game back...

Star Citizen promises larger server capacity, talks about procedural tech

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Seventy-seven episodes in, you'd think that Chris Roberts and the Star Citizen community would run out of questions about the game. But it looks...

Chronicles of Elyria eyes May for its Kickstarter campaign, posts new footage

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While it once started as a very small and inexpensive indie project, Chronicles of Elyria has grown over the past two years to the...
Black Desert

The Daily Grind: If an MMO has a cash shop, when should it launch?

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Massively OP reader Leiloni pointed out to us something unusual about Black Desert: Its much-talked-about cash shop wasn't originally going to open until March 10th,...

The Stream Team: Having a hoppy Leap Day in Marvel Heroes

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Leaping lizards! It's Leap Day, and things are really hopping in Marvel Heroes. Between getting a free toad pet and drowning in XP, how...