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]

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...
Yes, this is the proper use of the franchise.

Breath of Fire 6 launches this week in Japan

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Are you a fan of the old Breath of Fire console RPG series? Did you think that the series would be substantially improved by...

Order and Chaos Online player distributes GM powers, havoc ensues

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Imagine this scenario: An MMO player somehow gains access to a "DevBox," a special set of tools that GMs and devs can use to...
Memetic's sloth was less disturbing.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 52: Horror sloth!

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Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert 's cash shop, H1Z1, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge's laundry, Devilian, Grim Dawn, FFXIV, and TSW, with mailbag questions on voiceover localization.
Please learn to brighten these screenshots. And not to brown-wash them.

Revival discusses the size and the history of estates

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A huge portion of Revival's funding and development centers around the real estate market, so it's not shock that the game's estates are kind...
This is into the part of the horror movie franchise where it just got silly.

Hellgate: London is on Android as a first-person shooter

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Back in November, Hellgate: London shut down once again. But now it's back. You can't actually shut down this game, it just come about...

Activision Blizzard completes acquisition of King Digital Entertainment

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Corporate acquisitions take a while, but Activision Blizzard has completed its acquisition of King Digital Entertainment, a deal which was first announced back in...

Hyperspace Beacon: An open letter to the creators of the SWTOR Cartel Packs

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Dear BioWare, First off, it might be unfair that I’m addressing this open letter to the whole staff of BioWare when I really should center...

Hostility and bounty systems arrive in Star Citizen

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Are you a law-abiding space citizen who's not above partaking in some mob vigilante justice? Or are you a sneaky ne'er-do-well who wants to...

Interview: Neverwinter’s Maze Engine expansion launches March 15

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If you thought you were done with Drizzt, think again. Adventures aren't over in Neverwinter’s Underdark; players will continue with the story that was...

WildStar takes you on an icy tour through Arcterra

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The spirit of exploration is flaming high in WildStar these days, as Carbine is preparing to unleash a new content update that includes a...

Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2 is out today

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Fans of Final Fantasy XIV, start your engines! And also start your downloads because Final Fantasy XIV's patch 3.2 is live today after a...