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]

RuneScape adds Invention elite skill, slightly breaks the game

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There's a new elite skill that's come to the skill-centric RuneScape, and it's causing both jubilation and jeers among the game's community. Invention allows players...

PWE’s 2014 wuxia MMORPG Swordsman Online lands on Steam

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These days, if you're not on Steam, you're throwing money away, a lesson more and more MMORPG studios are learning lately. Perhaps that explains...

Firefall vows to tackle more Razor’s Edge bugs

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Firefall's had a rough couple of months, first with Christmastime budget and reorganization problems and then with the rocky launch of its Razor's Edge...

Warcraft movie toys hit the shelves

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The chill hasn't left the air in many countries, but the excitement is heating up for this summer's Warcraft motion picture release. Director Duncan...
Can we start, start over?

Shroud of the Avatar drops Release 26 update with a full character wipe

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Here's the bad news for players looking forward to the next major Shroud of the Avatar patch: A character wipe is happening. All of...

Bless Online stumbles in its open beta

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If you're not part of Bless Online's Korean open beta, you might want to count your... um, blessings right now. Instead offering a fun-filled...

Chaos Theory: The Secret World’s golden grind

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Hello. My name is is MJ. And I have a golem problem. Boy, The Secret World got me good -- hook, line, and sinker. By the...
Who's dark now?

Elder Scrolls Online video previews the Thieves Guild DLC

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The Thieves Guild is pretty much my favorite part of the Elder Scrolls series, full-stop. Will it be equally epic in The Elder Scrolls Online?...

RIFT addresses paywall controversy, explains F2P finances

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The recent decision by Trion Worlds to set up what many see as a gear-related paywall in RIFT certainly has cause quite the discussion...

City of Titans pours effort into creating a ‘dynamic, thriving’ metropolis

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Metropolis. Gotham. Hell's Kitchen. Asgard. Sometimes the places that superheroes visit are just as iconic as the heroes themselves. The upcoming City of Titans...
When you're out in the club and you see a fly girl, do the creep!

WoW’s latest Legion alpha build revises talent loadouts, glyphs

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The alpha testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion is rolling along and getting just a little bit bigger. Another build has been deployed,...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO fantasy creature?

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The other day in Final Fantasy XIV I was taken aback when I saw a Lalafell prancing around on a unicorn. You might think...

Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration

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The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...

The Stream Team: Summoning more adventure in Blade & Soul

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Consensus seems to be that Blade & Soul gets better further in when you get more skills, so MassivelyOP's MJ is back in to...
This is the world we live in, etc.

Path of Exile updates players on Ascendancy release dates and staffing changes

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In a development that will no doubt shock and confuse many of our readers, January is almost over. If you're a Path of Exile...
Gods.

Skyforge is making screenshots way easier with its new screen-pausing ‘photomode’

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Do you suffer from screenshot envy? Does it bother you that developers will produce screenshots that offer a perfect little slice of the action...
UNDEAD UNDEAD UNDEAD

Albion Online patches in more convenience and more undead

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The January update for Albion Online really covers every conceivable base. It improves the quality of living for players adventuring through the world, and...
Still a better mountain story than Everest.

Tomorrow’s The Secret World patch adds new PvP scenario, new group finder

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Ready to quite literally fight to be king of the mountain? The Secret World's Shambala scenario tasks players with doing precisely that with a...
Losing in a way that's incidentally the same as not in fact losing at all.

Superdata says League of Legends makes more money than any other game you play

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Let's just get this out of the way: Superdata is a research firm that sells its data analysis. It doesn't disclose its methodology or...

SWTOR is putting lockboxes inside of other lockboxes

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Star Wars: The Old Republic apparently couldn't stand to see RIFT hogging the business model drama spotlight today and has issued a new proclamation...