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]

Haven and Hearth will have its next world reset and Steam early access release November 1

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Just in case you haven't followed along with Haven and Hearth's whole deal, the crafting-centered MMO has some regular world resets in order to...

Black Desert Mobile introduces the upcoming Awakened Kunoichi, new season server, and revamped main quest

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There will be some pretty big things making their way to Black Desert Mobile in a couple of weeks' time as Pearl Abyss has...

RuneScape invites players into the seasonal Halloween hub of Harvest Hollow today

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Is there anything more Halloween-y than a central hub full of thematic decor and creepy fun to be had? That's definitely the vibe that's...

EverCraft Online dresses up for Halloween for its next weekend alpha October 18

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For the past little while we've kept an eye on EverCraft Online, a boxy voxel-based MMORPG that seeks to bring the genre back to...

Tarisland warns players to grab Season 0 rewards by October 21

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Season 1: Blight Dragon Elegy is coming to Tarisland on October 22nd, which means that the MMO's pre-season, Season 0, is wrapping up soon...

New World details new artifacts and last-minute PvP tweaks ahead of Aeternum

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As we wait for the New World downtime tonight, Amazon has posted another dev blog detailing some of the changes players can expect when...
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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s DPS jobs need a balance pass post-Dawntrail

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Balance at the start of a new expansion is always really hard. It's not impossible, but the Final Fantasy XIV team has an uphill...

Brighter Shores shares load testing and new screenshots as it marches towards early access

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If you're hearing the loud clanging of hammers and the rattling torquing of wrenches, that's just Brighter Shores doing a bit of tuning up...

Dune Awakening answers questions about PvP, console release plans, and a melee combat revamp

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Dune: Awakening has put forth another monthly newsletter - its second one since the initiative started in August even if this one leaped over...

New World Aeternum console preloading is underway, PC players can download tonight

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All right, folks, this is it: New World's Aeternum rollout is underway. Preloading for console players in all regions began yesterday - weirdly staggered, but...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen maps out its path to early access, now targeting the winter holiday season

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is once more calling attention to its early access release for December of this year - a fact that...

The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO you’re hoping won’t get screwed up before it launches?

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MOP's Carlo recently linked us to a thread about the new Heroes of Might and Magic game from Ubisoft, and while the game is...

MMO Week in Review: Pouring one out for Cryptic Studios

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Embracer has apparently all but finished off the remains of Cryptic Studios: While Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, and Champions Online have been incrementally shipped...

The MOP Up: Ethyrial adds guilds and guild leveling

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We'll start today's leftover news roundup with the word that Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore added guilds with Patch 3.2.2! "They can be created for the...

The Stream Team: Sunday funday in Final Fantasy XIV

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It's Sunday. Eorzea Sunday, to be precise. By now you all know what that means: MOP's Chris and his crew are coming together to...
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Global Chat: Does the MMO genre need a good rebranding?

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As we all seem to love the topic of MMO definitions, it's with little surprise to see blogs discuss it as well. Contains Moderate...

One Shots: The crackle and pop of a homestead hearth

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No matter how long the road, how great the challenges, or how tempting the loot, at the end of the day we simply want...
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The Daily Grind: Are there any MMORPGs you found intimidating to start playing?

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So a friend of mine had never played World of Warcraft. This, of course, is fine; there is no test you have to pass...

Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn says World of Warcraft helped him kick a drug addiction

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Actor and DJ Kristian Nairn is a lovable geek icon of the past decade or so, having made his mark as Hodor in the...

Destiny 2 preps more hurricane relief and a speedrun for its newly released dungeon

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The Vesper's Host dungeon added to Destiny 2 this week has already had its world first conquerors named, but that doesn't mean that Bungie...