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]

One Shots: The deep shadows of autumn

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There's a lot to love about the fall season that's not just pumpkin spice coziness. I get a delicious feeling out of watching the...
Sort of this.

The Daily Grind: What was the last long-term goal you accomplished in an MMO?

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One of the nice things about MMOs as a genre is that they're good games for very, very slowly accomplishing goals that you set...
WItchy.

Greg Street’s Fantastic Pixel Castle recaps Project Ghost’s classical and random zone testing

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It probably will not stun you that the team at Fantastic Pixel Castle is rather pleased about how its third prototype milestone for Ghost...
They're friends.

Final Fantasy XI’s October update improves gamepad support

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If you want to play Final Fantasy XI on your PlayStation 2 right now... you can't. The game has been only supported on the...

Black Desert launches Guild League PvP skirmish on mobile, previews the October 8 Dosa Awakening for PC

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Black Desert has more than just a big drop for console players this week, as the mobile version of the sandbox MMO has gotten...

LOTRO Legendarium: The 10 most metal titles in all of Lord of the Rings Online

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You know, I'm simply not a guy who likes to slap titles onto my character's name in MMOs. Never have been, probably never will...

The Daily Grind: What’s been your MMO highlight of 2024 so far?

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The year isn't quite over yet, but maybe it's time to face the truth that 2024 is in the final quarter. Hopefully it's been...

The Stream Team: AQ3D ninjas and pirates and levels, oh my!

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If there's one thing that doesn't change, it's that you can't really rush Massively OP's MJ through things -- not even war. But just...
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Betawatch: Star Citizen crunching like it’s 2010

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Remember last week how I mentioned that I couldn't muster much in the way of anger toward Throne & Liberty having its whole paid...

EVE Online’s annual Crimson Harvest Halloween event offers rewards for internet spaceship slaughter

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The Halloween season has returned to the universe of EVE Online once more as CCP Games has brought back its annual Crimson Harvest event,...

New World’s latest Aeternum trailer is a primer for the MMORPG’s gameplay arc

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The avalanche of New World videos ahead of the launch of Aeternum later this month just keeps on rumbling down the hill, as this...

Mortal Online 2 upgrades its engine and servers, adds a lottery system, overhauls pets, and flags noobs

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If that headline didn't clue you in, the latest update to Mortal Online 2 has a lot going on, touching on a wide assortment...
these docks be FULL yo

Storyboard: Yes, there really is actual roleplaying happening in MMORPGs

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It started with my character saying one word. "No." Both men on the bridge were surprised to hear it, least of all from someone who...
Fine. This is how we live now.

Star Wars: The Old Republic previews the Feast of Prosperity starting on October 8

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Quick, what's the best way to restore fear in a galactic crime syndicate overseen by corpulent slugs? If you said "throwing a gigantic feast...

Global Chat: What’s World of Warcraft Cataclysm’s best zone?

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Wilhelm over at The Ancient Gaming Noob kicks off our tour of various MMO essays as he lists and ranks all of the zones...

New World plans a three-week fresh-start crossplay event when Aeternum launches

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Amazon is pulling out all the stops on its New World Aeternum launch on October 15th. Last night, the studio partially detailed its plans...

Throne & Liberty addresses ongoing errors, disconnections, and invisible characters

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As Throne and Liberty approaches its first full weekend as a free-to-play MMORPG, Amazon and NCsoft have issued a letter to the community, saying...

LOTRO sweetens Legacy of Morgoth pre-orders with level boosts, defends lack of ‘special system’

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Following both excitement and criticism over the announcement and pre-order packages this week for Lord of the Rings Online: Legacy of Morgoth, SSG Executive...

Star Citizen devs are being forced into mandatory unpaid overtime in order to make CitizenCon happen

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While Star Citizen is making sure it keeps excitement up for CitizenCon 2024, behind the scenes the devs at CIG are being crunched to...

The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest personal challenge you’ve set for yourself in an MMO?

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A few weeks back, I saw a post on Reddit about an MMO player who had decided to set himself a bizarre project: to...